Re: kernel 4.3 fail to boot

[Nicholas D Steeves <nsteeves@gmail.com>]

Hi Riccardo,

On 29 March 2016 at 17:08, r <ric.romoli@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear list,
> I run debian jessie on a macbook 13" using the old stable kernel 3.2
> because a suspend/resume bug in kernel 3.16 that isn't already been
> fixed. So I would try a newest kernel from backports. I installed the
> linux image and headers 4.3.0-amd64 via aptitude with no errors. On
> reboot I get only a black screen with non login screen. I tried to use
> the tty from 1 to 6 but I get only a black screen. I reboot using the
> nomodeset from grub. The gdm doesn't start but logging-in from tty1 I
> get the system journal:
...
> Do you have any idea about this issue?

In addition to Boris' suggestions for firmware and microcode, please
consider installing the following:

linux-image-4.4.0-0.bpo.1-amd64
linux-headers-4.4.0-0.bpo.1-amd64

I had a variety of major issues with Linux-4.3.x on my Thinkpad X220,
all of which were solved by moving the linux-4.4.  Also, if you would
rather track the most recent backported kernel you can try: apt-get
install -t jessie-backports linux-image-amd64 linux-headers-amd64.  I
don't do this, because I don't like the surprises it can bring.

Best of luck,
Nicholas