UPDATE: I found for me it was the Intel 3945abg wireless card that was causing the BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! message to appear.
All I did was execute cd /root && sudo mv /etc/modprobe.d/ipw3945 . Now the system successfully boots the generic kernel just fine. Again this was a dell precision m65 with a Core 2 duo. -- BUG: soft lockup detected on CPU#0! https://launchpad.net/bugs/64125 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
