I tested this problem as per your suggestions and find the problem does not occur on either the 9.10 release or the upstream kernel. A bug update was submitted and status changed to fixed. Joseph Patterson
> Hi josephpatterson, > > This bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it > recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? Can you try with > the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO CD images are available > from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/ . > > If it remains an issue, could you run the following command from a > Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). It will automatically > gather and attach updated debug information to this report. > > apport-collect -p linux 446796 > > Also, if you could test the latest upstream kernel available that would be > great. It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. > Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Once you've > tested the upstream kernel, please remove the 'needs-upstream-testing' > tag. This can be done by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the > tag located at the bottom of the bug description and deleting the > 'needs-upstream-testing' text. Please let us know your results. > > Thanks in advance. > > [This is an automated message. Apologies if it has reached you > inappropriately; please just reply to this message indicating so.] > > > ** Tags added: needs-kernel-logs > > ** Tags added: needs-upstream-testing > > ** Tags added: kj-triage > > ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > No OS found on power up > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446796 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in âlinuxâ package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > I am using a new Dell E6500 Latitude laptop with Ubuntu 9.04 installed. I > commented out the line in /etc/X11/default-display-manager to suppress the > graphics login while debugging changes to /etc/X11/xorg.conf. When the > changes to xorg.conf were satisfactorily implemented, I removed the > comment indicator from the line in default-display-manager. I performed a > reboot as root. When the system finished the bios screen, it stopped with > > No OS found > Insert OS setup disk, then press any key > > I expected the grub loader menu to come up. It did not. > > If I power off and press f12 for a one time diagnostics menu, I get a > diagnostics screen that allows selecting the boot source (i.e., usb > drive/CDROM/hard disk drive/diagnostics suite). If I select hard disk > drive, then grub comes up and the boot sequence is normal from there. > > Although my configuration includes a second monitor, I have repeated this > process on a second E6500 that only has the laptop display and suffered > the identical problem. I repeated this process on the one without a second > display because the xorg.conf above fixed the resolution problem with > Ubuntu 9.04 not recognizing the 1920x1200 display on the laptop and only > permitted 1600x1200 resolution on the laptop display. Setting the virtual > attribute in xorg.conf allows the display to use its 1920x1200 resolution. > The default xorg.conf restricts the display to 1600x1200. > > I suspect that disabling the GDM window manager caused some change in the > initialization sequence that is not recovering when it is reenabled. I did > this same thing on Ubuntu 8.04 and did not have this problem. The default > 8.04 xorg.conf is substantially different from default 9.04 xorg.conf. > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 > HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f5788e80-4ca3-4601-afe8-6fa5fac483ae > MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude E6500 > NonfreeKernelModules: wl > Package: linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic 2.6.28-15.52 > ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=3b8d9684-1fd1-4fc9-8c36-3c08a5f53de3 ro xforcevesa > quiet splash > ProcEnviron: > PATH=(custom, user) > LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > SHELL=/bin/bash > ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.28-15.52-generic > SourcePackage: linux > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/446796/+subscribe > -- No OS found on power up https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/446796 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
