When I ran apt upgrade
yesterday it installed linux-image-5.8.0-45-generic
in addition to linux-image-5.8.0-44-generic
. But trying to reboot into this new kernel causes Ubuntu to freeze instantly on the first frame the cursor or the recovery menu is visible. I can't get into a terminal either using Ctrl Alt F5
and the only responding things are the LEDs on my Keyboard toggeling when they should and a periodic flashing of the drive activity LED.
I disabled the splash-screen (by booting with 5.0.8-44 using advanced options in grub) to see the log and couldn't find anything red or any large error messages. Checking /var/log/kern.log
afterward also didn't reveal anything odd, last messages are normal:
Mar 16 13:05:44 paul-linux-desktop kernel: [ 19.812238] usb 3-2.3: 3:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x84
Mar 16 13:05:44 paul-linux-desktop kernel: [ 19.822302] usb 3-2.3: 3:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x84
Mar 16 13:05:46 paul-linux-desktop kernel: [ 21.650038] rfkill: input handler disabled
Usually (with 5.8.0-44) these messages appear 10 [time unit] earlier and are followed by 2 more rfkill: input handler en-/disabled
(and then a lot of audit
messages)
I already tried to reinstall the kernel package without luck. I also found a few posts about Nvidia GPUs not liking this kernel, but I couldn't even get into recovery mode to disable any GPU things, so I presume this is not it.
My setup: Ubuntu 20.04 Lite dual-booting with UEFI of a SSD on an Intel i5 6600 with a Nvidia GTX 1060 attached to a HDMI display and a Logitech Mouse, PS2 Keyboard plugged into a USB 2.0 Adapter&Hub. Everything working fine using the 5.8.0-44 kernel.
Also: the "freeze" tag states I should just file a bug, but where and for what component? The log seems fine.
EDIT: journalctl revealed:
Mär 16 12:02:45 paul-linux-desktop gnome-session[955]: gnome-session-binary[955]: WARNING: Falling back to non-systemd startup procedure due to error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
Mär 16 12:02:45 paul-linux-desktop gnome-session-binary[955]: WARNING: Falling back to non-systemd startup procedure due to error: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Spawn.ChildExited: Process org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
[...]
Mär 16 12:02:45 paul-linux-desktop gnome-session[955]: gnome-session-binary[955]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Mär 16 12:02:45 paul-linux-desktop gnome-session-binary[955]: Unrecoverable failure in required component org.gnome.Shell.desktop
Mär 16 12:02:45 paul-linux-desktop gnome-session-binary[955]: WARNING: App 'org.gnome.Shell.desktop' exited with code 1
Mär 16 12:06:03 paul-linux-desktop gdm-launch-environment][935]: pam_unix(gdm-launch-environment:session): session closed for user gdm
Mär 16 12:06:03 paul-linux-desktop gdm3[930]: GdmDisplay: Session never registered, failing
Mär 16 12:06:03 paul-linux-desktop systemd[1]: session-c1.scope: Succeeded.
Mär 16 12:06:03 paul-linux-desktop systemd-logind[665]: Session c1 logged out. Waiting for processes to exit.
Mär 16 12:06:03 paul-linux-desktop systemd-logind[665]: Removed session c1.
Mär 16 12:06:03 paul-linux-desktop gdm3[930]: Child process -949 was already dead.
Mär 16 12:06:03 paul-linux-desktop systemd[1]: Received SIGRTMIN+21 from PID 324 (plymouthd).
Mär 16 12:06:03 paul-linux-desktop gdm3[1056]: Error: can't open /lib/modules/5.8.0-45-generic/updates/dkms
Mär 16 12:06:03 paul-linux-desktop gdm3[1056]: Error: can't open /lib/modules/5.8.0-45-generic/updates/dkms
Note that later there are a lot more complaints about org.freedesktop.systemd1 exited with status 1
by various componests starting with g (gsd-media-keys
, gsd-sharing
...)