Occasional kernel panic and misboot upon linux mint

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Occasional kernel panic and misboot upon linux mint

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On an HP 17-g015dx I have instaled linux mint 21 and sometimes I get the following kernel panic:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1apBJF1 ... sp=sharing

In the proces of mitigating the issue I tried:
  1. Upgrading the bios
  2. Installing reFind
But upon refind I occasionally I get the following error:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vgOTNP ... sp=sharing

At both cases I am able to boot by retrying after 2-3 times for the first image I need to powert cycle my laptop whereas at the latter I just need to press enter and retry.

The issue does not happen all the time but it can happen unexpectedly.

As a means of diagnosing the issue I checked via smartctl the dfisk's health:

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--------------- RUN 1 -------------
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       133
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       120
165 Block_Erase_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       80
166 Minimum_PE_Cycles_TLC   0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       1
167 Max_Bad_Blocks_per_Die  0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       65
168 Maximum_PE_Cycles_TLC   0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       3
169 Total_Bad_Blocks        0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       351
170 Grown_Bad_Blocks        0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
171 Program_Fail_Count      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Erase_Fail_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
173 Average_PE_Cycles_TLC   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1
174 Unexpected_Power_Loss   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       38
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   070   044   000    Old_age   Always       -       30 (Min/Max 16/44)
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
230 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0x001600140016
232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033   100   100   005    Pre-fail  Always       -       100
233 NAND_GB_Written_TLC     0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       186
234 NAND_GB_Written_SLC     0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       638
241 Host_Writes_GiB         0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       256
242 Host_Reads_GiB          0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       218
244 Temp_Throttle_Status    0x0032   000   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
 
------------- RUN 2 ----------------
 
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       133
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       120
165 Block_Erase_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       80
166 Minimum_PE_Cycles_TLC   0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       1
167 Max_Bad_Blocks_per_Die  0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       65
168 Maximum_PE_Cycles_TLC   0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       3
169 Total_Bad_Blocks        0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       351
170 Grown_Bad_Blocks        0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
171 Program_Fail_Count      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Erase_Fail_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
173 Average_PE_Cycles_TLC   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1
174 Unexpected_Power_Loss   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       38
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   072   044   000    Old_age   Always       -       28 (Min/Max 16/44)
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
230 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0x001600140016
232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033   100   100   005    Pre-fail  Always       -       100
233 NAND_GB_Written_TLC     0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       187
234 NAND_GB_Written_SLC     0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       638
241 Host_Writes_GiB         0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       256
242 Host_Reads_GiB          0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       218
244 Temp_Throttle_Status    0x0032   000   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
 
----------------- RUN 3 -----------------------
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       133
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       120
165 Block_Erase_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       80
166 Minimum_PE_Cycles_TLC   0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       1
167 Max_Bad_Blocks_per_Die  0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       65
168 Maximum_PE_Cycles_TLC   0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       3
169 Total_Bad_Blocks        0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       351
170 Grown_Bad_Blocks        0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
171 Program_Fail_Count      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
172 Erase_Fail_Count        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
173 Average_PE_Cycles_TLC   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1
174 Unexpected_Power_Loss   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       38
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   073   044   000    Old_age   Always       -       27 (Min/Max 16/44)
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       0
230 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0x001600140016
232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033   100   100   005    Pre-fail  Always       -       100
233 NAND_GB_Written_TLC     0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       187
234 NAND_GB_Written_SLC     0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       638
241 Host_Writes_GiB         0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       256
242 Host_Reads_GiB          0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       218
244 Temp_Throttle_Status    0x0032   000   100   ---    Old_age   Always
And I am listing the `blkid` and fdisk 0l commands as well:

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$ sudo blkid
/dev/sda2: UUID="a71de2c3-198a-4c19-bc73-f0352b773e25" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="f35eb39a-aa22-4670-946b-4e36b8b61b36"
/dev/sda1: UUID="6ABC-C524" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI System Partition" PARTUUID="eabc212c-0799-42db-a48f-42df0b2a7b15"

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$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 223,57 GiB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors
Disk model: WDC WDS240G2G0A-
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 4E12FEA4-BD47-449E-B21A-D5612754A7D0
 
Device       Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sda1     2048   1050623   1048576   512M EFI System
/dev/sda2  1050624 468860927 467810304 223,1G Linux filesystem
Both UUIDs seem to match with the ones at `/etc/refind_linux.conf`

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# cat refind_linux.conf 
"Boot with standard options"  "root=UUID=a71de2c3-198a-4c19-bc73-f0352b773e25 ro quiet splash"
"Boot to single-user mode"    "root=UUID=a71de2c3-198a-4c19-bc73-f0352b773e25 ro quiet splash single"
"Boot with minimal options"   "ro root=UUID=a71de2c3-198a-4c19-bc73-f0352b773e25"

Also, after the kernel panic if I boot into a recovert/single-user mode first and then boot into normal mode I am able to boot as well.

