freezes pc when launched

Please provide more information. The more the better, but what I think would be useful there is the boot log which you can find in the system log (/var/log/syslog)

this occurs on new install - I therefore am not able to provide logs as it
does not write to hdd

unless u know different- i dont know that much really??

thanks

cm

On 14/06/06, Francois-Denis Gonthier <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Please provide more information. The more the better, but what I think
> would be useful there is the boot log which you can find in the system
> log (/var/log/syslog)
>
> ** Changed in: powernowd (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Untriaged => Medium
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
> --
> freezes pc when launched
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/48792
>

I have this exact same problem. I have definitively narrowed it down to powernowd: I have configured it to not start in the regular bootup sequence, but when issuing a direct

/etc/init.d/powernowd start

it crashes the box.

Information of use:
# uname -a
Linux ian 2.6.15-25-amd64-generic #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jun 14 11:28:03 UTC 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux

# lsmod
Module Size Used by
binfmt_misc 15248 1
rfcomm 45600 0
l2cap 30464 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 59268 4 rfcomm,l2cap
isofs 39808 1
udf 86816 0
ppdev 11400 0
tc1100_wmi 9096 0
video 18824 0
acpi_sbs 24600 0
battery 12296 1 acpi_sbs
i2c_acpi_ec 7040 1 acpi_sbs
container 6272 0
button 8864 0
pcc_acpi 16128 0
sony_acpi 7188 0
ac 7176 1 acpi_sbs
dev_acpi 15364 0
hotkey 13768 0
nls_utf8 3584 1
ntfs 101376 1
ipv6 300416 8
dm_mod 63176 1
md_mod 76792 0
parport_pc 40816 0
lp 15040 0
parport 44172 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
floppy 74120 0
nvidia 5433176 12
snd_intel8x0 38440 1
snd_ac97_codec 110268 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_ac97_bus 4096 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss 59424 0
snd_mixer_oss 20608 1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm 104584 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer 29064 1 snd_pcm
snd 68576 8 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore 13216 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 13968 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
pcspkr 3592 0
shpchp 51360 0
pci_hotplug 33168 1 shpchp
psmouse 40324 0
serio_raw 9732 0
usblp 16128 0
i2c_nforce2 9216 0
i2c_core 26624 3 i2c_acpi_ec,nvidia,i2c_nforce2
af_packet 28172 2
tsdev 10240 0
evdev 14464 1
usbhid 43040 0
reiserfs 257904 2
ide_generic 2816 0
forcedeth 27908 0
ehci_hcd 36232 0
ohci_hcd 23684 0
usbcore 147004 5 usblp,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
ide_cd 35744 1
cdrom 41144 1 ide_cd
ide_disk 19456 4
sata_nv 12420 0
libata 85536 1 sata_nv
scsi_mod 160504 1 libata
generic 7300 0
amd74xx 16944 0 [permanent]
thermal 16524 0
processor 29224 1 thermal
fan 6408 0
fbcon 43136 0
tileblit 4096 1 fbcon
font 9984 1 fbcon
bitblit 7424 1 fbcon
softcursor 3712 1 bitblit
capability 7176 0
commoncap 9728 1 capability
...

hi

thanks for the email.

I think I saw a now known bug with powernow but theys till havent fixed it
...!

Its odd how some distros are fine though , pclinuxos(mandriva based ) has no
problems for example.

say while am on , you dont know much about xorg by chance do you??

(thought would ask have a problem cant suss - trying to get gui on a sun
ultra sparc with an ati rage video card - ahh such fun !! )

cheers

mick

On 19/09/06, Stephen van Egmond <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> I have this exact same problem. I have definitively narrowed it down to
> powernowd: I have configured it to not start in the regular bootup
> sequence, but when issuing a direct
>
> /etc/init.d/powernowd start
>
> it crashes the box.
>
> Information of use:
> # uname -a
> Linux ian 2.6.15-25-amd64-generic #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jun 14 11:28:03 UTC
> 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> # lsmod
> Module Size Used by
> binfmt_misc 15248 1
> rfcomm 45600 0
> l2cap 30464 5 rfcomm
> bluetooth 59268 4 rfcomm,l2cap
> isofs 39808 1
> udf 86816 0
> ppdev 11400 0
> tc1100_wmi 9096 0
> video 18824 0
> acpi_sbs 24600 0
> battery 12296 1 acpi_sbs
> i2c_acpi_ec 7040 1 acpi_sbs
> container 6272 0
> button 8864 0
> pcc_acpi 16128 0
> sony_acpi 7188 0
> ac 7176 1 acpi_sbs
> dev_acpi 15364 0
> hotkey 13768 0
> nls_utf8 3584 1
> ntfs 101376 1
> ipv6 300416 8
> dm_mod 63176 1
> md_mod 76792 0
> parport_pc 40816 0
> lp 15040 0
> parport 44172 3 ppdev,parport_pc,lp
> floppy 74120 0
> nvidia 5433176 12
> snd_intel8x0 38440 1
> snd_ac97_codec 110268 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_ac97_bus 4096 1 snd_ac97_codec
> snd_pcm_oss 59424 0
> snd_mixer_oss 20608 1 snd_pcm_oss
> snd_pcm 104584 3 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> snd_timer 29064 1 snd_pcm
> snd 68576 8
> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> soundcore 13216 1 snd
> snd_page_alloc 13968 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> pcspkr 3592 0
> shpchp 51360 0
> pci_hotplug 33168 1 shpchp
> psmouse 40324 0
> serio_raw 9732 0
> usblp 16128 0
> i2c_nforce2 9216 0
> i2c_core 26624 3 i2c_acpi_ec,nvidia,i2c_nforce2
> af_packet 28172 2
> tsdev 10240 0
> evdev 14464 1
> usbhid 43040 0
> reiserfs 257904 2
> ide_generic 2816 0
> forcedeth 27908 0
> ehci_hcd 36232 0
> ohci_hcd 23684 0
> usbcore 147004 5 usblp,usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
> ide_cd ...

cmontburns (<email address hidden>) wrote:
> I think I saw a now known bug with powernow but theys till havent fixed it
>
> Its odd how some distros are fine though , pclinuxos(mandriva based ) has no
> problems for example.
>
> say while am on , you dont know much about xorg by chance do you??

I have xorg running, is about all I know.

powernowd crashes the box with or without it though.

Hello all,

I'm having this exact same problem on a Gigabyte GA-K8NS motherboard with an AMD Athlon64 3400 processor.

The status of this bug is still at "Needs Info" and has been for a fair while, could someone let me know what information is required so that I can get this issue resolved.

Thanks,

Dave

hi

news to me too , no idea what info they require.

mick

On 11/11/06, Dave Hope <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm having this exact same problem on a Gigabyte GA-K8NS motherboard
> with an AMD Athlon64 3400 processor.
>
> The status of this bug is still at "Needs Info" and has been for a fair
> while, could someone let me know what information is required so that I
> can get this issue resolved.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
> --
> freezes pc when launched
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/48792
>

Marking as confirmed based on comments.

The same for me

ubuntu
kernel 2.6.17-11-generic

mainboard ASUS M2V
cpu Athlon 64 X2

This also occurs during the 7.04 install, making it completely unusable.

I believe this is a show-stopper bug for a handful of users, so perhaps the severity/priority needs to be bumped?

I can confirm also powernowd is the culprit for a Gigabyte GA-K8NSXNP motherboard, AMD 64 3200+/2.2GHz. I think I disabled it when I installed Dapper, and haven't had a problem since, but would like to reduce power consumption. It was a bastard initially troubleshooting., had to disabled lots of stuff until I found powernowd. If you want to actually do something about it, I'm happy to build kernels & test, I think it freezes when powernowd asks the kernel to change the processor speed.

Samrium,

Any tips on how to disable it during install ? - My system dies when
booting off the Install CD (Just as X starts up) Can't figure out a
boot option to disable it.

Simple to disable once install, but with a read only cd i'm stuck :)

Cheers,

Dave

On 24/04/07, samarium <email address hidden> wrote:
> I can confirm also powernowd is the culprit for a Gigabyte GA-K8NSXNP
> motherboard, AMD 64 3200+/2.2GHz. I think I disabled it when I
> installed Dapper, and haven't had a problem since, but would like to
> reduce power consumption. It was a bastard initially troubleshooting.,
> had to disabled lots of stuff until I found powernowd. If you want to
> actually do something about it, I'm happy to build kernels & test, I
> think it freezes when powernowd asks the kernel to change the processor
> speed.
>
> --
> freezes pc when launched
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48792
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>

Another datapoint:

When upgrading from edgy to feisty, the upgrade manager (running on KDE, if it makes any difference) somehow decided it would be a good idea to install powernowd. In the middle of the configure phase, it was started, and a few seconds later the computer crashed (no video output; the monitor entered its powersaving mode). This had already happened before, when I experimented with powernowd (which I uninstalled after I found out it made the computer crash). Only that this time it left the computer unbootable; for some reason, update-initramfs runs several times during the upgrade (meaning the .bak file is useless), and something (I'm guessing mdadm) got confused (probably because it hadn't been configured yet before the initrd was generated) and booting stopped in the "waiting for root device" line. Luckly, I could still boot with the older 2.6.17-10 kernel, which was untouched at that point (mdadm later regenerated every initrd it could find), and finished configuring everything (and, of course, removed powernowd).

The motherboard is an Asus M2V, and the CPU is an "AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+"

Same problem here AMD 3000+
Any solution ? I realy need Ubuntu :)

Same bug for me.

I tried to use cpufreqd insetead of powernowd, but the same things happens (works ok for a while and then crash the system).
Due wath happenes with both powernowd and cpufreqd, it seems to be a powernow-k8 module bug.

Sorry I have forget the uname -a result:

Linux tolaware-laptop 2.6.24-16-generic #1 SMP Thu Apr 10 13:23:42 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux

I can confirm this..

The machine freezes after a clean hardy installation (already at startup) when powernowd is enabled, without it, everything runs just fine.

2.6.24-17-generic
AMD 3000+ CPU

I have the same problem with 8.04.1 after an update. Installed mythbuntu and updated to 2.6.24-19-generic.

Ubuntu 8.10
 2.6.27-7generic
my computer will stop booting up as i t gets to the line:
starting up powernowd
the only way to get it to continue is to push the power button. A quick message comes up, which is too quick to read, and it continues the boot process.

I noticed this also happens anytime I start Ubuntu (or any of it's derivatives) when having the computer overclocked (and powernowd service enabled). When the system is set back to default, there's no problem.

New HP dv7-1130us pavilion laptop dual core 2G AMD 64 Turion using hard drive out of HP dv9812us pavilion laptop dual core 2G AMD 64 I had sent for repairs due to a failing fan, so it's not the install media. Also, I wonder if it accelerated the fan failure (only lasted 4 months) on old unit. I couldn't wait for the HP warranty turnaround time, so I had to buy another laptop, this could get expensive.

Ubuntu 8.10
I have a Compaq Presario CQ50-110US Notebook PC. I get the same thing as duanedesign does:

my computer will stop booting up as it gets to the line:
starting up powernowd

A workaround (which I am using currently): disable the feature completely in the BIOS, so the driver will not load even if powernowd is started. This is much more robust than removing the package (and having it added again during an upgrade).

@Cesar Eduardo Barros:
Which feature in the BIOS?
I can't find any power saving related function or parameter in the my K8NS F19 BIOS.

The bug still "lives" in lucid. I have a freshly installed lucid x64 system and after i enter my password the computer freezes.
CPU: AMD Sempron 3000+
Mobo: Gigabyte K8NS (rev 2) with F21A BIOS (the latest). I didn't find anything related to cool & quiet in BIOS.

As a work-around I've disabled the ondemand and powernowd services from recovery mode (hold SHIFT while booting, right after GRUB takes control, an select recovery mode with a netroot shell. Install rcconf, run it and disable the previously mentioned services).

I have the same bug in lucid too.

The powernowd package is obsolete, please do not use it. CPU frequency scaling is now handled by the kernel, so if you still have issues on a modern release, file a bug against the linux package.

This is not an appropriate way to declare a package "obsolete". If you think a package should not be used, file a bug to get it removed from the archive and *then* invalidate the bugs.

This package is obsolete and has been removed from the archive. Closing associated bugs.