I've been using Linux Mint 10 for around 2 years now. Recently decided to upgrade to the latest Linux Mint versions but for some reason I'm not able to do that. Every time I try to install from USB it dumps out a few logs and finally says that panic occurred.
panic error video uploaded on youtube: http://youtu.be/CZu5fQiwnk8?t=40s
I'm using Dell studio XPS 13 laptop. I believe it could be because of the graphics card but need your advice.
Below is the lshw output:
Code: Select all
studio-xps-1340
description: Portable Computer
product: Studio XPS 1340
vendor: Dell Inc.
version: A11
serial: 38Z33BS
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=portable cpus=2 uuid=44454C4C-3800-105A-8033-B3C04F334253
*-core
description: Motherboard
vendor: Dell Inc.
physical id: 0
version: A11
serial: .38Z33BS. .
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Dell Inc.
physical id: 1
version: A11 (09/08/2009)
size: 109KiB
capacity: 1984KiB
capabilities: pci pnp upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy360 int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot biosbootspecification
*-cpu:0
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8600 @ 2.40GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 5
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.7.10
serial: 0001-067A-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: Socket 479
size: 1600MHz
capacity: 1600MHz
width: 64 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 xsave lahf_lm ida tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L1 Cache
size: 64KiB
capacity: 64KiB
capabilities: asynchronous internal write-back
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 7
slot: L2 Cache
size: 3MiB
capabilities: burst internal write-through unified
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
width: 64 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: e
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 4GiB
*-bank:0
description: SODIMM Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.9 ns)
product: HMT125S6AFP8C-G7
vendor: 80AD
physical id: 0
serial: 10280000
slot: DIMM_A
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns)
*-bank:1
description: SODIMM Synchronous 1066 MHz (0.9 ns)
product: HMT125S6AFP8C-G7
vendor: 80AD
physical id: 1
serial: 201A0000
slot: DIMM_B
size: 2GiB
width: 64 bits
clock: 1066MHz (0.9ns)
*-cpu:1
physical id: 0
bus info: cpu@1
version: 6.7.10
serial: 0001-067A-0000-0000-0000-0000
size: 2401MHz
capacity: 2401MHz
capabilities: vmx ht cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
capabilities: logical
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: MCP79 Host Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
*-memory:0 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP79 Memory Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.1
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: latency=0
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: MCP79 LPC Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.0
version: b2
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master
configuration: latency=0
resources: ioport:1c00(size=256)
*-memory:1 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP79 Memory Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 3.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.1
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-serial
description: SMBus
product: MCP79 SMBus
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 3.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.2
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm cap_list
configuration: driver=nForce2_smbus latency=0
resources: irq:10 ioport:3080(size=64) ioport:3040(size=64) ioport:2000(size=64)
*-memory:2 UNCLAIMED
description: RAM memory
product: MCP79 Memory Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 3.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.3
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz (15.2ns)
configuration: latency=0
*-processor
description: Co-processor
product: MCP79 Co-processor
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 3.5
bus info: pci@0000:00:03.5
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:18 memory:f0600000-f067ffff
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 4
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:22 memory:f0886000-f0886fff
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 4.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:04.1
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:18 memory:f0889000-f08890ff
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: MCP79 OHCI USB 1.1 Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 6
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ohci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:21 memory:f0887000-f0887fff
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: MCP79 EHCI USB 2.0 Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 6.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:06.1
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: debug pm ehci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:23 memory:f0889400-f08894ff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: MCP79 High Definition Audio
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 8
bus info: pci@0000:00:08.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0 maxlatency=5 mingnt=2
resources: irq:17 memory:f0880000-f0883fff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP79 PCI Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 9
bus info: pci@0000:00:09.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pci subtractive_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: memory:f0500000-f05fffff
*-firewire
description: FireWire (IEEE 1394)
product: R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 7
bus info: pci@0000:01:07.0
version: 05
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm ohci bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=firewire_ohci latency=64 maxlatency=4 mingnt=2
resources: irq:11 memory:f0500000-f05007ff
*-generic:0
description: SD Host controller
product: R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 7.1
bus info: pci@0000:01:07.1
