Public bug reported: Since installing a Samsung/TSSTCorp SH-S223C SATA DVD-RW drive, my natty/11.04 installation usually hangs during booting. Unfortunately no dmesg log gets written to disk in this case. It doesn't always hang in the same place, but usually it is soon after: "Begin: Running /scripts/init-bottom ... done." (Of course one has to fiddle with the boot parameters in GRUB to actually see any output at all, as for some reason recent Ubuntus like to show a blank screen for most of the boot process.)
Ubuntu lucid/10.04 boots without any problems. With a bit of Googling I found the following workaround: Add libata.atapi_passthru16=0 to the kernel boot parameters in GRUB. Drive model is: SH-S223C/RSMS Drive firmware is: SB06 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: linux-image-2.6.38-10-generic 2.6.38-10.46 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-10.46-generic 2.6.38.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-10-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23. Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: ALC892 Analog [ALC892 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: mike 1702 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'SB'/'HDA ATI SB at 0xfe5f8000 irq 16' Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC892' Components : 'HDA:10ec0892,1043841b,00100302' Controls : 32 Simple ctrls : 18 Card1.Amixer.info: Card hw:1 'HDMI'/'HDA ATI HDMI at 0xfe7e8000 irq 19' Mixer name : 'ATI RS690/780 HDMI' Components : 'HDA:1002791a,00791a00,00100000' Controls : 4 Simple ctrls : 1 Card1.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Date: Wed Jul 27 18:47:27 2011 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f949322b-f0e9-4cc5-949f-1c292f45cac0 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007) MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-2.6.38-10-generic root=UUID=b18ea676-46c3-453a-ba0d-503567d57c13 ro libata.atapi_passthru16=0 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-10-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-10-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.52 RfKill: 0: phy0: Wireless LAN Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-05-28 (60 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 08/19/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1602 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: M4A88TD-M EVO dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr1602:bd08/19/2010:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnM4A88TD-MEVO:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/817147 Title: Boot hang on natty with Samsung SH-S223C DVD-RW Drive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/817147/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs