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Bug #1888939 reported by teo1978 on 2020-07-25

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1848771: Reboot after resume from suspend (deep) . Edit Remove

This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

My computer is unusable because of bug 1848771, which causes reset on waking from suspend.

(that such a bug could slip through to a release in the first place is beyond my understanding. Don't you guys test anything?)

Being unable to suspend means being unable to use the computer. Don't tell me I can avoid suspending because (1) seriously? and (2) what if I forget and suspend by accident? Loosing all my data is a disproportionate punishment.

So, since the bug seems to affect kernel versions 5.1 and later, I thought I could boot with an earlier one.

I am not familiar with booting with different kernel versions (because why should I), but Grub's boot menu has an option "Advanced options for Ubuntu" (or something like that) that opens a submenu where apparently I can choose a linux kernel version.

A few in the list are post-5.1. The latest available that is pre-5.1 is

3.19.0.43-generic

So I tried that one, but all I get is a black screen saying "Loading liunux 3.19.0.43-generic something..." and a blinking cursor.

I waited a few minutes and gave up.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: linux-image-5.4.0-40-generic 5.4.0-40.44
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-40.44-generic 5.4.44
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-40-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: lkp_Ubuntu_5_4_0_40_44_generic_69 nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.4
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/controlC0: teo 1999 F.... pulseaudio
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: X-Cinnamon
Date: Sat Jul 25 15:38:39 2020
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=ff7e702a-a05a-47fd-8c14-551e81f9e9e3
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-11 (2478 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MachineType: Acer Aspire V3-571G
ProcFB: 0 i915drmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-40-generic root=UUID=5830b30e-69e8-4bb4-8a2b-bc2b43c7414a ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
linux-restricted-modules-5.4.0-40-generic N/A
linux-backports-modules-5.4.0-40-generic N/A
linux-firmware 1.187.1
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-07-12 (12 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 10/15/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Acer
dmi.bios.version: V2.07
dmi.board.asset.tag: Type2 - Board Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: VA50_HC_CR
dmi.board.vendor: Acer
dmi.board.version: Type2 - Board Version
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Acer
dmi.chassis.version: V2.07
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAcer:bvrV2.07:bd10/15/2012:svnAcer:pnAspireV3-571G:pvrV2.07:rvnAcer:rnVA50_HC_CR:rvrType2-BoardVersion:cvnAcer:ct10:cvrV2.07:
dmi.product.family: Type1Family
dmi.product.name: Aspire V3-571G
dmi.product.sku: Aspire V3-_0648_V2.07
dmi.product.version: V2.07
dmi.sys.vendor: Acer

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teo1978 (teo8976) wrote on 2020-07-25:

AlsaInfo.txt Edit (31.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CRDA.txt Edit (468 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (76.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (2.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
IwConfig.txt Edit (506 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (13.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci-vt.txt Edit (1.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (764 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-t.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb-v.txt Edit (53.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (8.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfoMinimal.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcEnviron.txt Edit (327 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (5.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (6.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PulseList.txt Edit (18.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
RfKill.txt Edit (246 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (211.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
WifiSyslog.txt Edit (102.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot) wrote on 2020-07-25: Status changed to Confirmed

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Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

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Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131) wrote on 2020-07-25: Re: Unable to boot with 3.19.0.43-generic

Kernel 3.19.x has not been supported since August 2016. Also, booting from kernels leftover from previous releases is not recommended/tested/supported.

Kernel support timeframes: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack