Feisty Herd 4 freezes during startup, AMD64 & i386 - nvram, RTL8187

Tried with the 32-bit version, and though it also crashed, responded _much_ faster, (i.e. 30-40 secs to the first crash message, (the 'nvram' line above) and with Call Trace info before freezing. Unfortunately, it output more than a single screen of trace info, but what's left on-screen is:

[ 96.004000] [<dcab992c>] rtl_ieee80211_softmac_start_protocol+0x2c/0x50 [ieee80211_rtl]
[ 96.004000] [<dca27c9b>] _rtl8180_up+0x2b/0x60 [r8187]
[ 96.004000] [<dca28493>] rtl8180_open+0x23/0x40 [r8187]
[ 96.004000] [<c027a6a1>] dev_open+0x31/0x70
[ 96.004000] [<c0278ecc>] dev_change_flags+0xfc/0x130
[ 96.004000] [<c02c0b71>] devinet_ioctl+0x551/0x6c0
[ 96.004000] [<c027a22b>] dev_ifsioc+0xeb/0x360
[ 96.004000] [<c01ed809>] copy_to_user+0x29/0x50
[ 96.004000] [<c026e21f>] sock_ioctl+0xbf/0x210
[ 96.004000] [<c026e160>] sock_ioctl+0x0/0x210
[ 96.004000] [<c017eabb>] do_ioctl+0x2b/0x90
[ 96.004000] [<c017eb7c>] vfs_ioctl+0x5c/0x2a0
[ 96.004000] [<c017ee32>] sys_ioctl+0x72/0x90
[ 96.004000] [<c0103116>] sysenter_past_esp+0x5f/0x89
[ 96.004000] ==========================
[ 96.004000] Code: Bad EIP value.
[ 96.004000] EIP [<00000000>] 0x0 SS:ESP 0068:d24ebe9c
[ 96.004000] fuse init (API version 7.8)
 * Activating swap... [OK]
mount: Function not implemented
 * Checking file systems... [OK]
fsck 1.40-WIP (02-Oct-2006)

and then froze again, (and remained frozen for 12 hrs, so _really_ frozen! :) ).

Hope that helps,

Dylan

Adding
blacklist rtl8187
blacklist ieee80211_rtl
to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist fixed this for me.

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. Unfortunately we can't fix it, because your description didn't include enough information.

Please include the following additional information, if you have not already done so (please pay attention to lspci's additional options), as required by the Ubuntu Kernel Team:
1. Please include the output of the command "uname -a" in your next response. It should be one, long line of text which includes the exact kernel version you're running, as well as the CPU architecture.
2. Please run the command "dmesg > dmesg.log" and attach the resulting file "dmesg.log" to this bug report.
3. Please run the command "lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log" and attach the resulting file "lspci-vvnn.log" to this bug report.

For your reference, the full description of procedures for kernel-related bug reports is available here: <http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelProblems> Thanks!

Hey Christian,

     Would be happy to, but unfortunately, this error, (which persists
through Herd 4, though some of the trace info changes with each
release, though the nvram and udev issues persist) stops the boot
process, so I can never get in to do anything on the LiveCD, (i.e.
I've never actually seen what 7.04 looks like :( ).

     If there's something I can do during the boot process itself to
capture what info you need, let me know and would be happy to.

Thanks,

Dylan

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     Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:27:59 -0000
     From: Cristian Aravena Romero <email address hidden>
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  Subject: [Bug 80810] Re: Feisty Herd 2 freezes during startup, AMD64
& i386 - nvram, RTL8187
       To: <email address hidden>

> Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. Unfortunately we can't
> fix it, because your description didn't include enough information.
>
> Please include the following additional information, if you have not
> already done so (please pay attention to lspci's additional
> options), as required by the Ubuntu Kernel Team:
> 1. Please include the output of the command "uname -a" in your next
> response. It should be one, long line of text which includes the
> exact kernel version you're running, as well as the CPU architecture.
> 2. Please run the command "dmesg > dmesg.log" and attach the
> resulting file "dmesg.log" to this bug report.
> 3. Please run the command "lspci -vvnn > lspci-vvnn.log" and attach
> the resulting file "lspci-vvnn.log" to this bug report.
>
> For your reference, the full description of procedures for kernel-
> related bug reports is available here:
> <http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelProblems> Thanks!
>
> --
> Feisty Herd 2 freezes during startup, AMD64 & i386 - nvram, RTL8187
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/80810
>

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Dylan Hunter
Blog: http://www.dylanhunter.com

Same thing here.
My config:
mobo: asus p5b deluxe
proc : core2 duo 6800
graph card: nvidia 8800 gtx

Feisty --current

I can boot sometimes but when i cannot, ctrl-alt-sup is necessary.

One hour ago i was trying to run: uname -a....... but it says system is
read-only, so i plug a usb pen and i try to send dmesg.log, lspci.... to
it but it says operation not permitted (i was able to acces usbpen and
to mkdir in it).
How can i do ?
(sorry for my bad english)

Beginning with the Hardy Heron 8.04 development cycle, all open Ubuntu kernel bugs need to be reported against the "linux" kernel package. We are automatically migrating this bug to the new "linux" package. However, development has already began for the upcoming Intrepid Ibex 8.10 release. It would be helpful if you could test the upcoming release and verify if this is still an issue - http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . If the issue still exists, please update this report by changing the Status of the "linux" task from "Incomplete" to "New". We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition. Thanks!