And I have no other idea what to run or how I can diagnose this boot problem?
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Re: Occasional kernel panic and misboot upon linux mint

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In spite of smartctl saying the drive is good, I would boot from an install stick and run fsck on your / partition.

If the problem persists I would then try reverting to an earlier kernel.
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Re: Occasional kernel panic and misboot upon linux mint

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I tried both smartctl and kerneldowngrade into 5.15.0-25-generic and error still persists.

Could this problem caused due to bad sata controller upon motherboard or due to hard disk failure?

I re-looked the output fo smartctl and I noticed this:

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169 Total_Bad_Blocks        0x0032   100   100   ---    Old_age   Always       -       351
Could it be this my issue? Actually the SSD is dying????
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Re: Occasional kernel panic and misboot upon linux mint

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In the end it had the UEFI some issues and seems to boot from 001 as it seems in:

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$ sudo efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0001
Timeout: 5 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,2001,2002,2004
Boot0000* Notebook Hard Drive - WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30	BBS(HD,Notebook Hard Drive - WDC WDS240G2G0A-00JH30,0x500)................-.L.......L.A.L....................................4........A.........................
Boot0001* ubuntu	HD(1,GPT,f882aa7b-ec31-4d4c-9703-6f6963e7d6a0,0x800,0x100000)/File(\EFI\ubuntu\shimx64.efi)
Boot2001* EFI USB Device	RC
Boot2002* EFI DVD/CDROM	RC
Boot3001* Internal Hard Disk or Solid State Disk	RC
Usually is BIOS set to legacy they boot from 0000 instead of 0001 as it shows upon my desktop:

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BootCurrent: 0000
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0000,0003,0005,0001,0002,0004
Boot0000* ubuntu	HD(1,GPT,47452b13-9404-4092-b7b4-a87086d807cf,0x800,0xbe000)/File(\EFI\UBUNTU\SHIMX64.EFI)
Boot0001* UEFI:CD/DVD Drive	BBS(129,,0x0)
Boot0002* UEFI:Removable Device	BBS(130,,0x0)
Boot0003* Hard Drive	BBS(HD,,0x0)..GO..NO........o.T.E.A.M.T.2.5.3.5.T.1.2.0.G....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.0.R.E.O.N.3.M.Q.P.3.0.7.8.T.1.U.6.L.E.R........BO..NO........o.T.O.S.H.I.B.A. .H.D.W.D.1.1.0....................A...........................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L. . . . . . . . . . .Y. .1.9.3.D.3.Y.S.F........BO
Boot0004* UEFI:Network Device	BBS(131,,0x0)
Boot0005* USB	BBS(HD,,0x0)..GO..NO........[.G.e.n.e.r.i.c. .S.T.O.R.A.G.E. .D.E.V.I.C.E. .0.5.5.1....................A..........................Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.4.9.9.3........BO..NO........`.G.e.n.e.r.i.c. .S.T.O.R.A.G.E. .D.E.V.I.C.E. .0.5.5.1....................A...............................Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.4.9.9.3........BO..NO........`.G.e.n.e.r.i.c. .S.T.O.R.A.G.E. .D.E.V.I.C.E. .0.5.5.1....................A...............................Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.4.9.9.3........BO..NO........`.G.e.n.e.r.i.c. .S.T.O.R.A.G.E. .D.E.V.I.C.E. .0.5.5.1....................A...............................Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.4.9.9.3........BO..NO........`.G.e.n.e.r.i.c. .S.T.O.R.A.G.E. .D.E.V.I.C.E. .0.5.5.1....................A...............................Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.4.9.9.3........BO
Therefore, I opted to install the Linux Mint as MBR. In order to do that upon installer, I chose to manually setup the partitons.
After that and I setup the following partitions:
  • MBR 1MB
  • /boot 1GB as ext4
  • / rest of the disk as ext4
Upon partition configuration In order to configure the MBR partition like this, I used this settings as picture shows bellow:
Mint [Σε λειτουργία] - Oracle VM VirtualBox_003.png

Afterward, I got the following error:
Image

But it is an expected because we are not installing as EFI therefore I pressed Continue.


For those saby in Greek Language Also a tutorial do exists in: https://linux-user.gr/t/mysthria-symper ... ta/5133/19

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I want to ask is there a linux mint blog where I can post a full how-to without attatchment limitations?
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