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I have an "mei_me" error at system boot-up.

May  2 17:47:39 florian-Linux kernel: [   11.867542] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: irq 62 for MSI/MSI-X
May  2 17:47:39 florian-Linux kernel: [   11.870423] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: version message write failed: ret = -5
May  2 17:47:39 florian-Linux kernel: [   11.870452] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: hbm_start failed ret = -5
May  2 17:47:39 florian-Linux kernel: [   11.870470] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: reset failed
May  2 17:47:39 florian-Linux kernel: [   11.870487] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: link layer initialization failed.
May  2 17:47:39 florian-Linux kernel: [   11.870509] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: init hw failure.
May  2 17:47:39 florian-Linux kernel: [   11.891233] mei_me 0000:00:16.0: initialization failed.

My Kernel version:

3.13.0-51-generic #84-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 15 12:08:34 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

can anyone say me: where come this error from and how to solve this problem?

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  • Did you try adding the lineblacklist mei to the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf?
    – Ron
    May 2, 2015 at 15:58
  • No I don't try this, but I think this should work and causes in no errors at the bootup. But I don't know for what I need the mei_me service... Also this don't solve the problem, only the logs ;) May 2, 2015 at 16:02
  • More about Intel mei. I've seen few people were able to solve the issue by blacklisting (or even doing rmmod)
    – Ron
    May 2, 2015 at 16:13
  • Ron: Thanks for your help... I try to boot with an older kernel(xx0-49), and there the problem doesn't exist. My Problem now: How to tell grub to boot with the older kernel every bootup? May 3, 2015 at 8:24
  • which kernal are you using? (the output of uname -a)
    – Ron
    May 3, 2015 at 16:20

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To tell grub to use older kernal everytime you can refer to the official documentation or this link. In short, you need to change the value of GRUB_DEFAULT in the file /etc/default/grub. To know what value you should put in for GRUB_DEFAULT, you have to refer to the order of boot entries listed in the grub menu. This information comes from the file /boot/grub/grub.cfg. This basically involves counting the menuentries and matching it with the position of your old-kernal as listed in the grub menu.

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  • Thanks, with xx0-49 Kernel it works without problems. Where I can report this "bug" with the kernel and the Ubuntu-version? May 3, 2015 at 9:28
  • See ReportingBugs, the official documentation to know more about bug reporting.
    – Ron
    May 3, 2015 at 9:57

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