Bug#649890: linux-image-2.6-686: Kernel Oops during upgrade, X module FBCON not available after restart
Package: linux-image-2.6-686
Version: 2.6.32+29
Severity: important
I ran 'aptitude safe-upgrade' (!) this morning a few minutes after waking up the computer
from hibernation. During the installation process, a kernel oops was reported on all
consoles and the installation process did not finish. After waiting for around twenty
minutes, I tried to shut down the machine, but shutdown did not complete; it hang
somewhere after Squid shutdown. I had to switch off power.
After restarting the machine X cannot be starteed. Using either GDM 3 or Xinit will result
in a blank screen. Switching to a console using <Ctrl><Alt><F2> etc. is possible but GDM 3
or Xinit still have to be ended manually. Xinit reports 'module fbcon not available.'
This means my system was rendered unusable by an automatic safe upgrade.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 6.0.3
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6-686 depends on:
pn linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 <none> (no description available)
linux-image-2.6-686 recommends no packages.
linux-image-2.6-686 suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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