linux 2.6.27 kernel won't boot on amd64 hp laptop - need to boot with noapictimer

I have come across this thread http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=905908 .

I have since tried the acpi=off as suggested, and this did indeed let my laptop boot with this kernel, but now have the problem of my wireless no longer working, and my screen defaulted to a low res mode and did not use the 177 version of the navida drivers which were installed.

Andy

Andy thanks for your bug report. It is being marked incomplete because it lacks required information. Please refer to here for minimum required info:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies

And some additional info:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelBoot

When you have added the info please feel free to move the bug to new.

The above attached files were taken when I booted with acpi=off and quiet and splash were removed from my grub boot entry.

When I just removed splash & quiet it got stock on an apci entry,which I shall get more information on ie a camera screen shot.

Andy

i have attached a screen shot of my laptop with the removal of acpi=off from the boot command line, this is as far as my laptop boots to and does not get any further now.

Confirmed, thanks for responding Andy

I have replaced acpi=off with noacpitimer and my laptop now starts as expected with wireless & display driver working as expected

Should be noapictimer not noacpitimer

This might be duplicate to one of these:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/254668
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/262437

There are some issues with hpet timer and clockevents. Could you try
http://people.ubuntu.com/~smb/bug254668/linux-image-2.6.27-3-generic_2.6.27-3.3smb4_i386.deb
to verify how this looks for you?

Stefan

Before I try this Kernel, will this work on my laptop as Iam running amd64 version of Ubuntu? It it won't it there a link to one that would run on the amd64?

Thanks

Andy

On Asus F3T and F3M, also boot only with noapictimer parametr....

Stefan

I have downloaded the amd64 version from http://people.ubuntu.com/~smb/bug254668/linux-image-2.6.27-3-generic_2.6.27-3.3smb5_amd64.deb and it works thanks.

It boots just as I would have expected it would have, however I just had one problem which was my Nvidia display driver which did not compile because the source was not installed.

Good news then, Thanks.

Andy

Stefan or anyone

How do I go about installing that image on a machine that will not boot?

Try either "noapictimer" or "highres=off nohz=off" on the non-working kernel in order to boot it.

I have downloaded the latest 2.6.27-3 kernel which is pending to be uploaded to the repositeries and for me now this bug has been fixed.

Thanks

Andy

I am marking this as fix committed since Intrepid has been rebased to 2.6.27-rc6 which contains all the mentioned fixes.

I'm affected by this. I have 2.6.27-3 and no more updates are available. What is the reason for this not being fixed on my AMD64 install?

Attached is my hardware info.

Setting this to "Fix Released" based on the decision to stick with the 2.6.27 kernel for Intrepid - https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kernel-team/2008-September/003107.html

@feld - It would be great if you would open a new bug report. It seems you have different hardware than the original bug reporter and this will likely require a separate fix. Thanks.

Per a decision made by the Ubuntu Kernel Team, bugs will longer be assigned to the ubuntu-kernel-team in Launchpad as part of the bug triage process. The ubuntu-kernel-team is being unassigned from this bug report. Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeamBugPolicies for more information. Thanks.