Bug#1114695: System not booting with Debian 13 Live ISO (GNOME) and after upgrading from Debian 12
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Hi,
On Mon, Sep 08, 2025 at 09:28:42PM +0200, remasch@gmx.de wrote:
> Package: linux-image-amd64
> Version: 6.12.43-1
>
> When trying to boot the latest stable Live ISO of Debian 13 GNOME
> (debian-live-13.1.0-amd64-gnome.iso) it gets stuck at the "Loading
> Initramfs (...)". The same issue occurs when upgrading from Debian 12
> to 13.
is this with quiet option enabled, and if so can you remove it, do we
get more information?
> The device is an ASUS ExpertBook B1 with Intel i5-1235U (B1502CBA-
> BQ2057X).
>
> Here is the output of inxi -Fzxx (fingerprint scanner is missing for
> some reason):
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> System:
> Kernel: 6.1.0-30-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
> Desktop: GNOME v: 43.9 tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM3
> Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
> Machine:
> Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ASUS EXPERTBOOK
> B1502CBA_B1502CBA
> v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
> Mobo: ASUSTeK model: B1502CBA v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: B1502CBA.310 date: 11/28/2024
> Battery:
> ID-1: BAT0 charge: 20.2 Wh (47.9%) condition: 42.2/41.9 Wh (100.7%)
> volts: 11.0 min: 11.8 model: X421-35 serial: N/A status: discharging
> CPU:
> Info: 10-core model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-1235U bits: 64 type: MCP
> smt: disabled arch: Alder Lake rev: 4 cache: L1: 928 KiB L2: 6.5 MiB
> L3: 12 MiB
> Speed (MHz): avg: 400 min/max: 400/4400:3300 cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3:
> 400
> 4: 400 5: 400 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 400 bogomips: 49920
> Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
> Graphics:
> Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-UP3 GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK
> driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.2 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-
> 1,
> DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46a8
> Device-2: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
> bus-ID: 3-7:3 chip-ID: 13d3:5463
> Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9
> compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
> Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x09cc res: 1920x1080 dpi: 142
> diag: 395mm (15.5")
> API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL GT2)
> direct-render: Yes
> Audio:
> Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
> driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8
> API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-30-amd64 status: kernel-api
> Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
> status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type:
> plugin
> Network:
> Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
> bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f0
> IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
> Device-2: Intel Ethernet I219-V driver: e1000e v: kernel port: N/A
> bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:1a1f
> IF: eno2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
> Bluetooth:
> Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
> bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026
> Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v:
> 3.0
> lmp-v: 5.2 sub-v: 356b
> Drives:
> Local Storage: total: 477.88 GiB used: 9.91 GiB (2.1%)
> ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Micron model: 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM
> size: 476.94 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 26.9
> C
> Partition:
> ID-1: / size: 468.09 GiB used: 9.91 GiB (2.1%) fs: ext4 dev:
> /dev/nvme0n1p2
> ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 5.8 MiB (2.0%) fs: vfat
> dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
> Swap:
> Alert: No swap data was found.
> Sensors:
> System Temperatures: cpu: 28.0 C mobo: N/A
> Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
> Info:
> Processes: 256 Uptime: 9m Memory: 15.25 GiB used: 1.51 GiB (9.9%)
> Init: systemd v: 252 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
> Compilers:
> gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Packages: pm: dpkg pkgs: 2336 Shell: Bash v:
> 5.2.15
> running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.26
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> The same issue occurs with Fedora 42 so I narrowed the regression down
> to the following kernel versions:
>
> Last known working kernel version: 6.2.9
> First known not working kernel version: 6.3.7
As I understand, you would be in easy position to build own kernels?
Can you bisec the changes between 6.2. and 6.3.7 to identify whe
breaking commit and report back?
Regards,
Salvatore
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