Hmm, I had missed that : $ sudo update-initramfs -u -k 4.15.0-23-generic update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.15.0-23-generic modinfo: ERROR: could not get modinfo from 'qxl': Exec format error depmod: ERROR: failed to load symbols from /var/tmp/mkinitramfs_a65BM0/lib/modules/4.15.0-23-generic/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/qxl/qxl.ko: Exec format error
Side note : all upstream kernel packages I tested *do* boot correctly: - 4.15.16, 4.15.17, 4.15.18 - 4.16.16 - 4.17.2 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1777242 Title: 4.15.0-23-generic fails to boot in qemu on amd64 host (kernel panic) Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in linux source package in Bionic: In Progress Bug description: Trying to boot bionic with 4.15.0-23-generic fails with a kernel panic in qemu on an Debian amd64 host. The version of qemu is the current in Debian Testing: 2.12+dfsg-3. Booting with 4.15.0-22-generic works fine. --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: zouzou 1274 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: ubuntu-communitheme:ubuntu:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-12 (338 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170710) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. ens3 no wireless extensions. MachineType: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) Package: linux-signed (not installed) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 qxldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-22-generic root=UUID=26da642a-bbc4-440b-bed3-a911bbbfe582 ro quiet splash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-22.24-generic 4.15.17 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-22-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-22-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.173.1 RfKill: Tags: bionic Uname: Linux 4.15.0-22-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-02-07 (128 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014 dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS dmi.bios.version: 1.11.1-1 dmi.chassis.type: 1 dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-2.8 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvr1.11.1-1:bd04/01/2014:svnQEMU:pnStandardPC(i440FX+PIIX,1996):pvrpc-i440fx-2.8:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-2.8: dmi.product.name: Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996) dmi.product.version: pc-i440fx-2.8 dmi.sys.vendor: QEMU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1777242/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
