Bug#632824: linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae: linux >= 2.6.39 and spacefun splash screen don't mix: system fails to come up
Package: linux-2.6
Version: 2.6.39-2
Severity: important
This is the laptop of a coworker which runs Debian testing,
but I have observed this problem on a Linux kvm VM running
Debian unstable as well previously.
To enable the spacefun splash screen, I had to do the following,
according to information in the Debian Wiki, because otherwise,
plymouth wouldn’t enter a graphics mode:
root@rfisch-nb:~ # sed -n '/^[^#]/p' /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
uvesafb mode_option=1400x1050-24 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap
Now, 2.6.38-2-686 boots but 2.6.39-2-686-pae fails to come up
at all. On her laptop the screen stays totally black and no
disc activity could be observed – it looks as if the system
froze. On the Linux kvm VM, the screen gets garbled (like when
switching from X back to the console for a short while), and
the system also freezes.
I have reported a similar bug to plymouth, by suggestion of
waldi, but the comments there were not helpful. Stated goal
is to have a splash screen (at this time, spacefun) while
booting a Debian system. If I’m doing it wrong, please tell
me how to do it the right way; reassign if necessary, as
long as someone cares.
-- Package-specific info:
** Kernel log: boot messages should be attached
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/mksh
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae depends on:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.40 Debian configuration management sy
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.99 tools for generating an initramfs
ii linux-base 3.2 Linux image base package
ii module-init-tools 3.16-1 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae recommends:
ii firmware-linux-free 3 Binary firmware for various driver
ii libc6-i686 2.13-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae suggests:
ii grub-pc 1.99-6 GRand Unified Bootloader, version
pn linux-doc-2.6.39 <none> (no description available)
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae is related to:
pn firmware-bnx2 <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-bnx2x <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-ipw2x00 <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-ivtv <none> (no description available)
ii firmware-iwlwifi 0.30 Binary firmware for Intel Wireless
ii firmware-linux 0.30 Binary firmware for various driver
ii firmware-linux-nonfree 0.30 Binary firmware for various driver
pn firmware-qlogic <none> (no description available)
pn firmware-ralink <none> (no description available)
pn xen-hypervisor <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae/postinst/ignoring-ramdisk:
* linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae/postinst/missing-firmware-2.6.39-2-686-pae:
linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.39-2-686-pae: false
linux-image-2.6.39-2-686-pae/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.39-2-686-pae: true
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