linux kernel 4.15.0-44 and 4.15.0-45 break tty login
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Incomplete
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
On systems with either version of the kernel installed (4.15.0-44 or 4.15.0-45), login to the console (tty) is not possible. When the prior version, 4.15.0-43, is running this issue does not occur.
1) The release of Ubuntu via 'lsb_release -rd':
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Release: 18.04
2) The version of the package, via 'apt-cache policy pkgname'
linux-generic:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 4.15.0.45.47
Version table:
4.15.0.45.47 500
500 http://
500 http://
4.15.0.20.23 500
500 http://
3) What I expected to happen:
Normal login via tty
4) What happened instead
login program would not allow login process to proceed, password prompts were interrupted.
Additional information on installed (working) kernel, as the data provided by apt cache did not show it:
linux-image- 4.15.0- 43-generic/ bionic- updates, bionic- security 4.15.0-43.46 i386 unsigned- 4.15.0- 43-generic/ bionic- updates, bionic- security 4.15.0-43.46 amd64 4.15.0- 43-generic/ bionic- updates, bionic- security, now 4.15.0-43.46 amd64 [installed, automatic] extra-4. 15.0-43- generic/ bionic- updates, bionic- security, now 4.15.0-43.46 amd64 [installed]
linux-image-
linux-modules-
linux-modules-