Confirming this problem too; I tried both the newest BIOS as well as the previous one; on the previous BIOS it halted while initializing PCI resources . On the current one, it scrolls too fast for me to read.
With acpi=off, the kernel faults while trying to load sound, which explains the no sound problem; you can see the fault in the dmesg posted. -- kernel 2.6.20-6 problem on asus centrino with kubuntu feisty herd 3, acpi=off partial solved https://launchpad.net/bugs/83290 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
