[Bug 1324762] Re: [MacBookPro8, 1] Fails to boot without noefi since linux-image-3.13.0-20-generic

2014-06-01 Thread Mike Gratton
Okay, git bisect says this is the first offending commit: dc9c3ed611922e769b1fd595f8f99a93d69c026d is the first bad commit commit dc9c3ed611922e769b1fd595f8f99a93d69c026d Author: Borislav Petkov b...@suse.de Date: Thu Oct 31 17:25:08 2013 +0100 x86/efi: Runtime services virtual

[Bug 1324762] Re: [MacBookPro8, 1] Fails to boot without noefi since linux-image-3.13.0-20-generic

2014-06-01 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Mike Gratton, the issue you are reporting is an upstream one. Could you please report this problem through the appropriate channel by following the instructions _verbatim_ at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Upstream/kernel ? Please provide a direct URL to your e-mail to the mailing list once you

[Bug 1324762] Re: [MacBookPro8, 1] Fails to boot without noefi since linux-image-3.13.0-20-generic

2014-06-01 Thread Mike Gratton
** Description changed: My MacBookPro 8,1 (Early 2011, 13) will not boot using any trusty kernel linux-image-3.13.0-20-generic or later. I get a grey rectangle displayed, centred, filling most of the screen, and the system hangs. When booting into rescue mode without kernel parameters quiet,

[Bug 1324762] Re: [MacBookPro8, 1] Fails to boot without noefi since linux-image-3.13.0-20-generic

2014-05-31 Thread Mike Gratton
Okay, have started bisecting. Will take a few day sat least however since this is my primary machine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1324762 Title: [MacBookPro8,1] Fails to boot

[Bug 1324762] Re: [MacBookPro8, 1] Fails to boot without noefi since linux-image-3.13.0-20-generic

2014-05-30 Thread Mike Gratton
Just tried this with 3.15-rc7, with similar effective results: The standard boot results in a kernel oops and hang, adding the noefi kernel param allows the system to get to multiuser, but in a degraded state. Anything else I can do? Any hints on how to get that oops text without resorting to a

[Bug 1324762] Re: [MacBookPro8, 1] Fails to boot without noefi since linux-image-3.13.0-20-generic

2014-05-30 Thread Mike Gratton
Photo of the call trace attached anyway. Top of the stack is: efivar_init efivar_update_sysfs_entries kset_register kzalloc.constprop.3 efivars_sysfs_init leds_init do_one_initall etc. ** Attachment added: photo of call trace from 3.15-rc7 booted with efi enabled

[Bug 1324762] Re: [MacBookPro8, 1] Fails to boot without noefi since linux-image-3.13.0-20-generic

2014-05-30 Thread Christopher M. Penalver
Mike Gratton, the next step is to fully commit bisect the kernel in order to identify the offending commit. Could you please do this following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/KernelBisection ? ** Tags added: needs-bisect ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Incomplete -- You