Bug#704885: BIOS boot failure after a kernel shutdown on Acer Aspire 5930G
How did you fix this? The video on youtube with the loop boot is mine, but couldn't find a solution... I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 with 3.8.0-17-generic kernel.
On Monday, April 8, 2013 1:10:02 AM UTC+3, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> forwarded 704885 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi/?id=14733
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> # from upstream: "use last 3.8.5 vanilla kernel compiled myself and
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> # this bug exist". Approximating:
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> found 704885 linux/3.8.5-1~experimental.1
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> # from the report: "The same behaviour happens with the kernel of the
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> # current stable release (Squeeze)". Guessing:
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> found 704885 linux-2.6/2.6.32-48squeeze1
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> quit
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> Hi,
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> computer.enthusiastic wrote:
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> > After some hour of regular operation, the kernel log is
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> > flooded with ACPI errors and the system slows down. Here a
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> > little snippet:
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> > [ 3872.304251] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.AMW0.WMCA] (Node ffff8800bbe744e8), AE_TIME (20110623/psparse-536)
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> > [ 3872.804236] ACPI: EC: input buffer is not empty, aborting transaction
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> [...]
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> > After a regular and controlled shutdown (with a strange
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> > loud beep from computer speaker), the BIOS
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> > is unable to complete the boot sequence and
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> > it continuously resets. This makes the computer
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> > totally unusable. A video recording (not by myself)
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> > can be viewed here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rndKUE_CzLs).
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> > The same behaviour happens with the kernel of the current
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> > stable release (Squeeze).
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> [...]
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> > The only way to make bootable the computer is to
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> > disconnect the power adapter and remove the battery
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> > pack for some minutes.
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> Thanks for a clear report.
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> > After a search, I found the following bug report:
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> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi/?id=14733
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> [...]
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> > I applied the patch to the standard Debian Kernel according
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> > to the istructions of the Debian Kernel Handbook and
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> > the BIOS freeze has not occurred anymore (tested
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> > with kernels from "stable" and "testing").
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> Thanks much for this. If I have any more questions, I'll
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> ask them upstream.
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> Sincerely,
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> Jonathan
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