Testing with the upstream 3.6 kernel still hangs the boot, but in a different place. It freezes after this line:
* Starting VMware Tools services [fail] (The failure isn't surprising because I didn't reinstall vmware-tools after the kernel upgrade.) After sending ctrl-alt-del to the VM, I see this message: acpid: exiting then the VM shutsdown and restarts. However, on subsequent restart, I see the freeze after "Checking battery state..." again. ** Tags removed: needs-upstream-testing ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream ** Tags added: apport-collected quantal running-unity ** Description changed: This is a bit of an odd environment, but I've recently noticed that boot will occasionally hang just after "Checking battery state...". I don't know for sure it's /etc/acpi/power.sh that's hanging, but that seems like the most likely culprit. This is an up-to-date 12.10 guest running in VMware Fusion 5.0.1 (825449) on OS X 10.6.8. I've disabled the splash screen so I can watch the boot process. ctrl-C (and other keystrokes) seems to be echoed back to the console, but has no effect. When I send ctrl-alt-delete (via the VMware "Virtual Machine" menu item), I see "acpid exiting" and the machine shuts down and reboots. It usually successfully reboots after this, but not always. - I suppose not surprisingly, this seems related to power status pass- - through. If you go to VMware's settings->Other->Advanced and turn off - "Pass power status to VM" then it seems like boot never hangs. Note - though that I have had this setting enabled for ages, and enabling - doesn't guarantee that the boot will hang. But it never seems to hang - with the setting disabled. + I suppose not surprisingly, this seems related to power status pass-through. If you go to VMware's settings->Other->Advanced and turn off "Pass power status to VM" then it seems like boot never hangs. Note though that I have had this setting enabled for ages, and enabling doesn't guarantee that the boot will hang. But it never seems to hang with the setting disabled. + --- + ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3 + Architecture: amd64 + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 + InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120709.1) + Package: pm-utils + PackageArchitecture: amd64 + ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5 + Tags: quantal running-unity + Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 + UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1061149 Title: boot occasionally hangs while "Checking battery state..." To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/1061149/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