version: 22
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=sdhci-pci latency=64
resources: irq:11 memory:f0500800-f05008ff
*-generic:1 UNCLAIMED
description: System peripheral
product: R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 7.2
bus info: pci@0000:01:07.2
version: 12
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=64
resources: memory:f0501000-f05010ff
*-generic:2
description: System peripheral
product: xD-Picture Card Controller
vendor: Ricoh Co Ltd
physical id: 7.3
bus info: pci@0000:01:07.3
version: 12
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=r852 latency=64
resources: irq:11 memory:f0501400-f05014ff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: MCP79 Ethernet
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: a
bus info: pci@0000:00:0a.0
logical name: eth0
version: b1
serial: 00:22:19:e1:d4:9c
capacity: 1GB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=forcedeth driverversion=0.64 latency=0 link=no maxlatency=20 mingnt=1 multicast=yes port=MII
resources: irq:20 memory:f0888000-f0888fff ioport:30d0(size=8) memory:f0889c00-f0889cff memory:f0889800-f088980f
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: MCP79 AHCI Controller
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: b
bus info: pci@0000:00:0b.0
logical name: scsi0
logical name: scsi1
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage pm msi ahci_1.0 bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0 maxlatency=1 mingnt=3
resources: irq:45 ioport:30e8(size=8) ioport:30dc(size=4) ioport:30e0(size=8) ioport:30d8(size=4) ioport:30c0(size=16) memory:f0884000-f0885fff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: SAMSUNG HM500LI
physical id: 0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 2TF0
serial: S1HMJ10S307395
size: 465GiB (500GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=98000000
*-volume:0
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: Dell 8.0
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: FAT16
serial: 07d9-0402
size: 94MiB
capacity: 94MiB
capabilities: primary fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat label=DellUtility
*-volume:1
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
version: 3.1
serial: feb634f4-0278-ef4c-a7fd-60712b6558e9
size: 14GiB
capacity: 15GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2009-04-03 10:05:00 filesystem=ntfs label=RECOVERY state=clean
*-volume:2
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
logical name: /media/OS
version: 3.1
serial: 3a5c4d2e-86ef-944e-831f-7363cb5d9160
size: 426GiB
capacity: 426GiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2009-04-03 10:05:05 filesystem=ntfs label=OS mount.fstype=fuseblk mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=0,group_id=0,default_permissions,allow_other,blksize=4096 state=mounted
*-volume:3
description: Extended partition
physical id: 4
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4
logical name: /dev/sda4
size: 24GiB
capacity: 24GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
capacity: 488MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-logicalvolume:1
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sda6
logical name: /
capacity: 23GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted
*-cdrom
description: DVD-RAM writer
product: DVD+-RW GS20N
vendor: HL-DT-ST
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/cdrom
logical name: /dev/cdrw
logical name: /dev/dvd
logical name: /dev/dvdrw
logical name: /dev/scd0
logical name: /dev/sr0
version: A110
capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
configuration: ansiversion=5 status=open
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: c
bus info: pci@0000:00:0c.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:40 ioport:4000(size=4096) memory:ac000000-aeffffff ioport:d0000000(size=268435456)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: G98 [GeForce 9200M GS]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
version: a1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:ae000000-aeffffff memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:ac000000-adffffff ioport:4000(size=128)
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 10
bus info: pci@0000:00:10.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi normal_decode bus_master cap_list
resources: ioport:5000(size=4096) memory:aa000000-aaffffff ioport:b0000000(size=503316480)
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: C79 [GeForce 9400M G]
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
version: b1
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=nvidia latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:aa000000-aaffffff memory:b0000000-bfffffff memory:cc000000-cdffffff ioport:5000(size=128) memory:c0000000-c001ffff
*-pci:3
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 15
bus info: pci@0000:00:15.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:41 ioport:6000(size=4096) memory:f0200000-f03fffff ioport:f0000000(size=2097152)
*-pci:4
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 16
bus info: pci@0000:00:16.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:42 memory:f0400000-f04fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
product: AR928X Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express)
vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:06:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 01
serial: 00:22:5f:6f:be:21
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath9k driverversion=2.6.35-22-generic-pae firmware=N/A ip=192.168.1.2 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abgn
resources: irq:21 memory:f0400000-f040ffff
*-pci:5
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 17
bus info: pci@0000:00:17.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:43
*-pci:6
description: PCI bridge
product: MCP79 PCI Express Bridge
vendor: nVidia Corporation
physical id: 18
bus info: pci@0000:00:18.0
version: b1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pm msi pciexpress normal_decode bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:44
*-battery
product: SDI
vendor: SDI
physical id: 1
slot: System Battery Bay
capacity: 52000mWh
configuration: voltage=11.1V