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Bug#954729: src:mesa: X won't start after upgrading mesa



On 23.3.2020 18.25, Chow Loong Jin wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 01:21:23PM +0200, Timo Aaltonen wrote:
>> On 22.3.2020 20.02, Timo Aaltonen wrote:
>>> On 22.3.2020 17.38, Chow Loong Jin wrote:
>>>> Package: src:mesa
>>>> Version: 20.0.2-1
>>>> Severity: critical
>>>> Justification: breaks the whole system
>>>>
>>>> Dear Maintainer,
>>>>
>>>>> * What led up to the situation?
>>>>
>>>> Upgraded mesa packages from 19.3.3-1 to 20.0.2-1.
>>>>
>>>>> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
>>>>>   ineffective)?
>>>>
>>>> Tried to boot
>>>>
>>>>> * What was the outcome of this action?
>>>>
>>>> X wouldn't start (log attached)
>>>>
>>>>> * What outcome did you expect instead?
>>>>
>>>> X starts.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Your kernel (4.9) is probably too old for the new iris dri driver.
>>
>> Requires at least 4.16 (while sid has 5.4):
> 
> Thanks. We tried upgrading the kernel to 5.4.0-4, but X didn't start,
> and before we could log into a TTY, it spat a bunch of nouveau-related
> kernel messages and started shutting down on its own.
> 
> Attached is a kern.log that includes a 5.4.0-4-amd64 boot and a
> subsequent successful 4.9.0-7-amd64 boot.
> 

I guess you need to blacklist nouveau for now. File a separate bug on
the kernel for that.


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