[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2013-08-10 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Constantin Savtchenko, as per http://download.lenovo.com/express/ddfm.html an update is available for your BIOS (1.43). If you update to this, does it change anything? If not, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command: sudo dmidecode -s

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2013-03-19 Thread Ken
I'm not sure if it's related, but I'm also seeing that on a T520, I'm *consistently* unable to boot with discrete graphics enabled. Either Integrated or Optimus boots fine. Screenshot: http://i.stack.imgur.com/auxZP.jpg And related StackExchange: http://askubuntu.com/questions/245886/why-is-

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2013-01-30 Thread Constantin Savtchenko
Good afternoon. After a kernel upgrade yesterday I am unable to boot into 12.04.1 again. I managed to boot in initially using nomodeset and reinstalled my Nvidia drivers (310.## I believe). However, now I simply get stuck after a loading swap message. Is there any new information on this issue?

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2013-01-30 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.8 kernel[0] (Not a kernel in the daily directory) and install both the linux-image and linux-image-extra .deb packages. If this bug is fixed in the

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2013-01-30 Thread Constantin Savtchenko
Hi Joseph, I followed the instructions as you suggested and installed the 3.8-rc5 kernel. I did not see improvement, thus I added the kernel-bug-exists- upstream tag (I may needed to have added the kernel-unable-to-test- upstream.) Here's what happened: - nomodeset was not a guaranteed

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2013-01-24 Thread Dmitry Divius Tantsur
Confirming to T420s with 12.04.1 (both livecd and existing system with the latest updates) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1083738 Title: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2013-01-04 Thread Constantin Savtchenko
Good Evening and Happy New Year, Attempted a reboot again after software install. This time no kernel update, so no nomodeset at any time. First, direct Restart attempt I got stuck at a purple screen. I had to powercycle. Second attempt, a power on instantly after the power down, I

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2012-12-18 Thread Constantin Savtchenko
Hi Joseph, Updated my kernel headers today, did a reboot. Added nomodeset at grub using 'e'. Booted successfully and recompiled NVidia drivers. Did a 'sudo service lightdm start' successfully and finally rebooted once again. At reboot, I got stuck at a purple screen (even though quiet

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2012-12-17 Thread Joseph Salisbury
@Constaintin, In the bug description, you mention that you left 12.04 and returned. Did you perform a fresh install each time? Also, does the bug go away if you disable the Nvidia card like mentioned in comment #27? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2012-12-17 Thread Constantin Savtchenko
Joseph, yes every time was a indeed a fresh install. I never attempted to disable the NVidia card in the BIOS. I did however, attempt the opposite, enabling optimus and using the nouveau drivers. People suggested they had luck with that, however I remember not succeeding. Currently, I am

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2012-12-14 Thread Andrey Oleynik
I have the same problem on Ubuntu 12.10. Ubuntu starts only if Nvidia card is turned of in BIOS (Intel card is selected). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1083738 Title: Booting

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2012-12-14 Thread Andrey Oleynik
Joseph, I've checked with kernel 3.7 and it doesn't work ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2012-11-27 Thread Constantin Savtchenko
ALSO ALt-SysReq REISUB does not respond ever. The only way to recover from these failure boots is to power cycle. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1083738 Title: Booting Trouble With

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2012-11-27 Thread Constantin Savtchenko
Kernel does not successfully boot for me to run required command. Recovery mode also fails to boot. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2012-11-27 Thread Constantin Savtchenko
apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected precise running-unity staging ** Description changed: I have been having booting trouble with my Lenovo for months. I have consistently left 12.04 and had to use other systems. Sometimes I am forced to return and try to see if this

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2012-11-27 Thread Constantin Savtchenko
Managed to boot into system by: - Power cycling multiple times, booting regularly would bring to a similar situation as https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/984127 - It would complain that fschk needs to be done, however, no button press or command would respons - I kept

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2012-11-27 Thread Joseph Salisbury
Do you happen to know if this bug existed on previous versions of Ubuntu, or have you only used Precise(12.04)? Would it be possible for you to test the latest upstream kernel? Refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds . Please test the latest v3.7 kernel[0] (Not a kernel in the

[Bug 1083738] Re: Booting Trouble With Lenovo T520 (NVS 4200M)

2012-11-27 Thread Constantin Savtchenko
Joseph, this bug has existed since the unity change. I have had trouble with 10.10, 11.04, 11.10. The last stable kernel/release to run on my system successfully was 10.04. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.