SOLVED :[Software] Help please wih a kernel panic

[retiredtraveller]

My knowledge level: just (barely)above the beginner level (so please be patient if I do not understand something).
Thank you for patience with me.
I was on Zorin for about 7 months or so then came to Debian which I liked much better.


Hello all, I apparently have a "kernel panic" if I am correct ? from trying so far to figure this out and don't exactly know what to do here next.
The laptop turns on fine then just the CapsLock button blinks steadily and that is it and the laptop will/does not boot up normally.
Everything was fine until yesterday the 23rd of JAN 25 when I did an update via terminal with: "sudo apt-get update" then followed it with "sudo apt-get dist-upgrade".
I have not had any issues before this with Debian whatsoever and now am on a snapshot (I think) from two days ago which lets me log in and get online.




Kernel: 6.11.10+bpo-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Desktop: Xfce
v: 4.18.1 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)

21CM005CUS v: ThinkPad X13 Gen 3
Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U

[FreewheelinFrank]

The blinking caps lock button is usually an indication of a kernel panic AFAIK, yes.

At the Grub screen, hit the down arrow and select Advanced options. (You only have 4 seconds, so be on the ball!) From there, boot from the previous kernel in the list.

Can you boot that way?

https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comment ... or_debian/

What was the reason for installing the kernel from backports? (May help in advising the best kernel for you).

[retiredtraveller]

Booting that way (by going into Advanced options) did not work and my CapsLock button just blinked steadily.

"What was the reason for installing the kernel from backports? " I don't know what that means (sorry).

[FreewheelinFrank]

Booting that way (by going into Advanced options) did not work and my CapsLock button just blinked steadily.

"What was the reason for installing the kernel from backports? " I don't know what that means (sorry).

Kernel: 6.11.10+bpo-amd64 is from Debian Backports: it is not the kernel that comes with Bookworm. The only way you would have that kernel is if you enabled the Backports repository and installed it from there, normally, anyway. How do you come to have that kernel?

https://packages.debian.org/bookworm-ba ... +bpo-amd64

[retiredtraveller]

I guess I did it accidentally somehow when I first set up Debian maybe, I don't know.

[FreewheelinFrank]

I guess I did it accidentally somehow when I first set up Debian maybe, I don't know.

Not to worry. It's a learning experience.

Could we have output of the following please?

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$ cat /etc/apt/sources.list

[retiredtraveller]

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cat /etc/apt/sources.list
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

deb https://security.debian.org/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware  #Debian Bookworm Backports

[FreewheelinFrank]

Please use code tags for output. I edited your post to add them.

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deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware  #Debian Bookworm Backports

This is the Backports repository. The commented description at the end suggests it's been added by a GUI - Software & Updates or Synaptic - however these GUIs still require the user to enable the repository.

The default with the Backports repository is to install nothing without an explicit command, unless priorities have been changed somehow. To check, please post the output of the following:

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$ apt-cache policy

As to how you recover the system, I think it depends on what this "snapshot" is. Could you explain how you did it? There seem to be various methods, but I'm not familiar with any of them. Perhaps somebody who is could suggest a recovery method.

viewtopic.php?t=150705

[retiredtraveller]

Okay here is what I got through terminal: I think I posted this correctly) but am unsure.About the snapshot I am on it is when you fist press the power button and then you have the debian choices on the screen and snapshots is the lowest choice down (number four out of four) on the list and I click it and then the snapshots dates are there and then I click the 23rd which is the top or newest one.

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[FreewheelinFrank]

You are using Debian FastTrack, which I have no experience of. I suspect the newer kernel came from there.

From the description I believe you are using BTRFS with timeshift snapshots on the grub menu, although it could be snapper with btrfs-assistant. Only you can know what you are using. I have no experience of either, but I would guess boot from your last snapshot, open your snapshot program and find the restore option, but check what you are actually using first.

[retiredtraveller]

So if I don't know how to restore my system back to what it was do I have any other options other than a complete system redo from the very beginning ? I do have "Snapper GUI" installed but can't at all figure out how to use it.And also I am on Spiral Linux if that helps but it is Debian.

[FreewheelinFrank]

So if I don't know how to restore my system back to what it was do I have any other options other than a complete system redo from the very beginning ? I do have "Snapper GUI" installed but can't at all figure out how to use it.And also I am on Spiral Linux if that helps but it is Debian.

Moved to Off-Topic.

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https://github.com/orgs/SpiralLinux/discussions

I think the Spiral Linux forum would be the best place to seek help. From a quick glance, Snapper seems to be part of the default install and there are questions about it on the forum. Users there will likely be more familiar with using Snapper, and the answers more appropriate to your installation.

[retiredtraveller]

Okay I did it ! Thanks FreewheelinFrank for helping me try to do this. You were right, there is a way for Snapper to do it and it worked, I got help from the Spiral Linux site.Sorry if I shouldn've posted here I thought Debian was where I ought to ask (so I apologize).
THANKS AGAIN !

[FreewheelinFrank]

Okay I did it ! Thanks FreewheelinFrank for helping me try to do this. You were right, there is a way for Snapper to do it and it worked, I got help from the Spiral Linux site.Sorry if I shouldn've posted here I thought Debian was where I ought to ask (so I apologize).
THANKS AGAIN !

No need to apologise. Glad to hear you got it working. It does illustrate how different distributions based on Debian can be, and how the forum for that derivative can be the best place to find solutions. Nothing really made sense at first - the kernel, the repositories, the snapshots- especially for a beginner user, but people at the Spiral Linus forum would have known what was going on from the beginning I'm sure. We have both learnt something, so you're welcome!

Edit: forgot to add, please edit your first post and add [Solved] if you are happy that the topic is indeed solved. And thanks for letting us know how you resolved the issue.

[peer]

I also had a kernel panic with Spiral Lxqt (in a test setting) after an update.
I booted with the previous kernel and did:
1. disabled the backports
2. removed the newer kernel
Then there were no kernel issues anymore