Public bug reported:
Recently, after upgrading a machine from 12.04 to 14.04 I noticed that
neither keyboard nor network would work, making it rather hard to
resolve the situation.
Upon further investigation, it turned out that this was because the
linux-image-extra package was missing, and that 14.04 has some rather
critical kernel modules, such as usbhid (keyboard and mouse) and r8169
(my network card).
Please make sure in the future that the basic necessities to interact
with a system are in linux-image-generic, rather than extra.
root@hitchhiker:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release: 14.04
root@hitchhiker:~# apt-cache policy linux-image-generic
linux-image-generic:
Installed: 3.13.0.71.77
Candidate: 3.13.0.71.77
Version table:
*** 3.13.0.71.77 0
500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-updates/main amd64
Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-security/main amd64
Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
3.13.0.24.28 0
500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/main amd64 Packages
What I expected to happen:
- After an upgrade, I expect the computer to react when I enter keys, move the
mouse, or attempt to connect to it over the network
What happened instead
- the system was completely unreactive, and needed a boot from a live CD to
revive it again
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Kernel modules of first necessity in linux-image-extra rather than
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