Public bug reported: I was lucky enough to get a 4-socket Sandy Bridge (Xeon E5-4600 series) box, but unfortunately the default install of 12.04 hangs during boot while loading the sb_edac module. This is due to a bug in drivers/edac/sb_edac.c, as of now not yet fixed in upstream. However I sent the small fix: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/5/31/371
I would suggest pulling this fix into the Ubuntu 3.2 tree as the consequences are pretty severe: the box won't boot after install without some manual monkeying to add a blacklist of the sb_edac module to the modprobe config. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: linux-image-3.2.0-24-generic 3.2.0-24.39 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.39-generic 3.2.16 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64 AlsaDevices: total 0 crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 1 May 31 11:24 seq crw-rw---T 1 root audio 116, 33 May 31 11:24 timer AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1: CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory CurrentDmesg: [ 22.819778] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth2: link becomes ready [ 33.190089] eth2: no IPv6 routers present Date: Thu May 31 11:24:56 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=315b7072-43a2-484f-b6a4-07b75ed02ee6 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120424.1) PciMultimedia: ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-24-generic root=UUID=a1f81222-4ae4-42e0-b4e6-1bb9fba3587a ro console=ttyS0,115200n1 console=tty0 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.2.0-24-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.2.0-24-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.79 RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory SourcePackage: linux StagingDrivers: mei UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 04/18/2012 dmi.bios.version: 1.0.2 dmi.board.name: 04K5X5 dmi.board.version: A00 dmi.chassis.type: 23 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvn:bvr1.0.2:bd04/18/2012:svn:pn:pvr:rvn:rn04K5X5:rvrA00:cvn:ct23:cvr: ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug precise staging -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1007061 Title: 12.04 kernel hangs during boot (loading sb_edac) on 4-socket Sandy Bridge To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1007061/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs