Bug#463422: linux-image-2.6.18-6-686: Kernel panic ocured with the following kernel.
Package: linux-image-2.6.18-6-686
Version: 2.6.18.dfsg.1-17etch1
Severity: critical
Justification: breaks the whole system
Before the update running linux-image-2.6.18-5-686 with no issues.
The latest linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 (ETCH) kernel causing kernel panics and CPU
sync errors causing the system to reboot in a loop.
Hardware:
Supermicro X6DH8-XB
Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz
Adaptec 29160 Ultra160 SCSI Controller
SEAGATE ST373207LC rev 0004 (RAID1)
MemTotal: 2076396 kB
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 depends on:
ii coreutils 5.97-5.3 The GNU core utilities
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.11etch1 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initr 0.85h tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre4-2 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-6-686 recommends:
ii libc6-i686 2.3.6.ds1-13etch4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-6-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-6-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-6-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-6-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-6-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-6-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-6-686: false
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-6-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-6-686: true
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-6-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-6-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-6-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-6-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-6-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-6-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-6-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-6-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-6-686:
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-6-686: true
linux-image-2.6.18-6-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
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