Public bug reported: I pulled updates very early this morning (Oct 15) and system was no longer booting.
Turns out linux-firmware 1.7 (Oct 9) fails to boot on RX 7900 series: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/2038745 Fixed with linux-firmware 1.8 (Oct 10) and deployed to Jammy (Oct 12) but it is Oct 15th and Lunar -updates is still serving 1.7, a broken package that breaks boot for users??? How is this not critical? Fixed by booting into recovery and manually applying the linux-firmware 1.8 deb in -proposed ** Affects: linux-firmware (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: regression-update ** Summary changed: - rollout 1.8 to Lunar or remove 1.7 + boot issue, rollout 1.8 to Lunar or remove 1.7 -- 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/2039379 Title: boot issue, rollout 1.8 to Lunar or remove 1.7 Status in linux-firmware package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I pulled updates very early this morning (Oct 15) and system was no longer booting. Turns out linux-firmware 1.7 (Oct 9) fails to boot on RX 7900 series: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/2038745 Fixed with linux-firmware 1.8 (Oct 10) and deployed to Jammy (Oct 12) but it is Oct 15th and Lunar -updates is still serving 1.7, a broken package that breaks boot for users??? How is this not critical? Fixed by booting into recovery and manually applying the linux- firmware 1.8 deb in -proposed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/2039379/+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
