Sten Bennetsen, thank you for your comments. As per your https://launchpadlibrarian.net/101909791/BootDmesg.txt : [ 0.000000] ACPI: BIOS bug: multiple APIC/MADT found, using 0 ... [ 0.164693] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: BIOS _OSI(Linux) query ignored
Hence, as per http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers an update is available for your BIOS (3521). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate , does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and just provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette . Thank you for your understanding. ** Summary changed: - 1217:00f7 Firewire prevents booting + 1217:00f7 [TravelMate 8200] Firewire prevents booting ** Tags added: pwa -- 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/981936 Title: 1217:00f7 [TravelMate 8200] Firewire prevents booting Status in The Linux Kernel: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When trying to boot using kernel 3.2.x kernel the screen just goes blank and harddisk IO stops. Removing the quiet and splash options in combination with nomodeset seems to reveal that the booting stops due to an error in setting the firewire's power levels (see attachment) Kernel 3.0.x work fine. ps The system was updgraded from 11.10 -> 12.04 beta 2 WORKAROUND: Disable the firewire module from loading during boot. edit: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-firewire.conf uncommented the line: blacklist firewire-ohci Run: sudo update-initramfs -k all -u ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-generic 3.2.0.23.25 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic i686 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: xylth 2060 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xb0000000 irq 50' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC883' Components : 'HDA:10ec0883,1025160d,00100002 HDA:11c13026,11c13026,00100600' Controls : 32 Simple ctrls : 19 Date: Sat Apr 14 23:55:19 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=4582b1cc-b90b-485e-9bae-5eb3afea532a IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory MachineType: Acer, inc. TravelMate 8200 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=4d03bdfa-c7f8-4502-8516-be6c6286e02b ro quiet splash RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-17-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-17-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory SourcePackage: linux UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-13 (1 days ago) WpaSupplicantLog: dmi.bios.date: 06/19/06 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: v1.3319 dmi.board.name: Como dmi.board.vendor: Acer, Inc. dmi.board.version: Not Applicable dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: , Inc. dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv1.3319:bd06/19/06:svnAcer,inc.:pnTravelMate8200:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer,Inc.:rnComo:rvrNotApplicable:cvn,Inc.:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: TravelMate 8200 dmi.product.version: Not Applicable dmi.sys.vendor: Acer, inc. --- AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: xylth 2060 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xb0000000 irq 49' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC883' Components : 'HDA:10ec0883,1025160d,00100002 HDA:11c13026,11c13026,00100600' Controls : 32 Simple ctrls : 19 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=4582b1cc-b90b-485e-9bae-5eb3afea532a IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory MachineType: Acer, inc. TravelMate 8200 Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: root=UUID=4d03bdfa-c7f8-4502-8516-be6c6286e02b ro quiet splash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-17.30-generic 3.0.22 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.0.0-17-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.0.0-17-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory SourcePackage: linux Tags: precise precise UdevDb: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Uname: Linux 3.0.0-17-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-13 (2 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare WpaSupplicantLog: dmi.bios.date: 06/19/06 dmi.bios.vendor: Acer dmi.bios.version: v1.3319 dmi.board.name: Como dmi.board.vendor: Acer, Inc. dmi.board.version: Not Applicable dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: , Inc. dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrv1.3319:bd06/19/06:svnAcer,inc.:pnTravelMate8200:pvrNotApplicable:rvnAcer,Inc.:rnComo:rvrNotApplicable:cvn,Inc.:ct1:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: TravelMate 8200 dmi.product.version: Not Applicable dmi.sys.vendor: Acer, inc. 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