loud beep when starting intrepid on various laptops

[Niels Egberts]

Binary package hint: usplash

When starting Intrepid with usplash turned on I will produce a very loud beep with a black screen. When the login screen appears the beep is also gone.

When starting without usplash the problem is gone and the system loads up normal.

This is confirmed these laptops:

Acer Aspire 4530
Asus A50VM
Asus M50VM
Asus P5K-PRO
Asus Z53Sv
Asus F3Sv
Dell Vostro 1500
Dell Vostro 1400
Dell Vostro 1720
Dell Latitude D830
Dell XPS M1530
Dell XPS M1330
Dell Inspiron 1520
HP dv6838TX

And also on this main board:
Asus P5B Deluxe

[none (ubuntu-bugs-nullinfinity-deactivatedaccount)]

This also happens on my Dell Inspiron 1420. This problem did not appear in Hardy.

[Niels Egberts (nielsegberts)]

On Intrepid it still occures sometime's but it's even worse.

Now my machine beeps for like 10 seconds, and then my laptop-screen gets all deformed, like its broken, and the boot process just stops there.

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

Niels Egberts : Can you say if it happens when usplash is disabled? You can temporary disabled usplash by following this procedure : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUsplash#Debugging%20procedure

[Niels Egberts (nielsegberts)]

I had already put that in the discription:

"When starting without usplash the problem is gone and the system loads up normal."

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

Thank you, it confirms that the problem with intrepid is still the same and still caused by usplash.

[Hafidz Nasruddin (apisznasdin)]

Also happend on my Inspiron 1520, and comfirm caused by usplash

[Zi Gao (zimgao)]

I've been experiencing this problem with my HP laptop (model no: dv6838TX) as well.

I get the loud beep when starting up the Intrepid Alpha 4 installation CD. I immediately restarted the machine and choose safe mode install which did not have this problem. After installation, the beep came back soon after kernel load. I have yet to try disabling usplash, I will give it a go next.

[kede (kede)]

I just upgraded from hardy to intrepid and there are beeps during boot when usplash is enabled.
Mainboard is Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4.
This did not happen with Hardy.

[Andrea P (pinnisi)]

same here: Asus P5K-PRO

[kede (kede)]

During boot, I it beeped and I got the following message:
"Program usplash tried to access /dev/mem between 0->e00000

[kede (kede)]

kern.log:Oct 16 18:25:41 k1 kernel: [ 5.748085] Program usplash tried to access /dev/mem between 0->e00000.
kern.log.0:Oct 12 17:32:48 k1 kernel: [ 2379.909335] usplash[9553] general protection rip:7ff0a32141bb rsp:7fffab698d70 error:0
kern.log.0:Oct 12 23:50:14 k1 kernel: [ 5.805475] Program usplash tried to access /dev/mem between 0->e00000.
kern.log.0:Oct 13 19:22:48 k1 kernel: [ 6.075388] Program usplash tried to access /dev/mem between 0->e00000.
messages:Oct 16 18:25:41 k1 kernel: [ 5.748085] Program usplash tried to access /dev/mem between 0->e00000.
messages.0:Oct 12 17:32:48 k1 kernel: [ 2379.909335] usplash[9553] general protection rip:7ff0a32141bb rsp:7fffab698d70 error:0
messages.0:Oct 12 23:50:14 k1 kernel: [ 5.805475] Program usplash tried to access /dev/mem between 0->e00000.
messages.0:Oct 13 19:22:48 k1 kernel: [ 6.075388] Program usplash tried to access /dev/mem between 0->e00000.

[Gilles Teisseire (gilles-teisseire1)]

about the same boot problem for me on ASUS A50VM.
Sometimes the system boot normally.

Sometimes it beep and display boot text until the log screen, and then start normally.
Sometimes the beeps don't stop after log screen.
In the worst cases, the system hang up and display black screen (?? num lock led flashing). No way to get out of that except turning off.

