Bug#864716: Acknowledgement (initramfs-tools: Missing fbcon modules causes blank screen during password prompt)

Additional information, as noticed by the kind people on #debian-devel: This is only an issue because I'm using a custom kernel, which has fbcon as a module. Debian kernels should not be affected, which also explains why this issue wasn't reported earlier. Jan

Bug#864716: initramfs-tools: Missing fbcon modules causes blank screen during password prompt

Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.130 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, after upgrading from jessie to stretch and rebooting, I got a blank screen. Figured out the system was waiting for the hard disk passphrase ("Please unlock disk " prompt). After entering the password blindly, the system

Bug#451151: initramfs-tools: update-initramfs mistakes errors=remount-ro mount option as read-only

Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.91b Severity: important update-initramfs does not update initrd.img if /proc/mounts contains errors=remount-ro. Instead, I get the following message: WARNING: /boot is ro mounted. update-initramfs: Not updating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-rc2-x61s Reason for this

Bug#449053: linux-image-2.6.22-3-vserver-686: kernel BUG at kernel/vserver/context.c:195

Package: linux-image-2.6.22-3-vserver-686 Version: 2.6.22-5 Severity: important I recently had several kernel panics. Finally, I managed to get this output via netconsole: [ cut here ] kernel BUG at kernel/vserver/context.c:195! invalid opcode: [#1] SMP Modules link

Bug#393451: linux-image-2.6.17-2-xen-k7: similar problems here - versions from unstable are fine

Package: linux-image-2.6.17-2-xen-k7 Followup-For: Bug #393451 Yesterday, when upgrading an old xen installation to testing, I saw similar kernel panics. I didn't take screen shots, so I can't tell if it was really the same bug, bug it also panicked during startup of the domUs. I solved the probl