CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

[dibl]

The new kernel doesn't exactly errrr .... boot. At least not on all machines.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...ta/+bug/418509

Fair warning!

[russlar]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

The new kernel doesn't exactly errrr .... boot.

fail

[doctordruidphd]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

I didn't have any trouble starting up, it's the shutdown part that doesn't work here.

[Snowhog]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need i

It's simply good practice to keep the previous "working kernel" when you opt to upgrade to a newer one. Until such time as you confirm that the new kernel "works as you expected,", one should NEVER remove the other kernel from you system, especially if it's your only other kernel!

[dibl]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

Funny, things were/are running so smoothly with the 2.6.31-6 kernel that I almost forgot it was a developmental system!

The 2.6.31-7 problems raise an interesting question, since tomorrow is "Feature Freeze" day -- I wonder what the "frozen" kernel will be?

[doctordruidphd]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

I just noticed that the text and icons on all the menus and toolbars in OOo have disappeared. That's one feature I hope does not get frozen.

[IgnorantGuru]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

I didn't have any trouble starting up, it's the shutdown part that doesn't work here.

Ditto. Hangs at 'requesting remaining processes to terminate...' (Pressing Alt-SysRq-S to do an emergency sync, then Alt-SysRq-B to reboot seemed to do okay, but I decided to roll back the upgrade. Too Windows-like not being able to shut down properly.)

Another problem with the recent upgrade was that it removed nvidia-glx-180 but didn't install nvida-glx-185, and it left "nvidia" as the driver in xorg.conf. result=booted into console only.

[dibl]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

Another problem with the recent upgrade was that it removed nvidia-glx-180 but didn't install nvida-glx-185, and it left "nvidia" as the driver in xorg.conf. result=booted into console only.

I'm using the downloaded nVidia driver, 190.18.03. Alpha OS and Beta video driver -- it's a wonder I can even browse the Forum!

[IgnorantGuru]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

I just noticed that the text and icons on all the menus and toolbars in OOo have disappeared. That's one feature I hope does not get frozen.

I didn't explore this in detail because I decided to roll it back, but I noticed that with the upgrade today openoffice.org-style-oxygen was installed, so that might have something to do with it. I know that with the alpha3, there were no OO icons until openoffice.org-style-crystal was manually installed, so you might try that.

[IgnorantGuru]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

I'm using the downloaded nVidia driver, 190.18.03. Alpha OS and Beta video driver -- it's a wonder I can even browse the Forum!

You are a brave soul! I am not - I am using this alpha3 only because it has been working almost like a final version. Although I haven't been able to upgrade much - always seems to break something.

My problem with nvidia-glx-180 is that once X starts, I can't Ctrl-Alt-F1 back to a console - just get a blank screen at best, or flashing squares during shutdown. I regret to see this old bug still in the mix. 185 seemed to display normal text during shutdown, but still only a blank screen with Ctrl-Alt-F1.

[claydoh]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

lol, I have not been able to boot into any *.31 kernel without using acpi=off :/

but these .31 kernels are rc kernels so there is still room for fixes before Linus releases the final version

[GreyGeek]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

lol, I have not been able to boot into any *.31 kernel without using acpi=off :/

but these .31 kernels are rc kernels so there is still room for fixes before Linus releases the final version

mmm.... I am running Jaunty on sda1 and Karmic on sda5. Both are using .31 and have given me no problems with the default settings in grub and grub2, respectively.

[dibl]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

UPDATE:

Yesterday's updates somehow enabled 2.6.31-7 to boot correctly -- I don't know what fixed it. So I ran that kernel for less than one day. Today, I ran updates and got the new 2.6.31-8 kernel. When I went to shutdown and reboot to the new kernel, the earlier one wouldn't shut down (just as others have reported).

So, booted the new one. No nVidia driver was installed, so I got the command line, installed the nVidia driver, and VOILA I'm running right again.

dibl@karmic:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:  Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release:    9.10
Codename:    karmic
dibl@karmic:~$ uname -a
Linux karmic 2.6.31-8-generic #28-Ubuntu SMP Thu Aug 27 14:42:57 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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[GreyGeek]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

I did the 2.6.31-7 upgrade yesterday and it boots OK, but it doesn't shut down unless I give it a little help with SysReq keys. I'm going to try the 2.6.31-8 kernel.

[PJJ]

Re: CAUTION: Kernel 2.6.31-7 -- don't remove your prior kernel, you might need it!

I upgraded to the 2.6.31-8 kernel. No problem on shutdown.
2.6.31-7 did not shut down correctly. Hanging as described above.

The updated kernel may not start properly. I have two incidents in which the system was hanging after loggin in.

I did the 2.6.31-7 upgrade yesterday and it boots OK, but it doesn't shut down unless I give it a little help with SysReq keys. I'm going to try the 2.6.31-8 kernel.