And to confirm it is your fix, as a control, I then upgraded and found the live -23.36 kernel which is in the repositories ..
root@tecumseh:~# apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be upgraded: linux-headers-3.2.0-23 linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic-pae linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic-pae sessioninstaller 4 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 50.2 MB of archives. After this operation, 181 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? [snip] Preparing to replace linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic-pae 3.2.0-23.36~lp950295v201204241909 (using .../linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic-pae_3.2.0-23.36_i386.deb) ... Done. Unpacking replacement linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic-pae ... Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-23-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic-pae run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-23-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic-pae Preparing to replace linux-headers-3.2.0-23 3.2.0-23.36~lp950295v201204241909 (using .../linux-headers-3.2.0-23_3.2.0-23.36_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-headers-3.2.0-23 ... Preparing to replace linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic-pae 3.2.0-23.36~lp950295v201204241909 (using .../linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic-pae_3.2.0-23.36_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement linux-headers-3.2.0-23-generic-pae ... Preparing to replace sessioninstaller 0.20+bzr123-0ubuntu2 (using .../sessioninstaller_0.20+bzr128-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement sessioninstaller ... [snip] .. rebooted, and it hung. I'm running here with the workaround. ben@tecumseh:~$ cat /proc/cmdline BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic-pae root=UUID=ec1fde3e-cf25-49df-a729-b4e2b01281eb ro b43.blacklist=yes ben@tecumseh:~$ lsmod | grep b43 ben@tecumseh:~$ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/950295 Title: acer laptop hangs during boot process; 12.04 - b43 driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/950295/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
