Reboot stalls after installing Intrepid from alternate on a Dell Optiplex 330

I have confirmed that the problem persists even on the installed system, which also stalls when issuing the reboot command. However, adding the reboot=b kernel option fixes the problem.

Hi Marc,

Here's a quirk patch for Intrepid. The Jaunty kernel doesn't look to be quite ready for patches yet but I'll be sure to submit this for Jaunty when the kernel is ready. I'll probably ask you to help test Jaunty with this patch as well. Thanks.

I've built a test kernel with the patch, please test and let me know if it solves the problem.
It's available here:
http://people.ubuntu.com/~sconklin/293372/

The kernel package proposed by Steve Conklin worked. The Optiplex 330 reboots perfectly.

http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-intrepid.git;a=commit;h=928bdf684e6156e8a896669fc07ed5a4aad0d7cc

SRU Justification

Impact: Dell optiplex 330 won't reboot

Patch Description: added quirk to reboot through BIOS

Patch: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/ubuntu-intrepid.git;a=commit;h=928bdf684e6156e8a896669fc07ed5a4aad0d7cc

Test Case: See bug description

This bug was fixed in the package linux - 2.6.27-9.18

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linux (2.6.27-9.18) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Amit Kucheria ]

  * Add the armel architecture

  [ Leann Ogasawara ]

  * Reboot stalls after installing Intrepid from alternate on a Dell
    Optiplex 330
    - LP: #293372

  [ Stefan Bader ]

  * (no-up) buildenv: Update git-ubuntu-log

  [ Tim Gardner ]

  * SAUCE: Firmware Version is invalid in cciss (version 2)
    - LP: #284031
  * Add igb to debian installer udeb
    - LP: #290073

  [ Upstream Kernel Changes ]

  * Revert "HID: Invert HWHEEL mappings for some Logitech mice"
  * md: fix bug in raid10 recovery.
    - LP: #285156
  * SCSI: sd: Fix handling of NO_SENSE check condition
  * S390: Fix sysdev class file creation.
  * sysfs: Fix return values for sysdev_store_{ulong, int}
  * USB: fix crash when URBs are unlinked after the device is gone
  * ALSA: hda - Add reboot notifier
  * kbuild: mkspec - fix build rpm
  * x86: fix /dev/mem mmap breakage when PAT is disabled
  * atl1: fix vlan tag regression
  * libertas: fix buffer overrun
  * libata: initialize port_task when !CONFIG_ATA_SFF
  * syncookies: fix inclusion of tcp options in syn-ack
  * tcpv6: fix option space offsets with md5
  * pkt_sched: sch_generic: Fix oops in sch_teql
  * sparc64: Fix race in arch/sparc64/kernel/trampoline.S
  * math-emu: Fix signalling of underflow and inexact while packing result.
  * firewire: fix setting tag and sy in iso transmission
  * firewire: fix ioctl() return code
  * firewire: Survive more than 256 bus resets
  * firewire: fix struct fw_node memory leak
  * firewire: fw-sbp2: delay first login to avoid retries
  * firewire: fw-sbp2: fix races
  * ACPI: Always report a sync event after a lid state change
  * powerpc: fix i2c on PPC linkstation / kurobox machines
  * powerpc: Reserve in bootmem lmb reserved regions that cross NUMA nodes
  * powerpc/numa: Make memory reserve code more robust
  * powerpc: Don't use a 16G page if beyond mem= limits
  * i2c: The i2c mailing list is moving
  * scx200_i2c: Add missing class parameter
  * ALSA: use correct lock in snd_ctl_dev_disconnect()
  * V4L: pvrusb2: Keep MPEG PTSs from drifting away
  * DVB: s5h1411: bugfix: Setting serial or parallel mode could destroy
    bits
  * DVB: s5h1411: Perform s5h1411 soft reset after tuning
  * DVB: s5h1411: Power down s5h1411 when not in use
  * PCI: fix 64-vbit prefetchable memory resource BARs
  * sched: disable the hrtick for now
  * sched_clock: prevent scd->clock from moving backwards
  * x86: avoid dereferencing beyond stack + THREAD_SIZE
  * rtc-cmos: look for PNP RTC first, then for platform RTC
  * USB: storage: Avoid I/O errors when issuing SCSI ioctls to JMicron
    USB/ATA bridge
  * sata_promise: add ATA engine reset to reset ops
  * sata_nv: fix generic, nf2/3 detection regression
  * ACPI: EC: Rename some variables
  * ACPI: EC: Check for IBF=0 periodically if not in GPE mode
  * libata: Fix LBA48 on pata_it821x RAID volumes.
  * ACPI: Ingore the RESET_REG_SUP bit when using ACPI reset mechanism
  * ACPI: Clear WAK_STS on resume
  * hfsplus: fix Buffer overflow with a corrupted image
  * hfsplus: check read_mapping_page() retur...

Accepted linux into intrepid-proposed, please test and give feedback here. Please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/EnableProposed for documentation how to enable and use -proposed. Thank you in advance!

Intrepid Ibex reached end-of-life on 30 April 2010 so I am closing the
report. The bug has been fixed in newer releases of Ubuntu.