Bug#780346: linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae: Unknown problem on new kernel version causes several errors on boot

[Tiago Saboga <tiagosaboga@gmail.com>]

Hi Ben,

Thanks for answering.

Ben Hutchings writes:

> Control: tag -1 moreinfo
>
> On Thu, 2015-03-12 at 08:57 -0400, Tiago Saboga wrote:
>> Package: src:linux
>> Version: 3.16.7-ckt7-1
>> Severity: critical
>> Justification: breaks the whole system
>> 
>> Dear Maintainer,
>> 
>> I do not understand what led to this situation, but apparently the las
>> kernel release completely broke my old system. The system was up for
>> several weeks and I had to reboot it yesterday. Upon rebooting, the
>> system spawn several errors from the second partition of the main disk
>> and refused to proceed. I disabled the mounting of the partition and
>> could start the system, only to find that I had no connectivity any
>> more.
>> 
>> In the subsequent boots, I noticed several other errors, on the logs
>> or on the console. I am attaching the logs from journalctl -xb of a
>> faulty boot.
>> 
>> Downgrading the kernel to 3.16.7-ckt4-3 solved all the issues.
>> 
>> I am available to further testing, if you need me.
>
> I can't see any changes between these two package versions that could
> explain this.  There are no changes to the hard drive controller driver
> (ahci).  There are a few changes to the common ATA support code (libata)
> but they should have no effect here.
>
> Is there any other change that could explain this?  E.g. did you turn
> off the power before booting 3.16.7-ckt4-3, but not in other cases?

I have not been able to notice any other change. I am sure power was
on everytime because I use an external monitor connected directly to
the wall plug. I will try again with the new version to see if I have
the same results.

Cheers,

Tiago