[solved...sortof]kernel upgrade breaks system

jrussell · 2012-12-15 10:15:23

Hi, I am unable to log in to arch in any way after doing a system upgrade.

The kernel was upgraded along with a couple of other things and I now cant start X, nor get to a tty.

My target was graphical at first, then I used an install disc to disable graphical and enable multi-user.target.

multi-user.target presents me with a blank black screen
graphical.target presents me with a blank blue screen (the blue from LXDM) which flashes some boots.

Im using the xf86-video-ati driver, Will try and downgrade kernel now.

Last edited by jrussell (2012-12-21 20:36:22)

jrussell · 2012-12-15 10:28:30

ok lts kernel works

Here is my pacman log:

[2012-12-15 11:32] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2012-12-15 11:32] synchronizing package lists
[2012-12-15 11:33] starting full system upgrade
[2012-12-15 11:52] upgraded chromium (23.0.1271.95-1 -> 23.0.1271.97-1)
[2012-12-15 11:52] upgraded cpupower (3.6-1 -> 3.7-2)
[2012-12-15 11:52] upgraded gnupg (2.0.19-2 -> 2.0.19-3)
[2012-12-15 11:52] upgraded htop (1.0.2-1 -> 1.0.2-2)
[2012-12-15 11:52] ==> The "block" hook has replaced several hooks:
[2012-12-15 11:52]        fw, sata, pata, scsi, virtio, mmc, usb
[2012-12-15 11:52]     Replace any and all of these in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf with a single
[2012-12-15 11:52]     instance of the "block" hook
[2012-12-15 11:52] upgraded mkinitcpio (0.11.2-1 -> 0.12.0-2)
[2012-12-15 11:53] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2012-12-15 11:53] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
[2012-12-15 11:53] ==> Building image from preset: 'default'
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2012-12-15 11:53] ==> Starting build: 3.6.10-1-ARCH
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [usbinput]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2012-12-15 11:53] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2012-12-15 11:53] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2012-12-15 11:53] ==> Image generation successful
[2012-12-15 11:53] ==> Building image from preset: 'fallback'
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2012-12-15 11:53] ==> Starting build: 3.6.10-1-ARCH
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [usbinput]
[2012-12-15 11:53]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2012-12-15 11:53] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2012-12-15 11:53] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
[2012-12-15 11:53] ==> Image generation successful
[2012-12-15 11:53] upgraded linux (3.6.9-1 -> 3.6.10-1)
[2012-12-15 11:53] upgraded pcmciautils (018-4 -> 018-5)
[2012-12-15 11:53] upgraded perl (5.16.2-1 -> 5.16.2-2)
[2012-12-15 11:53] upgraded python2 (2.7.3-2 -> 2.7.3-3)
[2012-12-15 11:53] upgraded vim-runtime (7.3.712-1 -> 7.3.754-1)
[2012-12-15 11:53] upgraded vim (7.3.712-1 -> 7.3.754-1)
[2012-12-15 11:53] Exited with code 0
[2012-12-15 12:17] Running 'pacman -S linux-lts'
[2012-12-15 12:17] Exited with code 130
[2012-12-15 12:18] Running 'pacman -S linux-lts'
[2012-12-15 12:18] Exited with code 130
[2012-12-15 12:18] Running 'pacman -S linux-lts'
[2012-12-15 12:18] Exited with code 130
[2012-12-15 12:19] Running 'pacman -S linux-lts'
[2012-12-15 12:25] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2012-12-15 12:25] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
[2012-12-15 12:25] ==> Building image from preset: 'default'
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
[2012-12-15 12:25] ==> Starting build: 3.0.54-1-lts
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [usbinput]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2012-12-15 12:25] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2012-12-15 12:25] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-lts.img
[2012-12-15 12:25] ==> Image generation successful
[2012-12-15 12:25] ==> Building image from preset: 'fallback'
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-lts-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2012-12-15 12:25] ==> Starting build: 3.0.54-1-lts
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [usbinput]
[2012-12-15 12:25]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2012-12-15 12:25] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2012-12-15 12:25] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-lts-fallback.img
[2012-12-15 12:25] ==> Image generation successful
[2012-12-15 12:25] installed linux-lts (3.0.54-1)
[2012-12-15 12:25] Exited with code 0

