[P4M900]Boot Crashes in Lucid Linx

[jook]

I was using Lucid, but after installing some updates on Feb 2 I could not boot into my computer.

The screen actually looked like it was melting into the centre of the screen.
The boot process makes it past grub but dies shortly after. I fooled around for a while to try and get it working, but had no luck. I reinstalled with an alpha 2 disc and was working again. I then did an apt-get dist-upgrade, rebooted and my screen was melting again. The only new software I installed on the second install was synaptic, Firefox and VLC.
The problem may have something to do with my video. I believe I am using the open chrome driver.
Here is a list of my hardware with lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge (rev 80)
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Security Device
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 7c)
00:13.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge
00:13.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 [Chrome 9 HC] (rev 01)
04:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] (VIA High Definition Audio Controller) (rev 10)
05:01.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)

I have switched back to Karmic, so I can't offer much more.
I just wanted to pass on that your current package setup, as of Feb 3rd, will not boot on the above hardware.

If you want me to try another build, I could dual boot my laptop to test it out.

[Steve Langasek (vorlon)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and help to improve Ubuntu.

Can you explain what you mean by "melting into the center of the screen"? I'm having a hard time visualizing this. Someone has assigned this bug to the plymouth package, but the issue you describe doesn't match any of the other plymouth bugs that we've seen so far.

[jook (jook-roberts)]

That is the only way I can describe what I see.  The screen is orange/brown and makes a brighter coloured ring that shrinks toward the center of the screen.  It actually looks like melting plastic.  Of course it is not, it is just LCD light.

I will install RC3 and see if the issue is gone.

----- Original Message ----
From: Steve Langasek <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Sun, February 28, 2010 1:14:05 PM
Subject: [Bug 517318] Re: Boot Crashes in Lucid Linx

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and help to improve
Ubuntu.

Can you explain what you mean by "melting into the center of the
screen"?  I'm having a hard time visualizing this.  Someone has assigned
this bug to the plymouth package, but the issue you describe doesn't
match any of the other plymouth bugs that we've seen so far.

** Package changed: plymouth (Ubuntu) => xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
(Ubuntu)

** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu)
      Status: New => Incomplete

--
Boot Crashes in Lucid Linx
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/517318
You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
of the bug.

Status in “xserver-xorg-video-openchrome” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
I was using Lucid, but after installing some updates on Feb 2 I could not boot into my computer.

The screen actually looked like it was melting into the centre of the screen.
The boot process makes it past grub but dies shortly after.  I fooled around for a while to try and get it working, but had no luck.  I reinstalled with an alpha 2 disc and was working again.  I then did an apt-get dist-upgrade, rebooted and my screen was melting again.  The only new software I installed on the second install was synaptic, Firefox and VLC.
The problem may have something to do with my video.  I believe I am using the open chrome driver.
Here is a list of my hardware with lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge (rev 80)
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Security Device
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller
00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.2 USB...

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

Please attach the photos from this unsucessful boot.

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

Attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file.
If you can from after reproducing this issue (or /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old after reboot).

You could do that after run Ubuntu in safe mode.

[Raimis (raimef)]

I have a similar problem with Lucid Linx beta1. My hardware:

00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Security Device
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 7c)
00:13.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge
00:13.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 [Chrome 9 HC] (rev 01)
06:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] (VIA High Definition Audio Controller) (rev 10)
07:04.0 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Memory Stick Card Reader Controller
07:04.1 SD Host controller: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI SmartMedia / xD Card Reader Controller
07:04.3 FLASH memory: ENE Technology Inc ENE PCI Secure Digital / MMC Card Reader Controller

From the live cd to boot the system hangs :

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/7866/p4251949.jpg
http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4127/p4251953a.jpg

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

This bug should be fixed in the latest kernel upgrade for Lucid Lynx.