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Kubuntu Edgy (release) hangs on boot

Bug #68497 reported by Arthur Penn
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linux-source-2.6.17 (Ubuntu)
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xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I wiped my Windows machine a few days ago and installed the Kubuntu Edgy release candidate. I then apt-get updated this current today. Over 50% of the time (before or after the updates) I am unable to get the machine to boot and display the login screen. It displays the initial "Kubuntu" screen with the progress bar; the bar goes all the way across, and the monitor clicks when it changes display modes, and then nothing appears and the machine is unresponsive. Once hung, I cannot hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get a terminal and have to hit the PC's reset button.

Looking at /var/log/messages, it gets past the messages about Bluetooth from the kernel and then hangs. The next items in the kernel logs when I am able to get it to boot are from gconf. I believe these appear when it does display the logon screen and I enter credentials.

Once running, the machine seems to run great. I don't have any operational problems until startup or shutdown. It does sometimes hang on shutdown as well. When this occurs, it repeatedly:
* Shows the "Kubuntu" screen with the progress bar
* Has some hard disk activity
* Changes display mode and causes the monitor to 'click'
* Again shows the "Kubuntu" screen. This went on for some time before I reset the machine.

Please help. I used Kubuntu 6.06 on an alternate machine and loved it. I don't want to have to reinstall Windows!

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Arthur Penn (arthur-penn) wrote :
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towsonu2003 (towsonu2003) wrote :

looks like a kernel problem, but maybe related to upstart? not sure...

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Arthur Penn (arthur-penn) wrote :

I think I discovered what the problem is--a problem with the video driver the installation CD chose for my card caused X to hang when trying to show the login screen. The installer detected the card properly, but used the following settings:

Section "Device"
 Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. R200 BB [Radeon All in Wonder 8500DV]"
 Driver "ati"
 BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Apparently the ati driver doesn't work reliably with the All in Wonder 8500DV. Only sometimes will X start. I can confirm this with the Kubuntu live CD.

I installed the xorg-driver-fglrx package and changed the driver to fglrx and have not had any more problems. Can anyone take a look at this ati driver?

Thanks for your time!

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towsonu2003 (towsonu2003) wrote :

Thanks for your report. I think it would be a good idea if you can attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /etc/X11/xorg.conf to this report as file attachments.

Note: I added xorg-ati but did not remove kernel (while assigning bugs) upon your last comments. The reason is, afaik, if a driver (or anything, for that matter) can hang the machine, it's a kernel bug. But at the same time, it's an ati bug bc it cannot provide support your specific card. I hope this info will be helpful to other triagers / developers looking a this bug.

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Arthur Penn (arthur-penn) wrote :
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Arthur Penn (arthur-penn) wrote :
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Arthur Penn (arthur-penn) wrote :

This bug was marked as a duplicate of 67487, but after following the testing instructions for that bug's fix, I still have the problem as long as the dri module is loaded.

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote :

Arthur, have you tried 7.04 or the 7.10 prereleases?

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati:
status: New → Incomplete
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Arthur Penn (arthur-penn) wrote : Re: [Bug 68497] Re: Kubuntu Edgy (release) hangs on boot

Well... I couldn't work with it, so I bought a different Nvidia-based video
card. I still have the ATI card and if I get time I'll throw it in a test
system and see what happens.

On 8/31/07, Timo Aaltonen <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Arthur, have you tried 7.04 or the 7.10 prereleases?
>
> ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
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> Kubuntu Edgy (release) hangs on boot
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/68497
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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
Changed in linux-source-2.6.17:
status: New → Invalid
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