That other bug that Bryan posted about made me do some digging in an install that had been affected by unrelated bug #1489147.
I was using the same hardware as in this bug and had to use the boot parameter nomodeset to even get casper/ubiquity to run w/o a black screen - this resulted in a completed install that only offered 1024X768 rather than the preferred 1366X768 resolution so I tried to install the proprietary driver using the UI which seemed to work but now the system is borked. >From a lateral install I just looked at the apt/history.log: Start-Date: 2015-10-21 18:20:36 Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.54' Install: fakeroot:amd64 (1.20.2-1ubuntu1, automatic), screen-resolution-extra:amd64 (0.17.1, automatic), libstdc++-5-dev:amd64 (5.2.1-22ubuntu2, automatic), lib32gcc1:amd64 (5.2.1-22ubuntu2, automatic), libjansson4:amd64 (2.7-1ubuntu1, automatic), libcuda1-304:amd64 (304.128-0ubuntu1, automatic), dkms:amd64 (2.2.0.3-2ubuntu6, automatic), nvidia-settings:amd64 (352.21-0ubuntu1, automatic), libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl:amd64 (0.04-3build1, automatic), dpkg-dev:amd64 (1.18.2ubuntu5, automatic), libalgorithm-merge-perl:amd64 (0.08-2, automatic), nvidia-304:amd64 (304.128-0ubuntu1), amd64-microcode:amd64 (2.20141028.1), ocl-icd-libopencl1:amd64 (2.2.7-2, automatic), g++:amd64 (5.2.1-3ubuntu1, automatic), libalgorithm-diff-perl:amd64 (1.19.03-1, automatic), nvidia-opencl-icd-304:amd64 (304.128-0ubuntu1, automatic), libfakeroot:amd64 (1.20.2-1ubuntu1, automatic), g++-5:amd64 (5.2.1-22ubuntu2, automatic), build-essential:amd64 (12.1ubuntu2, automatic), libc6-i386:amd64 (2.21-0ubuntu4, automatic ), libxnvctrl0:amd64 (352.21-0ubuntu1, automatic), pkg-config:amd64 (0.28-1ubuntu1, automatic) Remove: linux-generic:amd64 (4.2.0.16.18) End-Date: 2015-10-21 18:22:55 So, why would installing the tested nvidia driver remove linux-generic? Maybe this snippet from the term.loog would be helpful: Log started: 2015-10-21 18:20:36 (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5% (Reading database ... 10% (Reading database ... 15% (Reading database ... 20% (Reading database ... 25% (Reading database ... 30% (Reading database ... 35% (Reading database ... 40% (Reading database ... 45% (Reading database ... 50% (Reading database ... 55% (Reading database ... 60% (Reading database ... 65% (Reading database ... 70% (Reading database ... 75% (Reading database ... 80% (Reading database ... 85% (Reading database ... 90% (Reading database ... 95% (Reading database ... 100% (Reading database ... 154143 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-generic (4.2.0.16.18) ... Selecting previously unselected package libjansson4:amd64. (Reading database ... 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Setting up g++ (4:5.2.1-3ubuntu1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/g++ to provide /usr/bin/c++ (c++) in auto mode Setting up dpkg-dev (1.18.2ubuntu5) ... Setting up build-essential (12.1ubuntu2) ... Setting up dkms (2.2.0.3-2ubuntu6) ... Setting up libfakeroot:amd64 (1.20.2-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up fakeroot (1.20.2-1ubuntu1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/fakeroot-sysv to provide /usr/bin/fakeroot (fakeroot) in auto mode Setting up libalgorithm-diff-perl (1.19.03-1) ... Setting up libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl (0.04-3build1) ... Setting up libalgorithm-merge-perl (0.08-2) ... Setting up libc6-i386 (2.21-0ubuntu4) ... Setting up libcuda1-304 (304.128-0ubuntu1) ... Setting up libxnvctrl0 (352.21-0ubuntu1) ... Setting up lib32gcc1 (1:5.2.1-22ubuntu2) ... Setting up nvidia-304 (304.128-0ubuntu1) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-304/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-304/alt_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode update-alternatives: using /usr/share/nvidia-304/glamor.conf to provide /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/glamoregl.conf (glamor_conf) in auto mode update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) INFO:Enable nvidia-304 DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude Loading new nvidia-304-304.128 DKMS files... First Installation: checking all kernels... Building only for 4.2.0-16-generic Building for architecture x86_64 Building initial module for 4.2.0-16-generic Done. nvidia_304: Running module version sanity check. - Original module - No original module exists within this kernel - Installation - Installing to /lib/modules/4.2.0-16-generic/updates/dkms/ depmod....... DKMS: install completed. Setting up ocl-icd-libopencl1:amd64 (2.2.7-2) ... Setting up nvidia-opencl-icd-304 (304.128-0ubuntu1) ... Setting up pkg-config (0.28-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up screen-resolution-extra (0.17.1) ... Setting up nvidia-settings (352.21-0ubuntu1) ... Setting up amd64-microcode (2.20141028.1) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) amd64-microcode: microcode will be updated at next boot Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.120ubuntu6) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-16-generic Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.0-1ubuntu1) ... Log ended: 2015-10-21 18:22:55 Starting to smell like a kernel bug, eh? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1508157 Title: Kernel not upgraded during Vivid -> Wily upgrade To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1508157/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
