[SOLVED] Linux Kernel 3.1.0-1-amd64 won't boot

[dcihon]

One of my updates installed the 3.1 Kernel.
When I choose it from the GRUB menu I end up at a command line login screen.
I think the problem has to do with my nvidia card but I am not sure.
It doesn't seem nvidia is loading.
This is my nvidia card:

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Graphics:  Card nVidia G98M [Quadro NVS 160M] X.Org 1.10.4 Res: 2720x900@50.0hz 
           GLX Renderer Quadro NVS 160M/PCI/SSE2 GLX Version 3.3.0 NVIDIA 275.36 Direct Rendering Yes

[viking777]

Are you tracking Sid?

There is no kernel update on the testing servers (which means it won't be on incoming or latest either).

[dcihon]

My current sources.list:

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## SID List
deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import backport romeo
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free #"Debian Security"
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main non-free #"SID Multimedia"
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free #"SID"
deb http://frickelplatz.de/debian/ sid main

[viking777]

OK, you are using Sid, that explains it. Can't help you then, I don't use it.

Keep an eye on this thread http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=198&t=70230

That is where all the Sid breakages seem to end up.

[matthewh3]

I've got the same problem just installed LMDE and updated it. Also changed some repo's to what the package manager recommended and it only boots to the command line? After I installed LMDE I tried to update it and the package manager recommended I change some repo's. Should I have left them as standard for a more stable environment?

[viking777]

I've got the same problem just installed LMDE and updated it. Also changed some repo's to what the package manager recommended and it only boots to the command line? After I installed LMDE I tried to update it and the package manager recommended I change some repo's. Should I have left them as standard for a more stable environment?

There is something very strange going on here. If you have just downloaded LMDE then you cannot possibly have kernel 3.1. Not even Mint 12 has 3.1 by default as far as I know, the only way you can have kernel 3.1 is to be tracking debian sid repos. By default LMDE comes with the sources pointing to the 'latest' update pack, this is a very long way from 'sid'.

In a default install the /etc/apt/sources.list file should look something like:

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deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import backport romeo
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest testing main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/security testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://debian.linuxmint.com/latest/multimedia testing main non-free

If yours points in any way to 'sid' then it is corrupted and you will have to reinstall unless you want to have a bleeding edge and potentially unstable system.

Just changing your sources.list file to the one above will not work because you would have to uninstall every package you have already installed from the 'sid' repos.

One thought though is that installing a new kernel does not uninstall the old one, so if you originally had kernel 3.0 installed then you should still be able to boot into that kernel by choosing it from the grub screen at boot up. This might get you going, but you will still have a very non standard LMDE system if you have used any other packages from Sid.

[zerozero]

dcihon,
can you, please, give us 2 outputs:

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inxi -r

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

@matthewh3, yours is a different problem, i think, if you have "just" installed, changed repos according to the recommendations and update.
you should open a new topic and we'll try to solve your issue there

[dcihon]

FYI I am booting to 3.0 kernel
Here is the info you requested:

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Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com/ debian main upstream import backport romeo
           deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free #"Debian Security"
           deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid main non-free #"SID Multimedia"
           deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free #"SID"
           deb http://frickelplatz.de/debian/ sid main

Thanks for the help in advance.

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danc@danc-linux-mint /opt $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[sudo] password for danc: 
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian InRelease
Get:1 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release.gpg [198 B]                                                   
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates InRelease                                                         
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable InRelease                                                                 
Get:2 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian Release [12.1 kB]                                                     
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main amd64 Packages                                               
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex                                             
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib amd64 Packages                                            
Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free amd64 Packages                                           
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib TranslationIndex                                          
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main TranslationIndex                                             
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free TranslationIndex                                         
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid InRelease                                                               
Ign http://frickelplatz.de sid InRelease                                                                         
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex                                          
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex                                         
Ign http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib TranslationIndex                                                  
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main TranslationIndex                                                     
Ign http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free TranslationIndex                                                 
Get:3 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main amd64 Packages [9,892 B]                                         
Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid Release.gpg                                                             
Hit http://frickelplatz.de sid Release.gpg                                                                       
Get:4 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream amd64 Packages [5,192 B]                                     
Get:5 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import amd64 Packages [19.3 kB]                                       
Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid Release                                                                 
Get:6 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/backport amd64 Packages [20 B]                                        
Get:7 http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/romeo amd64 Packages [20 B]                                           
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/backport TranslationIndex                                               
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import TranslationIndex                                                 
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main TranslationIndex                             
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/romeo TranslationIndex                            
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream TranslationIndex                         
Hit http://frickelplatz.de sid Release                                                     
Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex                                           
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Translation-en_US                   
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/contrib Translation-en                      
Hit http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex                                       
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main TranslationIndex                                                   
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/non-free TranslationIndex                                               
Ign http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Translation-en_US                                                 
Hit http://frickelplatz.de sid/main amd64 Packages                                         
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Translation-en_US                      
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Translation-en   
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Translation-en                                                    
Ign http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Translation-en_US                                                
Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/non-free Translation-en                                           
Ign http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Translation-en                                                   
Ign http://frickelplatz.de sid/main TranslationIndex                                       
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/backport Translation-en_US  
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/backport Translation-en     
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/import Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/main Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/romeo Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/romeo Translation-en
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en_US
Ign http://packages.linuxmint.com debian/upstream Translation-en     
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main Translation-en_US      
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/main Translation-en
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/non-free Translation-en_US
Ign http://www.debian-multimedia.org sid/non-free Translation-en
Ign http://frickelplatz.de sid/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://frickelplatz.de sid/main Translation-en
Fetched 46.7 kB in 4s (11.5 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom
  xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips
  xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-fbdev xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740
  xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64 xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
  xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon
  xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage
  xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
  xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware
  xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 34 not upgraded.

[zerozero]

well, there's something not good going on for sure

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 34 not upgraded.

it's not a healthy sign, you need all those xorg related pkgs.
but i don't understand how they are held back:
- what have you installed from deb http://frickelplatz.de/debian/ sid main (might be some conflict here - but if was just chromium i don't believe it)

try the following (i just want to see the error msg to make some sense out of it)

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sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg

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sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core

[dcihon]

The only thing I installed from frickelplatz was Wine

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danc@danc-linux-mint /opt $ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg
[sudo] password for danc: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 xserver-xorg : Depends: xserver-xorg-core (>= 2:1.11) but 2:1.10.4-1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

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danc@danc-linux-mint /opt $ sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-core
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 xserver-xorg-core : Depends: libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.21.6) but 0.20.2-0ubuntu1 is to be installed
E: Broken packages

[Lendo]

Does your GRUB list an older kernel? If so, boot into it and try your update again.

[dcihon]

I am using the 3.0 kernel that is in the GRUB list.
If you look in my post above you can see what running the update returns.
Thanks

[AlbertP]

Perhaps the nvidia proprietary driver you use isn't compatible with Linux 3.1 and you need to update it to a newer version.

[dcihon]

Do you know how I can get the driver I need?

[AlbertP]

You'd better ask that at Debian Sid. We only provide support for Testing here.

[dcihon]

Did some google searching and came up with this thread.
Worked for me

http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=72346

danc@danc-linux-mint ~ $ uname -r
3.1.0-1-amd64

Thanks for all the help from everyone.
I am learning new things everyday.

Didn't know there was a separate SID forum.

[zerozero]

dcihon, i,m glad you have your problem solved
from now on you better have a look on this thread before update your system LMDE - SID breakages