[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1893694] [NEW] Latest update breaks booting
Public bug reported: Regular package updates today brought these packages (and a few libpam- XXX): grub-common:amd64 (2.04-1ubuntu26.2, 2.04-1ubuntu26.3) grub2-common:amd64 (2.04-1ubuntu26.2, 2.04-1ubuntu26.3) grub-pc:amd64 (2.04-1ubuntu26.2, 2.04-1ubuntu26.3) grub-pc-bin:amd64 (2.04-1ubuntu26.2, 2.04-1ubuntu26.3) linux-firmware:amd64 (1.187.2, 1.187.3) After the following reboot, the machine would no longer come up. It got past Grub, but instead of Ubuntu logo appearing a second later, screen would stay entirely black. I waited at least 5 minutes, no change. I ended this with the power button. Subsequent tries in recovery mode and/or with the previous kernel didn't boot, either. The same machine would boot off an installation medium (USB pen drive) or the other connected hard disk just fine. Boot drive selection was done in BIOS. After a lot of back and forth, I ended up downgrading the above packages using the root shell in recovery mode: linux-firmware to v1.187 (v1.187.2 was not available), all four Grub packages to 2.04-1ubuntu26.2. With this, machine boots fine again. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: linux-firmware 1.187 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: mah1487 F pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: mah1487 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: mah1487 F pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Aug 31 22:20:10 2020 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-04 (1580 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) IwConfig: lono wireless extensions. enp0s25 no wireless extensions. MachineType: Dell Inc. Vostro 200 PackageArchitecture: all ProcFB: 0 radeondrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-42-generic root=UUID=0e33bd99-d89c-4abe-8f18-10d9206ef547 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-5.4.0-42-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-5.4.0-42-generic N/A linux-firmware1.187 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux-firmware UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 09/20/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: 1.0.16 dmi.board.name: 0CU409 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.board.version: ��� dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.version: OEM dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.0.16:bd09/20/2008:svnDellInc.:pnVostro200:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0CU409:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct3:cvrOEM: dmi.product.name: Vostro 200 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. ** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux-firmware in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1893694 Title: Latest update breaks booting Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Regular package updates today brought these packages (and a few libpam-XXX): grub-common:amd64 (2.04-1ubuntu26.2, 2.04-1ubuntu26.3) grub2-common:amd64 (2.04-1ubuntu26.2, 2.04-1ubuntu26.3) grub-pc:amd64 (2.04-1ubuntu26.2, 2.04-1ubuntu26.3) grub-pc-bin:amd64 (2.04-1ubuntu26.2, 2.04-1ubuntu26.3) linux-firmware:amd64 (1.187.2, 1.187.3) After the following reboot, the machine would no longer come up. It got past Grub, but instead of Ubuntu logo appearing a second later, screen would stay entirely black. I waited at least 5 minutes, no change. I ended this with the power button. Subsequent tries in recovery mode and/or with the previous kernel didn't boot, either. The same machine would boot off an installation medium (USB pen drive) or the other connected hard disk just fine. Boot drive selection was done in BIOS. After a lot of back and forth, I ended up downgrading the above packages using the root shell in recovery mode: linux-firmware to v1.187 (v1.187.2 was not available), all four Grub packages to 2.04-1ubuntu26.2. With this, machine boots fine again. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: linux-firmware 1.187 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USERPID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: mah1487 F pulseaudio /dev/snd/pcmC0D0p: mah1487 F...m pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC1: mah1487 F pulseaudio CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Aug 31 22:20:10 2020 Dependencies: InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-04 (1580 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Here's a similar, older bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879801 , workarounds included there, see comments 13, 14, 15. ** Bug watch added: Red Hat Bugzilla #879801 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879801 -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Running kernel -21 from the general repo I managed to grab the attached output of 'top'. khugepaged going 100%, staying there forever. System load eventually went up to 8 or more. System didn't freeze entirely, just slowed down a lot. ** Attachment added: "top" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+attachment/4876860/+files/top -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Had a freeze with -14, too, after 3 days of operations (hibernating at night) That said, it