Here is the result on a dmesg command for

a normal boot

[ 0.593206] pci 0000:00:1e.0: MEM window: 0xfeb00000-0xfebfffff
[ 0.593210] pci 0000:00:1e.0: PREFETCH window: disabled
[ 0.593224] pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 0.593228] pci 0000:00:01.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.593234] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 0.593239] pci 0000:00:1c.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.593247] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 0.593252] pci 0000:00:1c.1: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.593260] pci 0000:00:1c.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 0.593265] pci 0000:00:1c.2: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.593273] pci 0000:00:1c.3: PCI INT D -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 0.593277] pci 0000:00:1c.3: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.593285] pci 0000:00:1c.4: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 0.593289] pci 0000:00:1c.4: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.593297] pci 0000:00:1c.5: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 0.593301] pci 0000:00:1c.5: setting latency timer to 64
[ 0.593309] pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64

a boot with beep and text ending on a normal log screen

[ 1.010241] pci 0000:00:1c.5: MEM window: 0xfea00000-0xfeafffff
[ 1.010250] pci 0000:00:1c.5: PREFETCH window: 0x000000f8f00000-0x000000f8ffffff
[ 1.010264] pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:09
[ 1.010269] pci 0000:00:1e.0: IO window: disabled
[ 1.010279] pci 0000:00:1e.0: MEM window: 0xfeb00000-0xfebfffff
[ 1.010288] pci 0000:00:1e.0: PREFETCH window: disabled
[ 1.010315] pci 0000:00:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 1.010325] pci 0000:00:01.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.010339] pci 0000:00:1c.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 1.010349] pci 0000:00:1c.0: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.010367] pci 0000:00:1c.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 1.010377] pci 0000:00:1c.1: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.010394] pci 0000:00:1c.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
[ 1.010404] pci 0000:00:1c.2: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.010420] pci 0000:00:1c.3: PCI INT D -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
[ 1.010430] pci 0000:00:1c.3: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.010445] pci 0000:00:1c.4: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
[ 1.010455] pci 0000:00:1c.4: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.010470] pci 0000:00:1c.5: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
[ 1.010480] pci 0000:00:1c.5: setting latency timer to 64
[ 1.010494] pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64

As you can see, there are some differences of timing and in the first messages.
Does it means something for you?

the beeps ans test display ...

[Gilles Teisseire (gilles-teisseire1)]

hi
With no usplash it seems that boot is always normal (booting about 10 times to see what happens).
Do you need some more information?
Thank you.

[Paulo Cenachi (paulohcenachi-gmail)]

It happens to my Dell Vostro 1500 laptop too, disabling the uplash eliminate the loud beeps. If you enable usplash with the "vga-791" option in /boot/grub/menu.lst the system boots without the beeps, but the elements in usplash screen are displayed in wrong positions.

[none (ubuntu-bugs-nullinfinity-deactivatedaccount)]

I used to have this problem on my Dell Inspiron 1420, which was upgraded from Hardy.

But after a clean reinstall of Intrepid, it doesn't happen anymore.

[Niels Egberts (nielsegberts)]

Since I am running Intrepid Stable it seems to be fixed on my Lattitude D830.

[Niels Egberts (nielsegberts)]

Can anyone comfirm this bug for the laptops still remaining in the bug discription?

[Gilles Teisseire (gilles-teisseire1)]

Still having the bug on asus M50VM ramdomly (1of 3 or 4 boot)

Niels Egberts a écrit :
> Can anyone comfirm this bug for the laptops still remaining in the bug
> discription?
>
>

[Paulo Cenachi (paulohcenachi-gmail)]

The bug persists on Dell Vostro 1500.

[z3non (tom-uttenthaler)]

The but appeared on Asus Z53Sv / F3Sv just a few days ago. This is just one of many things that have been broken with recent intrepid updates. :-(

I didn't try without usplash so far ...

[itisthus (itisthus)]

Can confirm this for a Dell XPX M1530 running intrepid.

[Tobias Krais (tux-spam)]

Hi together,

I think I found the reason for the beep and the white screen that sometimes occurs:
I edited my /boot/grub/menu.lst. There is a line for the defoptions. Here is the line causing the beep:
-----%<-----
# defoptions=splash=quiet
-----%<-----
And here without the beep:
-----%<-----
# defoptions=quiet splash=quiet
-----%<-----

Omitting the "quiet" itself adds text below the ubuntu logo with the current boot actions.
I have a Dell XPS M1530, too. But I think, the reason is the boot text turned on.

Can you confirm this?

Greetings, Tobias

[kede (kede)]

With my machine (GA-P35-DS4) it beeps sometimes and shows a black screen.
Then there is a constant beep-sound which only stops by executing the beep command after boot.

I tried with and without the quiet option. It does not occur if usplash is disabled.

