kernel 2.6.27-2 won't boot

[tdflanders]

Binary package hint: di-utils-reboot

thomas@thomas-desktop:~$ lsb_release -rd ; uname -a ; apt-cache policy dpkg dkms xorg-driver-fglrx fglrx-kernel-source xinit xserver-xorg apt synaptic ; sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.27-2-generic
Description: Ubuntu intrepid (development branch)
Release: 8.10
Linux thomas-desktop 2.6.27-1-generic #1 SMP Sat Aug 23 23:20:09 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
dpkg:
  Installed: 1.14.20ubuntu5
  Candidate: 1.14.20ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 1.14.20ubuntu5 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
dkms:
  Installed: 2.0.20.4-0ubuntu1
  Candidate: 2.0.20.4-0ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 2.0.20.4-0ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
xorg-driver-fglrx:
  Installed: 2:8.522-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2:8.522-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 2:8.522-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:7.1.0-8-3+2.6.24.14-21.47 0
        500 cdrom://[APTonCD for ubuntu hardy - i386 (2008-08-17 02:58) DVD1] Packages
fglrx-kernel-source:
  Installed: 2:8.522-0ubuntu3
  Candidate: 2:8.522-0ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 2:8.522-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/multiverse Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
xinit:
  Installed: 1.0.9-2
  Candidate: 1.0.9-2
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.9-2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
xserver-xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.4~1ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1:7.4~1ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1:7.4~1ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
apt:
  Installed: 0.7.14ubuntu6
  Candidate: 0.7.14ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 0.7.14ubuntu6 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
synaptic:
  Installed: 0.62.1ubuntu8
  Candidate: 0.62.1ubuntu8
  Version table:
 *** 0.62.1ubuntu8 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com intrepid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.27-2-generic
cp: cannot stat `/lib/udev/hotplug.functions': No such file or directory
Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
(2.6.27-2.3 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
(2.6.27-2.3 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Running postinst hook script /sbin/update-grub.
Searching for GRUB installation directory ... found: /boot/grub
Searching for default file ... found: /boot/grub/default
Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst
Searching for splash image ... none found, skipping ...
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-2-generic
Found kernel: /boot/last-good-boot/vmlinuz
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.27-1-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-5-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-4-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-21-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-20-virtual
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-20-generic
Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic
Found kernel: /boot/memtest86+.bin
Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done

Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms
 * Running DKMS auto installation service for kernel 2.6.27-2-generic
 * fglrx (8.522)... fglrx (8.522): Installing module.
.......(bad exit status: 7)
  Build failed. Installation skipped.
                                                                         [fail]
 * vboxdrv (1.6.4)... vboxdrv (1.6.4): Installing module.
.......(bad exit status: 10)
  Build failed. Installation skipped.
                                                                         [fail]
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common
thomas@thomas-desktop:~$

Hi there, I have been upgrading and stuff and at a certain point I was prompted to install 2.6.27-2. Being a bit of a fruitcake and a happy testing donkey with virtually no ICT skills, I rarely refuse on any an upgrade. Anyway: 2.6.27-1 was behaving rather stable and was rebootable. Now I have the 2.6.27-2 installed, it is not really unstable, but it refuses to boot somehow. I really don't know why. I could not get virtualbox 1.6.4 sharing capability, after following this set of instructions: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=5693268#post5693268. Therefore I started toying with upgrading, build-dep, also through backports.org and apt-get -t etch-backports and manually selecting some synaptic packages, including restricted-modules. So now I have the 2.6.27-2 kernel but it won't install properly. If I try sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-headers-2.6.27-2-generic linux-image-2.6.27-2- generic, I get the following output. Afte a while I get the restart prompt in the upper right panel, but the new kernel won't boot. The 2.6.27-1 does not boot anymore either. I have to use the alfa 3 live CD image and select all options under F6 and the 'with driver update CD' option under F4 to boot the recovery version of 2.6.27-1 and run xfix and dpkg repair broken packages. The first time I had this problem, there was one package selected to be removed: gnome-cups-manager. File system check did not reveal any problems. dpkg repair broken packages I doubt that I will have any more luck as root, I tried that, even dpkg-reconfigure -a, but I can't find the problem. Are there any log files I could consult? I mind you that I am not a UNIX literate. I have cups-spooler configured as foo, could that be it? Anyway, the cycle repeats: I boot up with 2.6.27-1, reconfigure, get restart prompt, and the system fails to reboot.

normal boot of 2.6.27-2 hangs at first line: starting up
recovery mode hangs at: running virtualization kernel, bottom of first screen.

reboot does not work

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Not a debian-installer-utils bug; moving over to the kernel as a best guess.

[tdflanders (thomasdelbeke)]

Hi,

this was with alfa4 > irrelevant now > please close

Thanks,

Thomas

[Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara)]

Closing per the previous comment. Thanks.