Public bug reported: This is one of several bugs which have recently appeared since I did a dist-upgrade from 6.06 to 6.10. My (HP dv8220 Intel dual core) system is described at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HP_Pavilion_DV8220EA
When attempting to boot in recovery mode I got *Assembing RAID arrays... *Setting up LVM Volume Groups [ok] *Starting Enterprise Volume Management system... [17179610.132000] BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! The system seems to boot okay sometimes but othertimes I am getting a variety of bugs with very little clue to the source. ** Affects: Ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: Unconfirmed -- BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! https://launchpad.net/bugs/64125 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs