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I often get stuck at the boot on battery.

I can suspend and hibernate without any trouble (even on battery).

If I plug the energy cable everything goes right most of the time (edited June 13).

Adding "acpi=off" doesn't solve the issue.

Disabling power save from LAN at BIOS doesn't solve this too.

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Memory test seems to be ok:

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I can even compile a kernel without a problem:

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Has someone a tip for this?
(I have the same questions marks in my mind as the image shows if not more :-/ )

obs.: this is an upgraded installation from Natty alpha.
edited I (May 22): I've installed a brand new final 11.04 and got the bug again.

edited II (June 13): I thought it was solved but it is not. After spending eight days off, the same problem happened even with the power cable connected. I had to reboot about 6 times until success.

edited III (June 14): I can boot (even with battery) if I disconnect the cable and take off the battery for a few seconds. This lead me to conclude that maybe something is kept into memory of some hardware. Maybe or maybe not related but I also have touchpad issues (jumps) with this machine.

edited IV (June 25): I opened gconf-editor and went to apps > gnome-power-manager and disabled everything possibly related to suspend or hibernate. No help.
Also I grabbed a Fedora live usb pendrive and got the same problem:

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So I think it is a hardware problem related issue.

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    Wow. That ain't pretty. Do you have any other working OS's on that machine?
    – boehj
    May 14, 2011 at 2:48
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    looks like a suspend/hibernate issue to me.
    – Takkat
    May 14, 2011 at 10:20
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    I've seen some wifi cards cause these sort of issues - can you pull out/disable in bios to see if this is the cause?
    – fossfreedom ♦
    May 22, 2011 at 22:26
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    ... also, various IRQ issues - does booting with noapic or nolapic make any difference?
    – fossfreedom ♦
    May 22, 2011 at 22:32
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    This is happening to me when i'm using for a long time VLC... maybe some problem with hibernate/suspend?
    – Jorge Pinho
    Jun 13, 2011 at 14:53

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Have a look inside log file viewer (press super and type "log file viewer") and see if you can find error messages prior to the bad_area_nosemaphore in your screenshot.

bad_area_nosemaphore: one of the causes for this can be faulty memory. That can also explain why you sometimes have a problem: if that bad memory is not touched everything works like a charm. If it does get touch unexpected results can be expected. In general: irregular behaviour during boot always start thinking memory 1st.

So run memtest from the live cd or from grub if you can boot into it and see if 1 of your memory modules is in bad shape and if so replace it.

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  • Thank you very much Rinzwind. But (fortunately?) memory test seems to be ok.
    – desgua
    May 16, 2011 at 2:24
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    Try compile linux kernel, it's the best memory test I ever seen. If you get segfault - memory is bad.
    – Extender
    May 16, 2011 at 3:06
  • @Extender I will try it. Thank you very much. @Rinzwind: I could not find the errors messages showed in the picture :-/
    – desgua
    May 16, 2011 at 10:38
  • @Rinzwind I couldn't find anything at log file viewer. The errors seams that weren't recorded :-(
    – desgua
    May 16, 2011 at 22:32
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    I'm out of options _O- sorry.
    – Rinzwind
    May 17, 2011 at 9:51
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If this was from an alpha I would do a clean install, but that's my personal choice.

Having said which, looking at the evidence I would say that the kernel is probably trying to determine settings by probing interrupts or loading a module.

Try turning off the acpi in the grub boot parameters.

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  • I will try that, thank you very much. I'm curious trying to find the problem, and a little bit afraid of nothing being able to boot if I need. I will search more for a fix before given up and reinstall ;-)
    – desgua
    May 17, 2011 at 13:14
  • Well. I've tried both. I've installed a brand new final 11.04 and got the bug again. Then I've added "acpi=off", but unfortunately neither solve the issue. When I plug the energy cable all goes right. :-/ Thank you nevertheless.
    – desgua
    May 22, 2011 at 21:59
  • It's been 3 days that the problem didn't happened again, so I think it could be a matter of software bug.
    – desgua
    Jun 1, 2011 at 18:01
  • I thought it was solved but it is not. After spending eight days off, the same problem happened even with the power cable connected. I had to reboot about 6 times until success.
    – desgua
    Jun 13, 2011 at 14:38
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I found a fix but not an explanation therefore help still needed here ;-)

The Fix
Disconnect the cable and take off the battery for a few seconds.

Conjectures
This fix lead me to conclude that maybe something is kept into memory of some hardware. Maybe or maybe not related but I also have touchpad issues (jumps) with this machine (that isn't solved with the take off of battery procedure).

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