Linux 6.2.0-20 kernel update tries to install low latency and oracle versions

[Mike Chilson]

when I ran software updates to update my 23.04 Budgie system today to Linux 6.2.0-20-generic apt treis to install the low latency and Oracle versions of the kernel too, breaking my system.

[Mike Chilson (mikechilson)]

I was able to remove them with: sudo apt remove *-lowlatency *-oracle

But they keep trying to install on my system,

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Mike Chilson (mikechilson)]

It is doing the same thing again (see original message) when trying to run the update to kernel 6.2.0-1005.

[Rafael Lima (rafael-palma-lima)]

Apparently many people have been complaining about this in Reddit. These reports show some more details on the problem. See:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Kubuntu/comments/14ndb7a/why_do_i_keep_getting_these_oracle_and_lowlatency/

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux4noobs/comments/149zi7u/ubuntu_update_acting_weird/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Kubuntu/comments/14nbawc/update_broke_my_system/

[Alexander (sturmlocke86)]

+1 upvote

See comment #17 & #49 here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nvidia-graphics-drivers-530/+bug/2023946?comments=all

/ quote, copy and paste from my own comment #49 (bug 2023946) into this ongoing bug report (2024113):

"Typing this from my phone rn, so bare with me please. I kept digging into this because it turns out that the computer that my wife uses also had a few Nvidia related issues recently, and she also has the Oracle and low latency kernel installed, even though she didn't install these manually, willingly or knowingly. There is a bunch of information about this out there:

- https://www.reddit.com/r/Kubuntu/comments/14ndb7a/why_do_i_keep_getting_these_oracle_and_lowlatency/

- https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2482558

- https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2473057

- https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2483064

Going by the information at hand, it seems that this is indeed caused either by the Nvidia driver update in Ubuntu - or - it's a dependency from Virtualbox or Gnome Boxes, which I mentioned in the comments of the bug report further below. Two things here: a) having the kernel change like this from the default Ubuntu kernel to something from Oracle without any form of obvious user info or confirmation is something to worry about imo b) it seems to be tied to some of the gpu driver update issues that a few of us have been experiencing, and it has even nuked or rendered some systems unusable too, see posts above

I haven't found the time to further diagnose my own Ubuntu + Nvidia related issues (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutter/+bug/2023776), and I don't see myself troubleshooting my wife's computer right now, so I leave this comment here just in case someone wants to open up a new or separate bug report about this, which I'll gladly upvote in order to provide whatever little information that I have right now. If there is already an ongoing bug report for this available, a point in the right direction is highly appreciated.

Thanks!"

/ End of quote.

The text above includes other related bug reports and also a few additional links. I recommend looking into this asap as it seems to be affecting a number of Nvidia, Virtualbox and Gnome Boxes users, causing all sorts of issues to the point that it's even rendering some systems unusable + unbootable. Ty!