Lode, given you may boot in 14.04, would this work for you, or would you need a backport to a release prior to Trusty?
** Tags added: bios-outdated-716 ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete ** Summary changed: - Ubuntu 13.10 does not boot on MSI GE70 2OE : divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP + [MSI GE70 2OE] Ubuntu 13.10 does not boot divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1249787 Title: [MSI GE70 2OE] Ubuntu 13.10 does not boot divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: On the following hardware, ubuntu 13.10 does not boot using standard amd64 USB or DVD live medium. It returns a crash (see jpg attachement) related to nouveau. test date: 1 nov 2013 Hardware: MSI GE70 2OE Intel core i7-4700MQ nvidia GeForce GTX765M 2GB GDDR5 17.3" FHD 1920x1080 LCD Transcripting error output: ==== START ===== divide error: 0000 [#1] SMP Modules linked in: dm_crypt(F) joydev(F) x89_pkg_temp_thermal coretemp kvm_intel(F) kvm(F) crct10dif_pclmul(F) crc32_plcmul(F) ghash_clmulni_intel(F) arc4(F) aesni_intel(F) aes_x86_64(F) lrw(F) gf128mul(F) glue_helper(F) ablk_helper(F) .... video(F) nouveau E[ PBUS][0000:01:00.0] MMIO write of 0x00000000 FAULT at 0x418880 [IBUS] CPU: 6 PID: 4675 Comm: Xorg Tainted: GF I 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. GE70 2OC\2OD\2OE/MS-1757, BIOS E1757IMS.711 08/27/2013 task: ffff88023f580000 ti: ff8802418f0000 task.ti: ffff8802418f0000 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffffa0228cb0>] [<ffffffffa0228cb0>] nve4_graph_init+0x250/0x7e0 [nouveau] RSP: 0018:ffff8802418f1c10 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffc90005703018 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff8802418f1ce8 R08: 0000000000000007 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 000000000000902d R11: ffff88023df38000 R12: ffff88023df38000 R13: ffffffffa0292080 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff88023df380eb FS: 00007f8d41dde980(0000) GS:ffff88024fb80000(0000) kn1GS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 00000000080050033 CR2: 00007f8d3b74ef50 CR3: 0000000240580000 CR4: 00000000001407e0 Stack: ffff8802418f1c20 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 Call Trace: [<ffffffffa01d3fad>] nouveau_object_inc+0xbd/0x1b0 [nouveau] [<ffffffffa01d4170>] nouveau_object_new+0xd0/0x230 [nouveau] [<ffffffffa0235730>] nouveau_abi16_ioctl_grobj_alloc+0x70/0xe0 [nouveau] [<ffffffffa005b212>] drm_ioctl+0x532/0x660 [drm] [<ffffffff816f06a4>] ? __do_page_fault+0x204/0x540 [<ffffffff8116e9d5>] ? do_map_pgoff+0x305/0x3c0 [<ffffffff8116cc89>] ? vma_merge+0x229/0x330 [<ffffffff811b8ba5>] do_vfs_ioctl+0x2e5/0x4d0 [<ffffffff811b8e11>] SyS_ioctl+0x81/0xa0 [<ffffffff816f521d>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f Code: 7d 11 89 f8 c1 f8 03 48 98 44 8b 84 85 30 ff ff ff eb a0 8b bd 30 ff ff ff 8d 83 ff ff 7f 00 45 31 f6 4d 8d bc 24 eb .00 00 00 99 <f7> fb bb 14 09 50 00 41 89 c5 49 8b 44 24 50 48 8d b0 80 89 41 RIP [<ffffffffa0228cb0>] nve4_graph_init+0x250/0x7e0 [nouveau] RSP <ffff8802418f1c10> ====== END ========== --- ApportVersion: 2.12.6-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu 3478 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ubuntu 3478 F.... pulseaudio CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131113) MachineType: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. GE70 2OC\2OD\2OE MarkForUpload: True Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.12.0-2.7-generic 3.12.0 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.12.0-2-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.12.0-2-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.117 Tags: trusty Uname: Linux 3.12.0-2-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo dmi.bios.date: 08/27/2013 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: E1757IMS.711 dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M. dmi.board.name: MS-1757 dmi.board.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. dmi.board.version: REV:0.B dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrE1757IMS.711:bd08/27/2013:svnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:pnGE702OC\2OD\2OE:pvrREV1.0:rvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:rnMS-1757:rvrREV0.B:cvnMicro-StarInternationalCo.,Ltd.:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: GE70 2OC\2OD\2OE dmi.product.version: REV:1.0 dmi.sys.vendor: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. 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