Sigh (or in Bavarian actually, fittingly "mei" ;-)), this same bug since 12.04 seems back with the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, stopping the installer (which loops slides infinitely without message nor progress) after it has mounted the /-to-be below /tmp to copy from USB.
See also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1196155 (referenced in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1203520) and http://askubuntu.com/questions/419853/mei-me-unexpected-reset - hope we'll get rid of it much faster this time around, since the HP 7x00 CMTs and Dell 7xx Optiplexes are quite likely candidates to be made LTS machines (so how does this keep slipping into releases?). How (and if, precisely when?) could one easily blacklist mei (and mei_me, if need be) when booting a LiveCD? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1176577 Title: [HP Compaq dc7700 Small Form Factor PC] mei unexpected reset in kernel 3.8 Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in “linux” package in Arch Linux: New Status in “linux” package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: Right after upgrading kernel from 3.5 to 3.8 (Ubuntu 13.04), the syslog got flooded by a large number of such messages: (cut) May 5 15:33:15 compaq-aldo kernel: [ 205.064042] mei 0000:00:03.0: unexpected reset: dev_state = RESETING May 5 15:33:21 compaq-aldo kernel: [ 211.076029] mei 0000:00:03.0: unexpected reset: dev_state = RESETING May 5 15:33:27 compaq-aldo kernel: [ 217.088035] mei 0000:00:03.0: unexpected reset: dev_state = RESETING May 5 15:33:33 compaq-aldo kernel: [ 223.100039] mei 0000:00:03.0: unexpected reset: dev_state = RESETING May 5 15:33:39 compaq-aldo kernel: [ 229.112045] mei 0000:00:03.0: unexpected reset: dev_state = RESETING (cut) This was associated by non reliable ethernet functionality, i.e. transfer of large files from my Ubuntu box to a local NAS connected via ethernet got hanging with no other apparent errors or diagnostics: nautilus copy just stopped transferring data, leaving the copy window there with the progress bar stopped. I tried to reboot, but this behaviour is perfectly reproducible. This is one of the first syslog lines got from that kernel: May 5 15:30:15 compaq-aldo kernel: [ 0.000000] Linux version 3.8.0-19-generic (buildd@roseapple) (gcc version 4.7.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.7.3-1ubuntu1) ) #30-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 1 16:36:13 UTC 2013 (Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8) I attach the whole syslog from boot of that kernel. On the same box, launching a previsous kernel (3.5) works flawlessly. For the time being, I removed 3.8 kernel from my box, now running 3.5. Kind regards Aldo --- ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8 Architecture: i386 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: ldx 2074 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ldx 2074 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: command ['iw', 'reg', 'get'] failed with exit code 1: nl80211 not found. DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=32cc5d6d-43c1-4e97-a8b7-10b71aac3e29 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-01-04 (121 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq dc7700 Small Form Factor MarkForUpload: True Package: linux (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-19-generic root=UUID=38ce1d51-c3cf-438d-b395-f7c4744e2e37 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.30-generic 3.8.8 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-19-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.106 RfKill: Tags: raring Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to raring on 2013-04-26 (9 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo wireshark dmi.bios.date: 04/13/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: 786E1 v01.10 dmi.board.name: 0A54h dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.asset.tag: CZC7451V4Q dmi.chassis.type: 4 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvr786E1v01.10:bd04/13/2007:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPCompaqdc7700SmallFormFactor:pvr:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn0A54h:rvr:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct4:cvr: dmi.product.name: HP Compaq dc7700 Small Form Factor dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1176577/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp