[ubuntu-us-mi] Problem with 9.04 on Thinkpad T61P

[Mike Bernson]

I tried 9.04 on my thinkpad T61p.

I used ext3 and nv driver for X.

I had ext3 file system problem after reboots on 3 different tries. Each
try was a clean install of 9.04. 1 Time the file system error happened
before reboot and it remount the file system read only. The other 2 times
the system did not shutdown clean. I tried to shutdown from the GUI and
the system did not turn off. After a while I force the system off. When
turning the laptop back the fsck failed with a large (200+) files that
where not connected into the file system.

The same hardware worked just fine for the last year using both 8.04 and 8.10.

It has been running find again once I move back to 8.10.

Here is lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HBM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro FX 570M (rev a1)
02:00.0 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Turbo Memory Controller (rev 01)
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)
15:00.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
15:00.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
15:00.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21)
15:00.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev ff)
15:00.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 11)
15:00.5 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 11)

[Jonathan Billings]

Post by Mike Bernson
I had ext3 file system problem after reboots on 3 different tries. Each
try was a clean install of 9.04. 1 Time the file system error happened
before reboot and it remount the file system read only. The other 2 times
the system did not shutdown clean. I tried to shutdown from the GUI and
the system did not turn off. After a while I force the system off. When
turning the laptop back the fsck failed with a large (200+) files that
where not connected into the file system.

Honestly, this kind of error sounds like a disk problem, or something
weird like the swap partition overlaps the ext3 filesystem you're
having a problem with. I used to see this often in the past but not
with modern installers.

Since both of these installs are clean, do start fresh with a newly
partitioned disk each time, or are you using the existing partitions?

I know you didn't mention it, but did you enable the encrypted disk
support?

[Jonathan Billings]

Post by Jonathan Billings

Post by Mike Bernson
I had ext3 file system problem after reboots on 3 different tries. Each
try was a clean install of 9.04. 1 Time the file system error happened
before reboot and it remount the file system read only. The other 2 times
the system did not shutdown clean. I tried to shutdown from the GUI and
the system did not turn off. After a while I force the system off. When
turning the laptop back the fsck failed with a large (200+) files that
where not connected into the file system.

Honestly, this kind of error sounds like a disk problem, or something
weird like the swap partition overlaps the ext3 filesystem you're
having a problem with. I used to see this often in the past but not
with modern installers.

Another thing I can think of is that I remember some Thinkpads doing
weird things with the emergency restore partition, where linux would
end up using space the BIOS left aside for the emergency restore
section. I think it was a FAT partition at the end of the disk.

[Mike Bernson]

Post by Jonathan Billings

Post by Jonathan Billings

Post by Mike Bernson
I had ext3 file system problem after reboots on 3 different tries. Each
try was a clean install of 9.04. 1 Time the file system error happened
before reboot and it remount the file system read only. The other 2 times
the system did not shutdown clean. I tried to shutdown from the GUI and
the system did not turn off. After a while I force the system off. When
turning the laptop back the fsck failed with a large (200+) files that
where not connected into the file system.

Honestly, this kind of error sounds like a disk problem, or something
weird like the swap partition overlaps the ext3 filesystem you're
having a problem with. I used to see this often in the past but not
with modern installers.

Another thing I can think of is that I remember some Thinkpads doing
weird things with the emergency restore partition, where linux would
end up using space the BIOS left aside for the emergency restore
section. I think it was a FAT partition at the end of the disk.

I am using the same partition layout for 8.10 that works without a problem.

The first try also used a partition layout where I had not touch the
XP install and restore areas.

[Mike Bernson]

I did not use the encrypted disk support.

First install used the same partition as 8.10 setup used but ask it
format the partition.

second and third install used whole disk but I created 3 partitions

1. / 40 gb
2. swap 16gb
3. /home 110g

When the third tried damaged the file system I just reformatted / and home
and put 8.10 back and things have worked without a problem since.

Post by Jonathan Billings

Post by Mike Bernson
I had ext3 file system problem after reboots on 3 different tries. Each
try was a clean install of 9.04. 1 Time the file system error happened
before reboot and it remount the file system read only. The other 2 times
the system did not shutdown clean. I tried to shutdown from the GUI and
the system did not turn off. After a while I force the system off. When
turning the laptop back the fsck failed with a large (200+) files that
where not connected into the file system.

Honestly, this kind of error sounds like a disk problem, or something
weird like the swap partition overlaps the ext3 filesystem you're
having a problem with. I used to see this often in the past but not
with modern installers.
Since both of these installs are clean, do start fresh with a newly
partitioned disk each time, or are you using the existing partitions?
I know you didn't mention it, but did you enable the encrypted disk
support?