I have experienced what you described in your reply. That is why I always issue the command sudo update-grub after a linux-image upgrade. I can't trust the OS to be perfect.
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: The Wanderer > Sent: 05/14/14 07:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: reboot required after linux-image upgrade? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > They do appear to, but in my experience, not uncommonly when running a > dist-upgrade that includes a linux-image* upgrade something will get > messed up about the order of events; the script will get run at the > wrong time, and then not get re-run later when it needs to. > > The result, which I've seen frequently, is that the new kernel shows up > in the GRUB boot menu, but the GRUB boot entry does not include the > matching initrd - and as a result, that kernel will not boot. > > If I reboot into the previous kernel, in most - possibly all - all cases > the needed initrd does already exist under /boot. If I then run > 'update-grub' by hand and reboot again, the boot entry then properly > mentions the initrd and booting that kernel works properly. > > I don't know what package(s) this would be a bug in, since AFAIK it > seems to be caused by the order in which various packages get processed > during the dist-upgrade process, not by issues in e.g. the scripts of > any particular package; I also don't have a means of intentionally > reproducing the problem, much less doing so on demand. That's why I've > never reported a bug about this, but I've definitely seen it in at least > a large fraction of kernel-image upgrades in the past. > > (It may or may not be relevant that I frequently don't reboot right away > after installing an updated kernel image, and in fact may install > multiple such updates before I finally reboot. My typical uptime in > between reboots is at least a month and a half, probably at least two or > three months, but I dist-upgrade to testing at least once every two or > three weeks.) > > - -- > The Wanderer > > Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny. > > A government exists to serve its citizens, not to control them. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJTc1ckAAoJEASpNY00KDJry9QP/0L41cWFy6ikczFhaRopXGNt > wArZaDn3yAGCYZ/UsJvzRSufmamXkL+nvds0M8IAPqyF6PFvEapZ6swO+K6EEHqQ > Tmmh206AaGrjnFvRQxcXRTWLqi2mABvLKgPC2o4lROLAyJgyq1Y+AOihh3GOHZYh > gDUK2gxqn8eUBhnN/d2VWMPZ38xUGH3KLhWhWKFqSZrpVO2gXuvzcvhvj2J38Vat > E9lkeREVpyGN/AgAA38D+QWyoC49GEuV3z/Laen9iuohXQjRdPgyzOgalTaGunkf > SOSRN2vo7R3XjDKoT9RUn4hZ+jDmRsTgau3C8nxhvn1tWfgKwNLHLSpxju8zf1Ax > 5t+zbzIIrgsKC19JxZHUFfmDpm92NPFK9BAPZyb/e6TA95fN1fg2VP86Aijj050X > tD2WX5ATo8UY5yd9voaLA4DuZt+EnQegaGVDeOlnI2WjOCuIZn8eis9JzMiOnr8P > BkWuGTs8Sr3Z1s6iJSTMlsvUypt4SwkWlIMUN02kFa+QadRKBxUSzoUvl3bBPNQn > BPw5qWwYBImLZTvQ+Qxc3OTyKIh2bqSFqK0oIGwcdxEVCj6GJ+XtdP4SQSjt2Scp > 5c+YeAJ5NxT9D6m1BNP+8NWM5HHqaRUgSkVuwqN4U8tcOSaUT0O8U+MjlMEQaKOu > 2M5T9/PKPioIpqFwKLuC > =PVp+ > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
