** Description changed: - $ dmesg | tail -15 | cut -c19- irq 4: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option) <c0139ed4> __report_bad_irq+0x24/0x80 <c0139fcf> note_interrupt+0x9f/0x1f0 <c0139993> handle_IRQ_event+0x33/0x60 <c0139a75> __do_IRQ+0xb5/0xc0 <c01056f9> do_IRQ+0x19/0x30 <c0103e8a> common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 <c02221a2> serial8250_startup+0x152/0x440 <c021df28> uart_startup+0x48/0x130 <c021ed0f> uart_open+0xbf/0x410 <c01594cd> get_empty_filp+0x5d/0x110 <c020de51> tty_open+0x161/0x310 <c016084e> chrdev_open+0x6e/0x140 <c01607e0> chrdev_open+0x0/0x140 <c0156674> __dentry_open+0xb4/0x1e0 <c0156855> nameidata_to_filp+0x35/0x40 <c01568b0> do_filp_open+0x50/0x60 <c0115d10> default_wake_function+0x0/0x10 <c0156555> get_unused_fd+0x45/0xb0 <c015690a> do_sys_open+0x4a/0xe0 <c01569dc> sys_open+0x1c/0x20 <c0102dbb> sysenter_past_esp+0x54/0x79 handlers: [<c0222520>] (serial8250_interrupt+0x0/0xf0) Disabling IRQ #4 $ grep ' 4:' /proc/interrupts 4: 200074 IO-APIC-edge serial $ sudo setserial -g /dev/ttyS0 /dev/ttyS0, UART: undefined, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4 This laptop (ThinkPad R52) does not have a physical serial port (there is IRDA) on the main body, although there could be one wired for the docking bay. I've seen this issue once before.
** Tags added: irq thinkpad -- Disabling IRQ #4 (serial related) https://launchpad.net/bugs/70002 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs