One follow-up bit of information: (which may be a shot in the dark). 3.2.71 seems to get just short of initializing the video card (ATI Radeon 8500). Any chance that what changed between 3.2.69 and 3.2.71 is in the radeon or radeonfb modules?
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1527621 Title: kernels 3.2.0-91 through at least 3.2.0-96 fail to boot Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: System POSTs normally. After grub menu screen, any version higher than 3.2.0-90 hangs on dark red screen. ESC will not show the boot process. This report was gathered using 3.2.0-90, which is the last version that works correctly. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-90-generic 3.2.0-90.128 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-90.128-generic 3.2.69 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-90-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. AplayDevices: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: I82801BAICH2 [Intel 82801BA-ICH2], device 0: Intel ICH [Intel 82801BA-ICH2] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.13 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: cnix 847 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'I82801BAICH2'/'Intel 82801BA-ICH2 with ALC650D at irq 17' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC650D' Components : 'AC97a:414c4721' Controls : 50 Simple ctrls : 33 Date: Fri Dec 18 09:15:32 2015 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2579dd5a-324e-4b20-a97a-5f29956197a1 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: System Manufacturer System Name MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-90-generic root=UUID=17299dfb-70b4-4854-808b-0b1e23d565c9 ro RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-90-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-90-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79.18 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2014-09-10 (463 days ago) WifiSyslog: Dec 18 09:15:50 harp kernel: [67160.491633] codec_semaphore: semaphore is not ready [0x1][0x300100] Dec 18 09:15:50 harp kernel: [67160.491684] codec_read 0: semaphore is not ready for register 0x56 dmi.bios.date: 12/25/2002 dmi.bios.vendor: Award Software, Inc. dmi.bios.version: ASUS P4T533-C ACPI BIOS Revision 1009 dmi.board.name: P4T533-C dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: REV 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 6 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAwardSoftware,Inc.:bvrASUSP4T533-CACPIBIOSRevision1009:bd12/25/2002:svnSystemManufacturer:pnSystemName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP4T533-C:rvrREV1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct6:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System Manufacturer To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1527621/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
