I just had this problem when booting automatically through ACPI (RTC alarm). The following solved it for me:
sudo apt-get install intel-microcode See this blog post: http://smackerelofopinion.blogspot.com/2010/03 /installing-intel-microcode-updates.html -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/254326 Title: BUG: soft lockup - CPU #1 stuck for 11s -- Ubuntu 8.04.1 Kernel 2.6.24-19 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs