Mint 14 Nadia -system hangs on startup

[chauhan19]

Hi

I just installed Mint 14 Nadia alongside my Windows 7.Installation was successful and at no point did I got any error.But after installation if I select the Mint OS on startup and press Enter ,it just throws me a blank screen and doesn't take me to the home screen.If I restart my system using the power button and select Mint OS again then Mint boots up and takes me to the home screen although the startup time in this case is also quite high (2-3mts).This problem keeps happening everytime on system startup and selecting the Mint OS [In short, if I want to launch Mint OS then I need to restart my system 2-3 times ].There is no such problem if I select my existing Windows 7 OS.Please suggest what can I try to get rid of this problem or what can be the reason?

System: Host: vikash-VPCEL13FD Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 14 Nadia

System Information -:

processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 20
model : 1
model name : AMD E-350 Processor
stepping : 0
microcode : 0x5000028
cpu MHz : 800.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 0
initial apicid : 0
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 6
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor ssse3 cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch ibs skinit wdt arat hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter
bogomips : 3191.78
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate

processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 20
model : 1
model name : AMD E-350 Processor
stepping : 0
microcode : 0x5000028
cpu MHz : 800.000
cache size : 512 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
apicid : 1
initial apicid : 1
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 6
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc extd_apicid aperfmperf pni monitor ssse3 cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch ibs skinit wdt arat hw_pstate npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save pausefilter
bogomips : 3191.78
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate

[coldnight]

I have the same problem

[chauhan19]

Hi,

Please suggest what can be the reason..I tried re-installing 3-4 times but still the same problem exists

[rrogers]

I have a similar problem. A "work around" for me is.
#bring up a console, if it doesn't work then forget about this note
ALT-CNT F1
#log in
# find the process number of the X process
sudo ps aux|egrep X
#kill it
sudo kill -HUP process_number
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Magic happens and logon widow appears.
Since this works it must be a timing or init thing. The only error message I found was in dmesg while in the console.
[ 29.576871] radeon 0000:01:00.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000010000000 and cpu addr 0xffff8801330f8000
[ 29.576900] [drm] radeon: ring at 0x0000000010001000
[ 29.576931] [drm] ring test succeeded in 6 usecs
[ 40.047491] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GPU lockup CP stall for more than 10000msec
[ 40.047497] radeon 0000:01:00.0: GPU lockup (waiting for 0x0000000000000013 last fence id 0x0000000000000012)
[ 40.047501] [drm:radeon_ib_ring_tests] *ERROR* radeon: failed testing IB on GFX ring (-35).
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There are tons of reasons on the web for all this so I will just wait for an update.
I would file a bug report except my system is a little strange and I don't know where to post. I have filed reports before for other OS but never gotten a good response.
OTOH: when mint is running everything is just the way I want.

[chauhan19]

Thanks a lot!!!!I t did work..But still ,rather than using this option to login, I would prefer a fix for this bug.