[Felix (apoapo)]

Can confirm this for a Dell XPX M1330 running intrepid.

Only occurs sometimes. Very annoying

[z3non (tom-uttenthaler)]

I can confirm this on my Asus Z53Sv, it appears when removing the quiet-option from the kernel command line in menu.lst:

kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-11-generic root=UUID=... ro splash

[Felix (apoapo)]

me, too. this only occurs with boot text enabled.

[Blümchen Blau (bluemchen-blau)]

Bug confirmed for Dell Vostro 1400.
(Very annoying)

Bluemchen Blau

[none (ubuntu-bugs-nullinfinity-deactivatedaccount)]

Still happens with a fresh install of the Jaunty cd from Jan 9.

[koba (claudio-s-martinez)]

This doesn't happen only on laptops.

My mainboard is an Asus P5B Deluxe.

It's happens randomly (25% or 50% chance).

If I add quiet to the kernel boot options it doesn't happen, but the splash screen is disabled completely.

[Lubosz Sarnecki (lubosz)]

I can confirm this bug on a Asus F3 Laptop with Nvidia Geforce 8600 GS
and on a Asus P5K-E Mainboard with a Geforce 9600.
Since Beta. This only happens when usplash is set to verbose.

[Niels Egberts (nielsegberts)]

This problem still occurs to me on my Dell Latitude D830 (Nvidia quadro 140m) with Jaunty Alpha 3.

Can someone tell if this problem only occurs on computers with a nvidia videocard?

[Tobias Krais (tux-spam)]

Hi Niels,

I have the problem and I have nvidia.

Greeting, Tobias

[Gerson "fserve" Barreiros (fserve)]

Bug confirmed for Acer Aspire 4530-5267
It's happens randomly (25% or 50% chance).
Using nvidia geforce 9100m videocard.

Same laptop have Slackware 12.2 (triboot slackware/ubuntu/windows) and with it, never beeped.
Slackware uses kernel 2.6.27.7 kernel.

[Paulo Cenachi (paulohcenachi-gmail)]

Confirmed fo Dell Vostro 1510 laptop too.

2009/2/19 Gerson fserve Barreiros <email address hidden>

> ** Description changed:
>
> Binary package hint: usplash
>
> When starting Intrepid with usplash turned on I will produce a very loud
> beep with a black screen. When the login screen appears the beep is also
> gone.
>
> When starting without usplash the problem is gone and the system loads
> up normal.
>
> This is confirmed these laptops:
> +
> + Acer Aspire 4530
> Asus A50VM
> Asus M50VM
> Asus P5K-PRO
> Asus Z53Sv
> Asus F3Sv
> Dell Vostro 1500
> Dell Vostro 1400
> Dell Latitude D830
> Dell XPS M1530
> Dell XPS M1330
> + Dell Inspiron 1520
> HP dv6838TX
> - Inspiron 1520
>
> And also on this main board:
> Asus P5B Deluxe
>
> --
> loud beep when starting intrepid on various laptops
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253399
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> of the bug.
>

[Gilles Teisseire (gilles-teisseire1)]

hi!

No more problem since 2.6.27−13 update of kernel
Asus M50VM

Gilles

[waffen (mlacunza)]

Confirm in Dell Latitude D630 uptodate: March 19

[Steffen Heimes (lordarthur)]

Hi!

Confirmed on Desktop-PC!
Jaunty, kernel: 2.6.28-11-generic

MB: Gigabyte MA78GM-S2H with ati 780G Chipset and an nvidia card installed.

Very annoying and happened after removing the quiet option.

[Tobias Krais (tux-spam)]

Hi all,

Karmic 2.6.31-5 Kernel: still loud beep.

Beep only happens when:
1. Grub's menu list has entry: # defoptions=splash=quiet
2. The nvidia module is installed

If one of the above options does not match, no beep here.

The installed nvidia module causes also a white screen before shutting down.

Greetings, Tobias

[Tobias Krais (tux-spam)]

Hi together again,

karmic system here:
- kernel 2.6.31-8
- nvidia 185.18.36
- usplash 0.5.33

No more loud beep here when splash=quiet is activated, altough nvidia module is installed! But: as soon as usplash is loaded, I have a white screen and cannot see a login screen and have to reboot. System is not usable.

Greetings, Tobias

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

The usplash package has been superseded by plymouth and has been removed from the Ubuntu archive. Closing all related bugs.