Public bug reported: Hi, This bug report is very similar to Launchpad bug #1063656 (Unity GUI will hang during bootup with ATI Technologies Radeon X600 (RV380) and VIA Technologies PT880 Ultra chipset).
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1063656 I have this mainboard called ASUS P5VD1-X. This is a little "odd ball" of a mainboard. It contains an AGP 8X Slot (AGP 1.5V) and a PCI Express Gen 1 x16 Slot (x16 connector, x4 link). Both AGP and PCI Express are connected to the Northbridge chip, VIA Technologies PT880 Ultra. PT880 Ultra is one of the last VIA Technologies chipset that supported Intel platform. A perfect mainboard to do hardware compatibility validation against number of cards and Linux. I updated the BIOS to the last release version (Revision 0704). The problem is, booting will stop after displaying Unity GUI default background wallpaper image under Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 32-bit. It won't get to displaying launch bar with icons on the left side of the screen or a title bar on the top part of the screen. I suspect this bug to be there due to lack of testing. Very few VIA Technologies PCI Express supporting chipset exist, and I assume very little validation testing was done on VIA Technologies PCI Express supporting chipset. The only temporary workaround I found was to run Ubuntu 12.04 LTS in recovery mode, and everything works fine. It is just that it won't work the normal way. System Configuration: - Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 32-bit - ASUS P5VD1-X mainboard * BIOS Revision 0704 * VIA Technologies PT880 Ultra (Northbridge) * VIA Technologies VT8237R Plus (Southbridge) - Intel Pentium D * 2.66 GHz * 533 MHz FSB - 1 GB MB DDR400 DDR SDRAM * 512 MB DDR400 DDR SDRAM DIMM X 2 (in dual channel mode) - MSI R4350 MD1GD3H graphics card * AMD Radeon HD 4350 (RV710) * 1 GB DDR3 SDRAM * PCI Express x16 - Maxtor 80 GB PATA hard drive - Sony PATA DVD-RW drive - PS/2 keyboard - PS/2 mouse Workaround: Press Shift during boot to enter GRUB's menu screen. Select recovery mode boot instead of normal boot Please don't flag this bug as a duplicate because I was told that one report per hardware configuration. Regards, fpgahardwareengineer ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: xorg 1:7.6+12ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-34.53-generic-pae 3.2.33 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-34-generic-pae i686 .tmp.unity.support.test.1: ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu15 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: [core,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,vpswitch,snap,mousepoll,resize,place,move,wall,grid,regex,imgpng,session,gnomecompat,animation,fade,unitymtgrabhandles,workarounds,scale,expo,ezoom,unityshell] CompositorRunning: None Date: Sun Dec 9 15:18:10 2012 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: precise DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, even including gdb or git bisection work if needed GpuHangFrequency: Continuously GpuHangReproducibility: Yes, I can easily reproduce it GpuHangStarted: Today GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV710 [Radeon HD 4350] [1002:954f] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device [1462:8112] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: System manufacturer System Product Name MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-34-generic-pae root=UUID=a310a45e-a35f-4a97-9856-3404fdef1e8b ro recovery nomodeset Renderer: Software SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display Title: Xorg freeze UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 11/16/2006 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0704 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: P5VD1-X dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0704:bd11/16/2006:svnSystemmanufacturer:pnSystemProductName:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5VD1-X:rvrRev1.xx:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: System manufacturer version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.7.8+bzr3121-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.32-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 8.0.4-0ubuntu0.2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.11.4-0ubuntu10.8 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.0-0ubuntu1.2 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.17.0-1ubuntu4.2 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2 ** Affects: linux Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: unity Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: xserver-xorg-driver-ati Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug freeze i386 needs-upstream-testing precise running-unity ubuntu ** Also affects: xserver-xorg-driver-ati Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags added: needs-upstream-testing ** Also affects: unity Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Also affects: linux Importance: Undecided Status: New ** No longer affects: xorg (Ubuntu) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1088282 Title: [Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS 32-bit] Unity GUI will hang during bootup with AMD Radeon HD 4350 (RV710) and VIA Technologies PT880 Ultra chipset To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/1088282/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
