Trusty 'linux-virtual' kernel missing

[Joshua Powers]

The Ubuntu Server team runs a series of tests against the LTS and current development ISOs. On Trusty, one of the tests is to install a minimal VM kernel by using the "linux-virtual" kernel via a preseed entry as follows:

d-i base-installer/kernel/override-image string linux-virtual

On Trusty, the follow error is received:

Sep 14 22:40:43 base-installer: warning: Kernel override 'linux-virtual' not present

And the only useable kernels are as follows:

Sep 14 22:40:43 base-installer: info: kernel linux-signed-generic-lts-xenial usable on em64t-p4
Sep 14 22:40:43 base-installer: info: kernel linux-generic-lts-xenial usable on em64t-p4
Sep 14 22:40:43 base-installer: info: kernel linux-virtual-lts-xenial usable on em64t-p4
Sep 14 22:40:43 base-installer: info: kernel linux-signed-image-generic-lts-xenial usable on em64t-p4
Sep 14 22:40:43 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-extra-4.4.0-31-generic usable on em64t-p4
Sep 14 22:40:43 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-generic-lts-xenial usable on em64t-p4
Sep 14 22:40:43 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial usable on em64t-p4
Sep 14 22:40:43 base-installer: info: kernel linux-signed-image-4.4.0-31-generic usable on em64t-p4
Sep 14 22:40:43 base-installer: info: kernel linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic usable on em64t-p4

Which leads to the following kernels selected:

Sep 14 22:40:43 debconf: Adding [KERNELS] -> [linux-signed-generic-lts-xenial,linux-generic-lts-xenial,linux-virtual-lts-xenial,linux-signed-image-generic-lts-xenial,linux-image-extra-4.4.0-31-generic,linux-image-generic-lts-xenial,linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial,linux-signed-image-4.4.0-31-generic,linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic]

I would have expected the 'linux-virtual' meta package to exist and in this case possibly point to 'linux-virtual-lts-xenial'. This way my existing preseed would not need to be updated. Forgive me in advance if this is due to my lack of understanding of the LTS/HWE kernels, however as I stated I expected the linux-virtual package to continue to exist. This does work as expected on Yakkety and Xenial.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1625675

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Joshua Powers (powersj)]

This is during an install so I do not believe I am able to run that command.