[Solved] Latest linux upgrade 6.1.0-18-amd64 failed

[dlu2021]

I have the same problem with latest upgrade.
Sadly i did upgrade and the system wont boot up.

I suppose i have to clean install?

Have you tried during the grub phase of the boot up to to pick an older kernel version to boot from?

[Narodnaya Volya]

I have the same problem with latest upgrade.
Sadly i did upgrade and the system wont boot up.

I suppose i have to clean install?

Have you tried during the grub phase of the boot up to to pick an older kernel version to boot from?

Im getting a kernel panic.
No option to boot other kernel :/

[dlu2021]

I am referring to before the kernel even boots. I am assuming that you have the grub boot loader installed. After your computer reboots, can you pick "Advanced option for Debian GNU/LInux" from the list of options? Then pick an older kernel from there.

[pwzhangzz]

Just upgraded my bkworm kernel version to 6.1.0-18-amd64 (& the Debian version is automatically upgraded to 12.5). NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER.

The title is misleading and should be changed to reflect that this is a nvidia specific problem. We have a pro bono project to help retired professionals to more productively use their computers (running customized Debian gnome). For obvious reasons, we reject students whose computer is equipped with nvidia card.

[Fossy]

@pwzhangzz
I don't think " Debian users " here would benefit from an AMD versus Nvidea discussion .

Thanks for keeping this topic free for the people who face the problem and would like to be informed on how to fix it .

One of the possible solutions appears to be using a nouveau driver instead of the Nvidea driver > see response from #18 Post by sunrat " 2024-02-11 10:47 to my post #17 Post by Fossy " 2024-02-11 10:01

see also sunrat's advice : #15 Post by sunrat " 2024-02-11 03:36
For now it's advisable to not upgrade if using nvidia drivers until a fixed version is available, which probably won't be long.

Thank you

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[jrobin28260]

Unless I'm wrong, I suppose this is related to the change spotted here:

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.6 ... DIA-Change

This has probably been backported to Debian's kernel 6.1.0-18-amd64.

Using Debian Bookworm and nvidia-driver package (which seems to be at version 525.147.05), it cannot install / update to Debian's kernel 6.1.0-18-amd64, nvidia installer logs shows the following errors:

- ERROR: modpost: GPL-incompatible module nvidia.ko uses GPL-only symbol '__rcu_read_lock'
- ERROR: modpost: GPL-incompatible module nvidia.ko uses GPL-only symbol '__rcu_read_unlock'

I just uninstalled nvidia-driver using apt autoremove --purge nvidia*
By chance, I don't need it for now (I installed it so I can use ffmpeg nvenc hardware encoding, on both a server, and a laptop which also has an Intel GPU).
I hope the nvidia-driver package will be updated soon.


Note about nouveau:
Unfortunately, nouveau is not an usable alternative. I even added nouveau.modeset=0 to kernel cmdline, to ensure it is not used (on the server I don't have the correct resolution anymore but it's not a real problem, and on the laptop, resolution is handled by Intel GPU driver).
For years already, each time I let nouveau enabled on a Linux machine, be it on old or newer cards, it ends up crashing every few weeks (kernel panics that are related to nouveau and drm things), requiring physical reset. And nouveau never succeeded in being usable in terms of performance anyway. The attempt was well intentioned but never managed to be a successful work.

[arzgi]

Note about nouveau:
Unfortunately, nouveau is not an usable alternative. I even added nouveau.modeset=0 to kernel cmdline, to ensure it is not used (on the server I don't have the correct resolution anymore but it's not a real problem, and on the laptop, resolution is handled by Intel GPU driver).
For years already, each time I let nouveau enabled on a Linux machine, be it on old or newer cards, it ends up crashing every few weeks (kernel panics that are related to nouveau and drm things), requiring physical reset. And nouveau never succeeded in being usable in terms of performance anyway. The attempt was well intentioned but never managed to be a successful work.

I had quite opposite observations. When I had a nvidia gpu, used nouveau even for some older games. I think your problem is somewhere else.

[pwzhangzz]

You can always uncomment the following command in the (default) /etc/default/grub file:

#GRUB_DEFAULT="1>2"

then do a "sudo apt update-grub" to boot back into the previous kernel.

For nvidia-equipped machines, it is also suggested to run a "sudo apt-mark hold linux-image-generic linux-headers-generic" command to prevent automatic upgrade of Linux kernel. You can always unhold the kernel upgrade after the coast is clear.

OP is lucky that Bkworm stopped the kernel upgrade before disaster happened. This may not always be the case.

[CwF]

No issue with nouveau here. Year uptime is no problem.

[sunrat]

For nvidia-equipped machines, it is also suggested to run a "sudo apt-mark hold linux-image-generic linux-headers-generic" command to prevent automatic upgrade of Linux kernel. You can always unhold the kernel upgrade after the coast is clear.

Err, linux-image-generic linux-headers-generic are Ubuntu packages, don't exist in Debian.
You could do

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apt-mark hold linux-image-amd64 linux-headers-amd64

to achieve what you are trying to suggest, and unhold them when the crisis passes.
Still easiest to just not upgrade until it is reported to be fixed.

[pwzhangzz]

Thanx for the correction. We switched from Ubuntu to Debian during Bullseye (actually during the Bkworm stage of Sid). And we have been nvidia-free at least a couple of years (?) before that. Though seemingly a little thing, this (unable to confidently upgrade a machine) has been a major factor discouraging sysadms from considering company-wide deployment of Linux-based business desktops.

[Fossy]

No issue with nouveau here. Year uptime is no problem.

Neither here : Nvidea & “ nouveau “ driver , nothing but Nvidea & “ nouveau “ driver
GL753VD

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Kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.6.8 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
UEFI: American Megatrends v: GL753VD.308 date: 04/29/2019

Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-9.5 bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nouveau v: kernel arch: Pascal bus-ID: 01:00.0 temp: 28.0 C
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-11:5
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
    resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL
    GT2) direct-render: Yes

X55LD

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Kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.6.8 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
UEFI: American Megatrends v: X550LD.308 date: 04/17/2019

Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF117M [GeForce 610M/710M/810M/820M / GT
    620M/625M/630M/720M] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau v: kernel arch: Fermi
    bus-ID: 04:00.0
  Device-3: Realtek USB Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:2
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915
    resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW
    GT2) direct-render: Yes

X751LAB ( 2014 )

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Kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.6.8 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
UEFI: American Megatrends v: X751LAB.300 date: 11/26/2014

Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-8 bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: Realtek USB Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-6:4
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
    resolution: 1600x900~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW
    GT2) direct-render: Yes

X751LAB ( 2015 )

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Kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.6.8 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
UEFI: American Megatrends v: X751LAB.507 date: 12/07/2015

Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-8 bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: Realtek USB Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-6:3
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
    resolution: 1600x900~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW
    GT2) direct-render: Yes

And in case you guys think I'm an " AMD " basher .... ( the exception makes the rule ) :
K54HR

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Kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.6.8 Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
UEFI: American Megatrends v: K54HR.204 date: 03/20/2012

Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Seymour [Radeon HD 6400M/7400M Series] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: radeon v: kernel arch: TeraScale-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 temp: 42.0 C
  Device-2: IMC Networks UVC VGA Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-1.2:3
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X:
    loaded: radeon unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: r600 gpu: radeon
    resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD CAICOS (DRM 2.50.0 /
    6.1.0-18-amd64 LLVM 15.0.6) direct-render: Yes

[Narodnaya Volya]

Is this fixed ?

[Aki]

Is this fixed ?

Not yet. You can watch this bug report for updates:

• Debian Bug report logs - #1063675 bookworm-pu: package nvidia-graphics-drivers/525.147.05-6~deb12u1

[Narodnaya Volya]

It will be released in bookworm at the next point release, and all being
> well earlier than that via bookworm-updates.

Does this mean it will be released with 13.6?

[Aki]

Hello,

It will be released in bookworm at the next point release, and all being
well earlier than that via bookworm-updates.

Does this mean it will be released with 13.6?

Yes, I suppose it will be available in bookworm-proposed-updates (alias stable-proposed-updates) [1] and stable-updates [2] repositories before the next point release.

--
[1] https://www.debian.org/releases/propose ... es.en.html
[2] https://wiki.debian.org/StableUpdates

[M22]

Hello, just would like to add my experience to this issue. After trying to update to 6.1.0-18, I have kernel panic and can't boot. The update is also not complete because of my nvidia card dkms probelm, I guess.

So, now, reverted using 6.1.0-17 in GRUB, and choosing this version everytime I boot.

And the problem is with nvidia dkms as referenced here.

[Organic_Marble]

Up and running with GPU Driver: NVIDIA 525.147.05 from proposed-updates and Kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64.

[M22]

Up and running with GPU Driver: NVIDIA 525.147.05 from proposed-updates and Kernel: 6.1.0-18-amd64.

Thank you.

I temporarily enabled the proposed-updates in the sources.list and updated, and now can boot to 6.1.0-18 with nvidia.

[Narodnaya Volya]

Errors were encoutered while processing:
nvidia-kernel-dkms
nvidia-driver
E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)


On fresh install still hasnt fixed :/