*EDIT

downgrading kernel:

[2012-12-15 12:34] Running 'pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-3.6.9-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2012-12-15 12:34] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2012-12-15 12:34] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
[2012-12-15 12:34] ==> Building image from preset: 'default'
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2012-12-15 12:34] ==> Starting build: 3.6.9-1-ARCH
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [usbinput]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2012-12-15 12:34] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2012-12-15 12:34] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
[2012-12-15 12:34] ==> Image generation successful
[2012-12-15 12:34] ==> Building image from preset: 'fallback'
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2012-12-15 12:34] ==> Starting build: 3.6.9-1-ARCH
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [block]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [usbinput]
[2012-12-15 12:34]   -> Running build hook: [fsck]
[2012-12-15 12:34] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2012-12-15 12:34] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
[2012-12-15 12:34] ==> Image generation successful
[2012-12-15 12:34] installed linux (3.6.9-1)
[2012-12-15 12:34] Exited with code 0

kernel 3.6.9-1 works, 3.6.10-1 does not work, I dont know which other logs I should post?

Last edited by jrussell (2012-12-15 10:38:32)

AleArchi686 · 2012-12-15 12:14:34

Do you view journalctl ?

jrussell · 2012-12-15 12:35:41

AleArchi686 wrote:

Do you view journalctl ?

Yes, nothing much there

journalctl --since=yesterday

gave me just a couple of these:

Dec 15 12:35:13 jason-pc lxdm-binary[232]: pam_systemd(lxdm:session): Failed to connect to system bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply,

and

Dec 15 11:07:07 jason-pc kernel: tsc: Fast TSC calibration failed

jrussell · 2012-12-16 19:54:06

Im still getting wierd blinking and a blue flashing screen with 3.9.10 after new updates again, going to try and work my way backwards

jrussell · 2012-12-16 20:05:36

getting this is journalctl

Dec 16 21:59:02 jason-pc login[222]: pam_systemd(login:session): Failed to connect to system bus: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken.

Here is what I have tried so far:
rerunning:

mkinitcpio -p linux

pacmatic -S linux dbus systemd

and I have tired removing X and my ati driver and changing targets, still just freeze when I should be getting a login prompt

Last edited by jrussell (2012-12-16 20:08:26)

jrussell · 2012-12-18 09:19:46

So it looks like this is just me, found nothing anywhere else about this, what could have caused this? I dont want to format right away, Id rather first find out what the problem is, If anyone could help me Id really appretiate it

cfr · 2012-12-19 02:33:11

Just to check: did you merge any .pacnew files? (E.g. mkinitcpio.conf.pacnew.)

jrussell · 2012-12-19 09:48:15

cfr wrote:

Just to check: did you merge any .pacnew files? (E.g. mkinitcpio.conf.pacnew.)

nope not even the four after dbus, installed after that update, I dont think Ive had to deal with any .pac* files to date.

jrussell · 2012-12-19 09:56:39

I wonder if its not somthing hardware specific

jrussell · 2012-12-19 10:03:06

jrussell wrote:

I wonder if its not somthing hardware specific

And with that, I have just booted 3.6.10-1 successfully with an ATI 4000 or 5000 series card.

Apparently kernel 3.6.10-1 doesnt like my ATI powercolor 6950

jrussell · 2012-12-19 10:15:41

Here is the bug report https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33129

bernarcher · 2012-12-19 10:21:11

jrussel, do not bump this often. If you have something to add, please use the "Edit" button and edit your last post.

And please read our policy: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … te#Bumping

jrussell · 2012-12-19 10:25:24

bernarcher wrote:

jrussel, do not bump this often. If you have something to add, please use the "Edit" button and edit your last post.
And please read our policy: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … te#Bumping

Sorry about that, unintentional, didn't think.

jrussell · 2012-12-21 20:36:03

reinstalled, now it all works 100%, so annoying

archerix · 2013-01-06 13:15:00

How did you get to boot into tty successfully?

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[solved...sortof]kernel upgrade breaks system

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