Tom, I would like to thank you for taking the time and documenting your findings and the workaround. I was able to successfully apply this DSDT workaround to my LinuxMint installation. I'm hopping to see official fix soon. Thanks again.
My distro and specs for anyone who is interested. -->cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=LinuxMint DISTRIB_RELEASE=14 DISTRIB_CODENAME=nadia DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 14 Nadia" -->uname -a Linux z580 3.5.0-17-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Tue Oct 9 19:31:23 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -->dmesg | grep " DMI" [ 0.000000] DMI 2.7 present. [ 0.000000] DMI: LENOVO IdeaPad Z580 /Lenovo , BIOS 5FCN89WW 08/27/2012 -->sudo lshw -short -sanitize H/W path Device Class Description ===================================================== system IdeaPad Z580 (System SKUNumber) /0 bus Lenovo /0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS /0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz /0/4/6 memory 32KiB L1 cache /0/4/7 memory 256KiB L2 cache /0/4/8 memory 3MiB L3 cache /0/5 memory 32KiB L1 cache /0/36 memory 6GiB System Memory /0/36/0 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) /0/36/1 memory 2GiB SODIMM DDR3 Synchronous 1600 MHz (0.6 ns) /0/100 bridge 3rd Gen Core processor DRAM Controller /0/100/2 display 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller /0/100/14 bus 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB xHCI Host Controller /0/100/16 communication 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 /0/100/1a bus 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 /0/100/1b multimedia 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller /0/100/1c bridge 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 /0/100/1c.1 bridge 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2 /0/100/1c.1/0 eth0 network RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller /0/100/1c.2 bridge 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 /0/100/1c.2/0 wlan0 network Centrino Wireless-N 2200 /0/100/1d bus 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 /0/100/1f bridge HM76 Express Chipset LPC Controller /0/100/1f.2 storage 7 Series Chipset Family 6-port SATA Controller [AHCI mode] /0/100/1f.3 bus 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller /0/1 scsi0 storage /0/1/0.0.0 /dev/sda disk 120GB KINGSTON SV300S3 /0/1/0.0.0/1 /dev/sda1 volume 111GiB EXT4 volume /0/2 scsi2 storage /0/2/0.0.0 /dev/cdrom disk DVD-RAM UJ8D1 /0/3 scsi6 storage /0/3/0.0.0 /dev/sdb disk xD/SD/M.S. /0/3/0.0.0/0 /dev/sdb disk /1 power Smart Battery /2 power TBD by ODM -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1093217 Title: Ubuntu 12.04 10-20min boot delay (From 3.2.0.29->3.2.0.30) [Lenovo IdeaPad Z580] To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1093217/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs