Public bug reported: I wanted to run my 14.10 (Utopic) i386 system with the amd64 kernel, so I added that architecture and apt-get-installed the amd64 linux-image and linux-image-extra (I learned this was possible thanks to the advice at http://askubuntu.com/a/635774/19753 ).
However, the system upstart procedure more often fails than not: it fails by rebooting the computer. (Only around 1 time of 4 is successful.) A limited system start is (probably, always) successful: either with init=/bin/bash parameter to the kernel, or choosing the recovery boot option. (However, if I "resume" from the recovery menu, or run "exec init" in bash, then the upstart procedure is similarly unstable: it usually fails/crashes and reboots.) I checked my suspection that the video driver (nouveau) and X might be involved, but that turned out not true: the upstart procedure is similarly unstable with "nomodesetting" kernel parameter and without, booting into runlevel 3 or the default one. Perhaps, I'd like to debug the upstart procedure step-by-step to detect which step makes the system crash and reboot, but I don't know how. As concerns the timing, the moment the reboot happens can be different: it can happen rather early (when I see the message about activating the swap) or much later. If the system upstart procedure has completed successfully, then it works in a quite stable manner and doesn't crash/reboot. So, there is something bad specifically during the system upstart procedure. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-44.59-generic 3.16.7-ckt14 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-44-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.5 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Sep 12 18:36:28 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-04 (464 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20140204) ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-44-generic root=UUID=980299a2-fde5-4f39-acb0-189f528b8485 ro nosplash SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2015-09-11 (0 days ago) UpstartBugCategory: System UpstartRunningSessionVersion: upstart 1.13.2 UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.13.2) modified.conffile..etc.at.deny: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Отказано в доступе: '/etc/at.deny'] modified.conffile..etc.cron.daily.upstart: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.cups.cups.browsed.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.default.apport: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.default.cups: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.init.d.binfmt.support: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.X11.Xsession.d.99upstart: 2014-09-30T12:21:08 mtime.conffile..etc.cron.daily.upstart: 2014-09-30T12:27:13 mtime.conffile..etc.cups.cups.browsed.conf: 2015-09-06T09:29:16.410097 mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2014-06-05T12:49:10.316398 mtime.conffile..etc.default.cups: 2015-09-06T09:20:49.891585 mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.binfmt.support: 2014-09-30T12:21:08 mtime.conffile..etc.upstart.xsessions: 2014-09-30T12:21:08 ** Affects: linux (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Affects: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug i386 utopic ** Also affects: linux-meta (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to upstart in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1495116 Title: booting with amd64 kernel and completely i386 userland is unstable during the system upstart Status in linux package in Ubuntu: New Status in upstart package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I wanted to run my 14.10 (Utopic) i386 system with the amd64 kernel, so I added that architecture and apt-get-installed the amd64 linux- image and linux-image-extra (I learned this was possible thanks to the advice at http://askubuntu.com/a/635774/19753 ). However, the system upstart procedure more often fails than not: it fails by rebooting the computer. (Only around 1 time of 4 is successful.) A limited system start is (probably, always) successful: either with init=/bin/bash parameter to the kernel, or choosing the recovery boot option. (However, if I "resume" from the recovery menu, or run "exec init" in bash, then the upstart procedure is similarly unstable: it usually fails/crashes and reboots.) I checked my suspection that the video driver (nouveau) and X might be involved, but that turned out not true: the upstart procedure is similarly unstable with "nomodesetting" kernel parameter and without, booting into runlevel 3 or the default one. Perhaps, I'd like to debug the upstart procedure step-by-step to detect which step makes the system crash and reboot, but I don't know how. As concerns the timing, the moment the reboot happens can be different: it can happen rather early (when I see the message about activating the swap) or much later. If the system upstart procedure has completed successfully, then it works in a quite stable manner and doesn't crash/reboot. So, there is something bad specifically during the system upstart procedure. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10 Package: upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-44.59-generic 3.16.7-ckt14 Uname: Linux 3.16.0-44-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8.5 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Sat Sep 12 18:36:28 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-04 (464 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20140204) ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-44-generic root=UUID=980299a2-fde5-4f39-acb0-189f528b8485 ro nosplash SourcePackage: upstart UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to utopic on 2015-09-11 (0 days ago) UpstartBugCategory: System UpstartRunningSessionVersion: upstart 1.13.2 UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.13.2) modified.conffile..etc.at.deny: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Отказано в доступе: '/etc/at.deny'] modified.conffile..etc.cron.daily.upstart: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.cups.cups.browsed.conf: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.default.apport: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.default.cups: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.init.d.binfmt.support: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.X11.Xsession.d.99upstart: 2014-09-30T12:21:08 mtime.conffile..etc.cron.daily.upstart: 2014-09-30T12:27:13 mtime.conffile..etc.cups.cups.browsed.conf: 2015-09-06T09:29:16.410097 mtime.conffile..etc.default.apport: 2014-06-05T12:49:10.316398 mtime.conffile..etc.default.cups: 2015-09-06T09:20:49.891585 mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.binfmt.support: 2014-09-30T12:21:08 mtime.conffile..etc.upstart.xsessions: 2014-09-30T12:21:08 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1495116/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp