Bug#649890: linux-image-2.6-686: Kernel Oops during upgrade, X module FBCON not available after restart

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 05:04:35PM +0100, Axel Stammler wrote:
> 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.
 
It means the old kernel version (or some module in it) was buggy.  And
there's really not much that we can do to mitigate a crash during the
upgrade.

Let us know if the new version is stable or not.  Also, do you use any
additional (out-of-tree) kernel modules?

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
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