dependencies installs -386 kernel which hangs on boot

[Timo Aaltonen]

I'm not sure if this is the right place to "complain", but I upgraded my desktop to alpha4 and it installed the -386 flavor of the kernel for some reason. Since grub lists -386 as the first entry, it was booted by default and the computer hung while usplash was still visible.

Anyway, I was wondering why I got the kernel in the first place? Jockey-common depends on restricted-modules, but AFAICT the order is correct (generic | 386). I have nvidia-glx-new installed which depends on nvidia-kernel-169.09, and searching for pacakges that provide it lists l-r-m-ver-386 as first, don't know if it matters or not.

hope this report makes any sense.

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

At first sight I have no idea why the -i386 kernel was pulled in. Where did you upgrade from, Gutsy? An earlier Hardy? Was it a temporary package inconsistency, i. e. can you still reproduce this behaviour on current hardy?

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

It was earlier Hardy, and jockey was added then I guess. I haven't tried to reproduce it yet, but remember seeing similar issues with edgy and feisty netboot (which would suggest dependancy priority problems with lrm).

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

We got caught by this on a few dist-upgrades today from gutsy to hardy. It's not jockey doing it. It's because of a dep to nvidia-glx-new

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Personally, I believe this should be a high priority. Folks with nvidia cards that upgrade are getting stuck with no sound on a reboot because of LUM for the 386 kernel not getting installed.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Adding the mythbuntu project for visibility in bugs that keep getting filed there and marked as invalid without logs.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Particular comment from apt.log:

"Installing linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-12-386 as dep of nvidia-glx-new"

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

It takes the first kernel that provides "nvidia-kernel-$VERSION", and I'm not sure how to work around it..

[Martin Pitt (pitti)]

it currently has a pure virtual dependency, which is actually violating policy. Aside of this, you could change the preference by depending on l-r-m-2.6.24-generic | nvidia-kernel-169.12, but of course this would then break upgrades into the other direction.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

I would think that Martin's suggestion is the lesser of two evils in this case if a better solution doesn't come up. The generic kernel is the default one upon installation. Folks choosing the 386 kernel should be a lot less.

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/10/msg00841.html

[pdragon (pdragon)]

I ran into a similar issue, but am having a different problem as a result. The 386 kernel boots fine, but then my tuner and sound don't work. When I try and boot the generic kernel, then my computer hangs. I turned the splash and quiet kernel off to watch it boot, and it is hanging at

"Begin: Waiting for root file system..."

If I just wait, it eventually drops to a busy box prompt saying my root partition (/dev/sda1) does not exist.

[pdragon (pdragon)]

Talked with Mario on IRC and he got me up and working again. If you have the same issue I did (generic not booting, hangs at splash screen) type this at the command line:

sudo update-initramfs -k 2.6.24-12-generic -u

Reboot and force it to use the generic kernel and everything shoot be wroking again. Edit the grub menu.lst to use the generic kernel then instead of the i386.

[harvest316 (harvest316)]

Referred here from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/194816

Heron upgrade killed my sound (kernel version 2.6.24-12-386), fixed by installing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-12-386.

Seems like a dependency issue.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

Harvest316:

The "proper" fix is to switch to the "2.6.24-12-generic" kernel. Your
linux-ubuntu-modules got installed automatically for that kernel. It's
an accident that the -386 kernel was even installed.
On Tue, 2008-03-25 at 10:46 +0000, harvest316 wrote:

> Referred here from
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/194816
>
> Heron upgrade killed my sound (kernel version 2.6.24-12-386), fixed by
> installing linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-12-386.
>
> Seems like a dependency issue.
>

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Mario Limonciello
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[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

I've done the change so it would be included in the next upload, but that affects also -rt and -server, so when people using those upgrade they get -generic by default?

[Daniel Hahler (blueyed)]

Yes, Timo. See also bug 188579, where it affected virtualbox-ose.
Just for info, I've filed a bug about it in apt, linked from bug 188579.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

Actually, infinity gave another proposal: drop the nvidia-kernel-FOO dependancy altogether. Fglrx is doing just fine without such a dep, and it's pointless to keep anyway, since there are ways to break that dependancy.. for instance by upgrading the driver and then restarting X ("boom").

The first proposal would have broken upgrades for the other flavours, so this one should be safer.

Comments before I upload?-) (which is soon)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 - 2.6.24.12-14.32

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linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24 (2.6.24.12-14.32) hardy; urgency=low

  * ABI bump to 14.
  * Madwifi 0.9.4 (LP: #208754):
    - fixes compilation for recently released kernel 2.6.24
    - introduces Minstrel rate control algorithm
    - introduces switch to turn ANI (Ambience Noise Immunity) off, which
      can help to improve performance (see also #705)
    - several bug fixes to improve stability
    - now defaults to radiotap headers in monitor mode
    - adds support for variable number of VAPs, tunable via module
      parameter
  * control: Drop the nvidia-kernel-ABIVER dependencies from nvidia-glx*, since
    fglrx is doing just fine without them, and they only create problems
    during upgrades when apt selects the first package to provide the
    virtual package. (LP: #188287)
  * ltmodem/serial.c: Modify to compile with 2.6.24. Enable ltmodem again.
    (LP: #210652)
  * Add openvz flavour.

 -- Timo Aaltonen <email address hidden> Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:45:22 +0300

[Conrad Hofmeyr (conrad-chjunction)]

I had the same problem and used pdragon's advice, but now my sound is playing through my pc speaker!

[Timothy R. Chavez (timrchavez)]

The bug task for the somerville project has been removed by an automated script. This bug has been cloned on that project and is available here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1306062