9.10 getting me on my nerve... Kernel Oops!

[arashiko28]

I have seen little to say no efforts to fix this problem, I was willing to wait sometime and try it to help to try it, since I can reproduce this bug as simple as plugging an USB device or just browsing the web, listening music... so many ways...

This is far beyond what I can take, my computer restarts while loading, just now did it 8 counted times! 9.10 is a total failure for me, I'm going back to 9.04. Reinstalling is not an option because I have crash reports on the live CD. Not being able to use any peripheral port just gets me off my nerves. Best of lucks for 10.04, I'll try again then.

[arashiko28]

I made this with the Live CD to try and keep it as virgin as possible (no extra installations to interfere)

This crash report is generated, on Live CD and after plugging an USB Drive. Also after installation by plugging any peripheral device and just browsing the web, listening music and watching videos. And trying to mount a partition of the disk, I can't use any peripheral ports after install and to do so, I have to run Live CD and work through Nautilus to move documents back and forth.

ProblemType: KernelOops
Annotation: Your system might become unstable now and might need to be restarted.
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 3050 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd4200000 irq 22'
Mixer name : 'Intel G45 DEVCTG'
Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,17aa3d78,00100202 HDA:10573055,17aa3d7d,00100700 HDA:80862802,80860101,00100000'
Controls : 31
Simple ctrls : 18
Date: Sat Nov 7 14:18:23 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
Failure: oops
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
MachineType: Lenovo INVALID
Package: linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic 2.6.31-14.48
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-14-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.24
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
Tags: kernel-oops
Title: WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-2.6.31/arch/x86/kernel/check.c:134 check_for_bios_corruption+0xcb/0xe0()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 09/23/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: Lenovo
dmi.bios.version: 10CN37WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: Lenovo Assert TAG
dmi.board.name: INVALID
dmi.board.vendor: Lenovo
dmi.board.version: 10CN37WW
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Lenovo Assert TAG
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Lenovo
dmi.chassis.version: 10CN37WW
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLenovo:bvr10CN37WW:bd09/23/2008:svnLenovonINVALIDvrLenovoIdeaPadY530:rvnLenovo:rnINVALID:rvr10CN37W W:cvnLenovo:ct10:cvr10CN37WW:
dmi.product.name: INVALID
dmi.product.version: Lenovo IdeaPad Y530
dmi.sys.vendor: Lenovo

I can't do more than that, sorry...

[howefield]

9.10 is a total failure for me, I'm going back to 9.04.

I'm glad 9.04 is sound for you, you also have plenty of choice if you want the latest in open source, with many of the "popular" distros releasing new versions around this time of year.

I had one Ubuntu fail, (7.04) which simply meant 6 months with another distro which didn't fail, then back to Ubuntu from 7.10.

The point being, that if one distro gives you grief, doesn't mean they all will.

[zman58]

I made this with the Live CD to try and keep it as virgin as possible (no extra installations to interfere)


I can't do more than that, sorry...

Did you try the Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit version or the 32 bit version? The Y530 is Core 2 Duo, so you should be able to run the 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10. Perhaps try a fresh install using 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 one more time and apply all updates. It should only take 20 minutes or so to try on that system--very fast.

If it just won't work on that system I would move back to the more stable 9.04 as well. 9.04 has had lots of work and corrections wrung out so may be an advantage in your case. Having the ability to move to 9.04 without too much grief is very good indeed. One of the advantages of Linux is that you have choice. You can move about as you need to solve problems in the most efficient way.

Is it possible that an update broke the system? Interesting that the Live CD works, but the install does not work. Perhaps waiting a bit longer (month or two) and then applying all of the updates might resolve your problems.

When moving to the very latest releases, consider that you may run into issues so it is always good to try a test hard drive first to get your feet wet and verify that the solution will provide what you need for the target system. I typically keep a backup image or a separate hard drive with the original working system in-tact until I have made the leap to the newer system and have worked with it long enough to make sure it will provide what I need.

I installed 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 on my employer issued Dell E6400 (core 2 duo) just a few days back. Everything ran perfectly. No adjustments were needed and the system is working flawlessly--including wireless...

I am -not- recommending the DELL E6400 (Intel Core 2 duo) here because I think it is overpriced and I am not that impressed with the performance of this laptop. The Intel Graphics are less than impressive. I purchased a HP G60 with AMD Athlon X2 and 8200 nvidia graphics a while back for less than half of what this E6400 costs. My son is using it at school. I would recommend the HP G60 with AMD X2 processor Nvidia 8200 Graphics. At half the price, the G60 AMD X2 runs circles around this E6400. The HP G60 had a much larger display also and a slightly better full keyboard with separate numerical pad. The HP G60 is much better.

[arashiko28]

Did you try the Ubuntu 9.10 64 bit version or the 32 bit version? The Y530 is Core 2 Duo, so you should be able to run the 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10. Perhaps try a fresh install using 64-bit Ubuntu 9.10 one more time and apply all updates. It should only take 20 minutes or so to try on that system--very fast.

If it just won't work on that system I would move back to the more stable 9.04 as well. 9.04 has had lots of work and corrections wrung out so may be an advantage in your case. Having the ability to move to 9.04 without too much grief is very good indeed. One of the advantages of Linux is that you have choice. You can move about as you need to solve problems in the most efficient way.

Is it possible that an update broke the system? Interesting that the Live CD works, but the install does not work. Perhaps waiting a bit longer (month or two) and then applying all of the updates might resolve your problems.

I had 9.04 64-bit and after a few tweeks it was working like a charm, I downloaded the 32-bit version first because I share an re-install to many friends and therefore I try it first nevertheless is the one I'm keeping or not. It does not work in either, Live CD nor the installation, since I could generate the report from the Live CD, difference is I guess, just tries harder, but not always successfully. I'm still hanging on to find a solution before going back to 9.04. I have used Linux for 2 years now and this is the first time I feel so frustrated with a new release, not even with my first time in Linux (I felt like an alien, all of my friends talking and I didn't understood anything).
Besides, It's human made, right? We all have right to be wrong. It's not a rant, I love Linux and this little thing won't make me love it less. I just need it as it's predecessors to work out of the box with just a few tweeks.

[bernie9998]

I've been getting similar issues on my Y30 as well, with the 64bit version.

In addition to panics and freezes, I've occasionally had sudden reboots and data corruption while accessing the hard disks.

I've posted about this previously here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1318057

[arashiko28]

I went back to 9.04 64-bit, it works like a charm for me. I will install 9.10 later, once my finals finish...

[bernie9998]

I'd rather not go through all that after spending so much time upgrading. Instead, I'm going to see if I can get an older kernel into karmic and see if it solves these issues at least until this bug is fixed.

[arashiko28]

I'd rather not go through all that after spending so much time upgrading. Instead, I'm going to see if I can get an older kernel into karmic and see if it solves these issues at least until this bug is fixed.

Perhaps good and easy enough for an IT, I'm just part of the regular crowd with a huge curiosity to handle, I have learned a lot since I use Ubuntu, but to compile, I have done it a few times only and... I'd rather not... besides, installation only took me 15 minutes and with a couple of mega commands, I install all of my packages while watching a movie.

[bernie9998]

True, though I'm hoping I won't even have to resort to compiling my own kernel either. Actually, I'm hoping I can just manually install the kernel debs from the jaunty release and simply configure grub to boot off of them instead. I can see how this solution might not be as straight forward as a clean installation of Jaunty, but I'm hoping I can keep the stability of Jaunty with all the shiny of Karmic