doesn't exactly look like there's somebody keen on fixing this bug. Workarounds like adding swap just postpone the problem. And Ubuntu folks went silent. -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Congratulations for managing to get a backtrace, @Jonas Slivka! Did you run a kernel with debug symbols, perhaps? My kern.log has zero backtraces, despite at least 5 freezes. -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Just had kind of a freeze with -17 after about two hours of operation. While other freezes so far manifested in the cursor vanishing and everything becoming unresponsive, this freeze resulted in single applications freezing on input attempts. Like freezing after opening a menu and selecting "Quit". Eventually all applications were frozen, starting new ones or switching console wasn't possible. $ uname -a Linux piccard 4.10.0-17-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 4 16:17:04 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Watching YouTube videos appears to accelerate all this freezing. -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Just had a kernel freeze after some 20 hours of operation with -18: $ uname -a Linux piccard 4.10.0-18-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Wed Apr 5 17:18:34 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Will now try -17 to confirm sles' findings and also to have a working kernel until somebody has an idea on what to do next. Running some debugging tools or custom compiling a kernel is certainly possible as long as it can be done on a single PC. My other hardware is a rather old Macintosh which can't do much more than serving as a terminal. -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Right. Missing video hardware acceleration (and missing audio, ACPI) was due to the kernel extras package not installed. Corrected this situation and now giving 4.10.0-18 another try. -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
I just booted 4.10.0-18 and graphics apparently fell back to software rendering. Only one screen size (1600x1200) available, animations run very slow, CPU fan spins up when moving windows, such things. Will run this for two days to see wether it's at least not freezing. -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
I'll give -9 an additional day to be sure. If you want to continue, 4.10.0-14 is the next candidate. https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel- team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+build/12139078 -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Thanks for the hint, 4.10.0-9 now running. -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
4.10.0 from mainline works fine here. Running it for two days now without flaws. $ uname -a Linux piccard 4.10.0-041000-generic #201702191831 SMP Sun Feb 19 23:33:19 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Hmm. 4.10.0 from mainline works, 4.10.0(.19) from the regular repo does not. Now I'm not sure which one to test next, because I don't know how numbers of the regular repo are related to numbers of the mainline repo. Is 4.10-rc5 or 4.10.6 the next candidate? -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
> Kernel 4.10.0.19 from the regular 17.04 repo appears to work fine Too bad, this was a false positive. Today this kernel froze, too. Firefox became a zombie () twice. @sles, finding a working kernel is certainly good help for the moment, but not really a solution. Think of all the people not showing up here and what these likely do. Continuing with the bisect is much appreciated! -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
Kernel 4.10.0.19 from the regular 17.04 repo appears to work fine, working for some 12 hours now. It's slightly different than the one @Vaclav Rehak reported above as not working: $ uname -a Linux piccard 4.10.0-19-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 6 17:04:57 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux If there are more kernels I can try for bisecting I'll happily do this. -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1684010] Re: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
A few additional debugging bits: - Here this typically happens when watching video. As if some memory region gets exhausted after viewing some 100'000 frames. - I've seen the mouse freezing once, typically it stays movable. - Audio continues while video freezes. - I've seen Firefox going (in that short time between the first application freezing and everything else freezing, too). - With everything frozen, no login via SSH possible. PC simply doesn't answer over Ethernet. Switching to another console (ctrl-alt-F1) isn't possible, either. - Judging by CPU fan noise, one core (of two) typically gets 100% load. I just installed the 4.10.0.19 kernel I found in the regular package repo and will report back how long it works without freeze. My freeze experience so far was with 4.10.0.20. -- 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/1684010 Title: 17.04, i915 freeze on VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Just freezes all unity and/or X. Nothing in any logs though. 16.10 worked just fine. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1684010/+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
