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DiagonalArg (diagonalarg) wrote : Kernel 4.4.0-93 - Suddenly freezing on boot.

Ubuntu 16.04: has been working fine for a year and a half, now suddenly freezing on bootup, with a permanent spinning logo. The problem appears with the new (4.4.0-93) kernel. (Things were fine in 4.4.0-93.) My system has /boot on a USB and root on LUKS (along with a 2nd data disk on LUKS).

I can boot via a text console if I remove the "splash" kernel switch and changed $vt.handoff to "$vt.handoff=7". Unfortunately, adding the "debug" switch causes a freeze, though "debug=vc" boots. Also, for any of the settings that cause a freeze, if I add "break=mountroot", I can mount the LUKS disks by hand and continue with boot.