On 6/18/19 10:19 AM, Aere Greenway wrote:
> On 6/17/19 10:48 PM, Kai-Heng Feng wrote:
>> Ok, then a kernel bisection is required. What's the latest kernel that
>> works and the first kernel that has this issue?
>>
> On the system I just installed, it's the '-20' version. On the old
> system, it was a more recent version, and I think updates removed the
> last working version, so that specifying an older kernel didn't work.
>
> However, keep in mind that now I installed a new Lubuntu 18.04.2
> partition, if I specify to load the old system (which always used to
> crash during boot), it has booted without any problems, several times.
>
> The problem seems to be related some way with booting the default
> partition.
>
> I know in applying updates, it asked whether or not to replace the GRUB
> configuration with the package-maintainer's version, and I agreed to do
> that. After those updates, the problem started happening.
>
I did some more testing, and found that the problem does occur on my
Dell GX-260. I just didn't happen on the reboot after applying
updates. It is possible that the problem is less likely to happen on a
reboot, than after an initial power-on. But it does happen on a reboot.
I also updated a Dell GX-240, and the same problem happened there, as
well.
If I boot (even after power-on) an earlier kernel ('-45' or '-47'), the
problem does not occur.
When I boot a kernel having the problem ('-51' or '-52'), selected as
the default for a different partition (of the same drive), the problem
does not occur (even after power-up). It appears I can reliably boot
that way.
- Aere
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Title:
After Installing Updates, system fails to boot on first try
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
I installed Lubuntu 18.04 LTS on an i386 machine (Dell GX-270). After
installation, it rebooted with no problems.
I installed all updates, and on rebooting it failed to boot. The
screen had unreadable graphics in the top third of it.
On rebooting again, it booted okay, saying it recovered the journal.
Sometimes, it takes 3 tries to get it to boot. Often, it gets most of
the way into the boot process, then suddenly goes into the GRUB menu.
I installed this system because my primary partition on the same
machine started failing to boot much of the time. This failure
started happening after applying updates. I was thinking something in
the system files might be corrupted. But the newly-installed system
has the same symptoms.
After applying updates, I expected the system to boot successfully
every time.
Instead, it always crashes during the boot, or hangs, on the first try
to boot. On the 2nd or 3rd try, it will boot.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: linux-image-4.15.0-51-generic 4.15.0-51.55
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-51.55-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-51-generic i686
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version
k4.15.0-51-generic.
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6
Architecture: i386
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC3: aere 805 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC0: aere 805 F.... pulseaudio
Card0.Amixer.info:
Card hw:0 'Live'/'SB Live! 5.1 (rev.7, serial:0x80641102) at 0xdf20, irq 18'
Mixer name : 'SigmaTel STAC9708,11'
Components : 'AC97a:83847608'
Controls : 225
Simple ctrls : 45
Card1.Amixer.info:
Card hw:1 'MPD218'/'Akai MPD218 at usb-0000:00:1d.0-2, full speed'
Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
Components : 'USB09e8:0034'
Controls : 0
Simple ctrls : 0
Card1.Amixer.values:
Card2.Amixer.info:
Card hw:2 'Interface'/'M-Audio USB Uno MIDI Interface at usb-0000:00:1d.2-2,
full speed'
Mixer name : 'USB Mixer'
Components : 'USB0763:0150'
Controls : 0
Simple ctrls : 0
Card2.Amixer.values:
Card3.Amixer.info:
Card hw:3 'ICH5'/'Intel ICH5 with AD1981B at irq 17'
Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1981B'
Components : 'AC97a:41445374'
Controls : 27
Simple ctrls : 19
CurrentDesktop: LXDE
Date: Sun Jun 16 18:09:10 2019
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=254efefa-b824-4c7b-ae5c-dcf19ed85430
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-16 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release i386 (20180426)
MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation OptiPlex GX270
ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-51-generic
root=UUID=01278e7e-143f-479d-8842-aa15ad6ff5a8 ro quiet splash
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-4.15.0-51-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-4.15.0-51-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.173.6
RfKill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 06/26/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.bios.version: A07
dmi.board.name: 0U1325
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corp.
dmi.chassis.type: 6
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA07:bd06/26/2006:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnOptiPlexGX270:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorp.:rn0U1325:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct6:cvr:
dmi.product.name: OptiPlex GX270
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation
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