This is looking more like a clone of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/213754 There is second customer affected by this bug. His experiment shows:
boot kernel 2.6.20-16-generic ......................restart works boot kernel 2.6.20-16-generic (recovery mode).......restart works boot kernel 2.6.22-14-generic ......................restart works boot kernel 2.6.22-14-generic (recovery mode).......restart works boot kernel 2.6.24-16-generic ......................restart fails (kernel sees 3GB) boot kernel 2.6.24-16-generic (recovery mode).......restart fails boot kernel 2.6.24-17-server ......................restart fails (kernel sees 4GB) With live CD ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso kernel sees memory: 3 GB Restart problem persisted. The system is Dell Dimension 410/9200 -- P3: Gutsy freezes when loggin out or shutting down https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/236822 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs