Ubuntu does not boot when on battery (after 17.10 upgrade)

[Steve_Hicks]

After upgrading to Ubuntu 17.10 my laptop does not boot (stalls on start up flash page) UNLESS I plug my battery in.

This only happened after upgrading from 17.04 to 17.10

Once booted it works OK on battery power only

[pm-texs]

After upgrading to Ubuntu 17.10 my laptop does not boot (stalls on start up flash page) UNLESS I plug my battery in.

This only happened after upgrading from 17.04 to 17.10

Once booted it works OK on battery power only

+1

Any resolution ?

I had no problem with 17.04 Ubuntu Gnome with this laptop and one other. Both Asus, one B400A and one U47A. Clean install on both. No upgrade.

[jboesche]

The same issue here (lenovo b5400, on kernels 4.11 and 4.13, ubuntu 17.10). Any ideas?

[domakistan]

Same problem with dell xps 13 (9343).
I've filed a bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1748639
Feel free to add information.

Christophe

[domakistan]

With acpi=off (see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelBoot), my system boots completely.

[jboesche]

Worked for me too, except for non-working wifi ;(

[jboesche]

Looks like it's been fixed by today's updates (at least my laptop booted up 3 times without AC power).
Might have been:
linux-image-4.13.0-38-generic:amd64
linux-tools-4.13.0-38:amd64
(and related)