Error "fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed"

appending acpi=off nomodeset xforcevesa worked for me (I have also an acer - TM4051 that halts on boot from HD)

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Here are a few things you can try - edit into your question with results if any either does or doesn't work.

• Some more detail info about your laptop might give some advice on what to try next. Booting from Live CD/USB...

  ...Open a terminal and type

  lspci
  

  and

  lsusb
  

  and

  sudo lshw
  

  Copy and paste the results into your question.

• Try turning off both power management and graphics driver loading during booting. To do this, edit /etc/default/grub, find the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT= line, and add acpi=off nomodeset xforcevesa. That is, the new line will probably look like:

  GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=off nomodeset xforcevesa"

• After that, run:

  sudo update-grub
  

  You can use this AU question to guide you through these two steps.

• Then enter your BIOS settings - have a look at the following bios settings and try toggling the values one at a time and see if you can boot (assuming these options exist):

  a. Legacy USB Support
  b. Disk Management/SATA/IDE Compatability Mode

In my case this happened because my headphone was connected to the laptop. Disconnecting it and rebooting helped solve the issue.

Thus try unplugging any connected devices like headphones, pen drives etc. and reboot.

I faced the same issue today. For the Travelmate 4050 a BIOS update from 1.6.0 to 1.7.0 resolved the issue as well, the setting acpi=off is not needed any more (this is very nice, because acpi=off prevents the laptop from shutting down properly).

Unplugging all peripherals solved my problem on a Dell Inspiron 7546 laptop after installing Ubuntu Budgie 19.

The original problem was that, after the install, the final reboot attempt hung with errors like, fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed and apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined".

As Abhishek Jebaraj recommended, the solution was that I unplugged everything (USB keyboard and mouse, HDMI cable, etc.) and held down the power button until the laptop shut down. Then I just pressed the power button and the laptop successfully booted into Ubuntu Budgie with no errors or problems.

Incidentally, although I unplugged my awesome Plugable USB 3.0 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter in order to get the laptop to boot, I simply plugged it back in after that first problematic reboot. After that I didn't have any problems with it or any other peripherals, even when rebooting again.