Public bug reported: kexec halts system on reboot on trusty
kexec: Starting new kernel 32-bit relocation outside of kernel! -- System halted The bug is discussed here http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2014-August/012354.html and the debian bug is here https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=754288 A workaround for trusty is add the "--entry-32bit" argument to the kexec initscripts where kexec is used. s#/sbin/kexec#/sbin/kexec --entry-32bit#g If a package version bump is unlikely, it might be a good to add this as an option in /etc/default/kexec ? # lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Release: 14.04 # apt-cache policy kexec-tools kexec-tools: Installed: 1:2.0.6-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 1:2.0.6-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1:2.0.6-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://mirrors.rc.nectar.org.au/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status ** Affects: kexec-tools (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1383096 Title: kexec-tools version bump needed (kexec reboot halts) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kexec-tools/+bug/1383096/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
