Latest kernel (3.8.0-19) also broken, across all nvidia driver packages (not just 310.44). This is, IMO, a *show stopping defect*.
I'm pasting a snippet of the kernel log below. It's where the kernel starts to go south. Of interest is the fact that if you wait long enough, the kernel might boot, but it never shuts down completely (have to manually power off). This is the "jumbled text" that the OP sees, and this issue is seen in 3.8.0-18 and -19, where things do not work correctly. My current theory is that the hdmi sound driver in these kernels dies when an nVidia HDMI capable card is in the machine and loaded with any of the proprietary drivers. Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.173728] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-agn-rs' Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.563256] BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffff88011c7dbfe0 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.563449] IP: [<ffffffffa0141820>] patch_generic_hdmi+0xe0/0x550 [snd_hda_codec_hdmi] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.563604] PGD 1c0e063 PUD c3f6a067 PMD 11e0f0063 PTE 800000011c7db161 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.563897] Oops: 0003 [#1] SMP Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.564068] Modules linked in: snd_hda_codec_hdmi arc4(F) iwldvm mac80211 coretemp kvm_intel kvm snd_seq_midi(F) snd_seq_midi_event(F) snd_rawmidi(F) tpm_tis snd_hda_codec_conexant thinkpad_acpi nvram(F) mxm_wmi snd_seq(F) video(F) snd_hda_intel(+) uvcvideo snd_hda_codec videobuf2_vmalloc videobuf2_memops snd_hwdep(F) snd_seq_device(F) snd_pcm(F) videobuf2_core iwlwifi mac_hid videodev wmi btusb nvidia(POF) cfg80211 snd_page_alloc(F) i7core_edac bluetooth lpc_ich snd_timer(F) edac_core psmouse(F) serio_raw(F) mei snd(F) lp(F) parport(F) soundcore(F) microcode(F) ahci(F) libahci(F) firewire_ohci firewire_core crc_itu_t(F) sdhci_pci sdhci e1000e(F) Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.567254] CPU 4 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.567317] Pid: 448, comm: modprobe Tainted: PF O 3.8.0-19-generic #29-Ubuntu LENOVO 4389AN4/4389AN4 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.567486] RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0141820>] [<ffffffffa0141820>] patch_generic_hdmi+0xe0/0x550 [snd_hda_codec_hdmi] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.567648] RSP: 0018:ffff88011e24fac0 EFLAGS: 00010283 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.567725] RAX: 0000000000000008 RBX: 0000000000000004 RCX: 0000000000000004 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.567810] RDX: ffff88011c7dbfd8 RSI: ffff88011c7dbfe0 RDI: ffff88012e29cc20 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.567892] RBP: ffff88011e24faf8 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000002 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.567973] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff88012e29c800 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.568058] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000004 R15: ffff88011c7dc000 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.568143] FS: 00007f4b4f7cf740(0000) GS:ffff880137d00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.568243] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.568324] CR2: ffff88011c7dbfe0 CR3: 000000011a857000 CR4: 00000000000007e0 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.568406] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.568492] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.568577] Process modprobe (pid: 448, threadinfo ffff88011e24e000, task ffff88012d099740) Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.568677] Stack: Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.568745] 00000000ffffffff ffffffffa0140004 ffffffffa0143380 0000000000000000 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.569034] ffff88012e29c800 00000000ffffffff ffffffffa0145000 ffff88011e24fb58 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.570938] ffffffffa0ad3186 2d6164682d646e73 64692d6365646f63 303030656430313a Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.571232] Call Trace: Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.571313] [<ffffffffa0140004>] ? hdmi_pcm_open+0xa4/0x1e0 [snd_hda_codec_hdmi] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.571426] [<ffffffffa0ad3186>] snd_hda_codec_configure+0x146/0x440 [snd_hda_codec] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.571537] [<ffffffffa0af72f0>] azx_probe_continue+0x3a0/0x4f0 [snd_hda_intel] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.571649] [<ffffffffa0af58b0>] ? azx_attach_pcm_stream+0x1e0/0x1e0 [snd_hda_intel] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.571760] [<ffffffffa0af6cb0>] ? azx_halt+0x30/0x30 [snd_hda_intel] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.571849] [<ffffffffa0af56d0>] ? azx_pcm_trigger+0x580/0x580 [snd_hda_intel] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.571956] [<ffffffffa0af6810>] ? azx_runtime_suspend+0x30/0x30 [snd_hda_intel] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.572063] [<ffffffffa0af3670>] ? azx_pcm_free+0x50/0x50 [snd_hda_intel] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.572166] [<ffffffffa0af779a>] azx_probe+0x35a/0x940 [snd_hda_intel] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.572259] [<ffffffff8137b47b>] local_pci_probe+0x4b/0x80 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.572344] [<ffffffff8137b7a1>] pci_device_probe+0x111/0x120 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.572430] [<ffffffff814556c7>] driver_probe_device+0x77/0x230 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.572515] [<ffffffff8145592b>] __driver_attach+0xab/0xb0 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.572598] [<ffffffff81455880>] ? driver_probe_device+0x230/0x230 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.572686] [<ffffffff814539dd>] bus_for_each_dev+0x5d/0xa0 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.572769] [<ffffffff814551ce>] driver_attach+0x1e/0x20 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.572851] [<ffffffff81454da0>] bus_add_driver+0x190/0x280 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.572934] [<ffffffffa0afe000>] ? 0xffffffffa0afdfff Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.573017] [<ffffffff81455ff7>] driver_register+0x77/0x170 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.573101] [<ffffffffa0afe000>] ? 0xffffffffa0afdfff Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.573188] [<ffffffff8137a66c>] __pci_register_driver+0x4c/0x50 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.573276] [<ffffffffa0afe01e>] azx_driver_init+0x1e/0x1000 [snd_hda_intel] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.573369] [<ffffffff8100215a>] do_one_initcall+0x12a/0x180 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.573457] [<ffffffff810bfec7>] load_module+0x10c7/0x1520 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.573540] [<ffffffff810bb830>] ? unset_module_init_ro_nx+0x80/0x80 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.573631] [<ffffffff810c03e5>] sys_init_module+0xc5/0xf0 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.573718] [<ffffffff816d379d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.573798] Code: 0f 1f 00 4d 8b bc 24 c0 00 00 00 25 00 e0 00 00 c1 e8 0c 83 c8 01 49 63 17 83 c0 01 83 f8 10 48 8d 14 92 49 8d 14 d7 48 8d 72 08 <66> 89 5a 08 c7 46 08 02 00 00 00 0f 86 5b 02 00 00 48 8d 4e 18 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.577306] RIP [<ffffffffa0141820>] patch_generic_hdmi+0xe0/0x550 [snd_hda_codec_hdmi] Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.577456] RSP <ffff88011e24fac0> Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.577529] CR2: ffff88011c7dbfe0 Apr 19 11:04:07 crodrigue-laptop kernel: [ 21.577676] ---[ end trace d942aaeab248d0c7 ]--- I'm attaching the full boot sequence from the kernel logs, along with a working boot sequence (currently from kernel 3.9 rc7, but I can go with 3.8.0-17 if we really need that, too). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-310-updates in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1169325 Title: Latest linux-headers-3.8.0-18 with Nvidia causes freeze on boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nvidia-drivers-ubuntu/+bug/1169325/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
