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[Bug 774089] Re: Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

 

Correct

Hi all, David,
I own Macbook 6,1 and how I fixed the issue.

Download Firmware Update 1.7 http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacBook_Pro_EFI_Firmware_Update_1_7_
MacBookPro5,5 the same hardware MacBook6,1, to extract MBP55_00AC_03B_LOCKED.scap.

mv MBP55_00AC_03B_LOCKED.scap MB61_00C8_B00_LOCKED.scap

sudo bless -mount / -firmware MB61_00C8_B00_LOCKED.scap --verbose

Shutdown and restart Mac update the firmware and restart automatically.

Attention consequences, the MacBook6,1 as new model identifier
MacBookPro5,5 but works well, possible problems could rise with future
firmware update.

Thanks for all, The Power of Community.

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Title:
  Booting fails 3 times, works every fourth time after new install of
  Natty Narwhal amd64 on Macbook Pro

Status in EFI Boot Manager:
  New
Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “grub2” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Dear all,

  I am experiencing a severe problem after a new install of Natty
  Narwhal on my Macbook Pro last night:

  The install worked fine, but after reboot nothing came up except fo a black screen.
  After forcing the machine off and on multiple times I was able to bring up the rEFIt boot menu by pressing and holding the 'Alt' (or Option) key and I can then boot into MacOSX or Ubuntu without a problem.

  After restarting / powering off I then have to turn the computer on /
  off the same number of times (3 or 4, I don't remember exactly) where
  nothing happens until it works again.

  I am using a MacbookPro 5,5 (13.3 Inch). My harddisk is setup as follows:
  200MB Partition for EFI
  20GB Partition for OSX
  18.6 GB Partition for / (ext4)
  108.49 GB Partition for /home (ext4)
  1.86 GB Partition for swap

  Other people also seem to experience the same issue:
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=10743955&posted=1#post10743955

  This is a pretty big problem for me, so your help is very much
  appreciated.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
  AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
  Architecture: amd64
  ArecordDevices:
   **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
   card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: Cirrus Analog [Cirrus Analog]
     Subdevices: 1/1
     Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  paul       1487 F.... pulseaudio
  CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  Card0.Amixer.info:
   Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xd3480000 irq 20'
     Mixer name	: 'Cirrus Logic CS4206'
     Components	: 'HDA:10134206,106b4d00,00100301'
     Controls      : 17
     Simple ctrls  : 10
  Date: Sat Apr 30 14:53:06 2011
  HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=55afdc53-85cf-4d37-98c6-fbdd4f1c8482
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  MachineType: Apple Inc. MacBookPro5,5
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=3aad2af7-44e6-4e93-8055-7e1818600eac ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.52
  SourcePackage: linux
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  dmi.bios.date: 06/15/09
  dmi.bios.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: MBP55.88Z.00AC.B03.0906151708
  dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag#
  dmi.board.name: Mac-F2268AC8
  dmi.board.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset Tag#
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Apple Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: Mac-F2268AC8
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAppleInc.:bvrMBP55.88Z.00AC.B03.0906151708:bd06/15/09:svnAppleInc.:pnMacBookPro5,5:pvr1.0:rvnAppleInc.:rnMac-F2268AC8:rvr:cvnAppleInc.:ct10:cvrMac-F2268AC8:
  dmi.product.name: MacBookPro5,5
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: Apple Inc.

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