[Bug 1269405] Re: Kernel Panic when 'telinit u', or (re)installing packages

[James Hunt]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1269731 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269731

Whilst we investigate this issue, you can still run apt-get / dpkg
without triggering the bug if you do the following:

$ sudo su -
# mkdir /root/bin
# ln -s /bin/true /root/bin/telinit
# chmod 755 /root/bin/telinit
# export PATH=/root/bin:$PATH
# dpkg --configure -a

When dpkg runs it will use the fake telinit (which does nothing). There
are more invasive ways of disabling 'telinit u' but -- until we fix this
issue -- as long as you remember to 'export PATH=/root/bin:$PATH' before
running apt-get / dpkg, this is the safest I believe.

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Title:
  Kernel Panic when 'telinit u', or (re)installing packages

Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  My system, 64-bit Trusty, is throwing kernel panic when running 'sudo
  dpkg --configure -a'.

  dpkg 1.17.1ubuntu1

  "--no-log" in grub didn't help.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: upstart 1.11-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-2.17-generic 3.13.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-2-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Wed Jan 15 14:45:11 2014
  ProcKernelCmdline: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-2-generic root=UUID=bdeb49ec-f78d-4aa9-b948-d857b8a8fd57 ro quiet splash --no-log vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: upstart
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-12-20 (26 days ago)
  UpstartBugCategory: System
  UpstartRunningSessionVersion: init (upstart 1.11)
  UpstartRunningSystemVersion: init (upstart 1.11)
  modified.conffile..etc.at.deny: [inaccessible: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/etc/at.deny']
  modified.conffile..etc.default.whoopsie: [modified]
  modified.conffile..etc.rsyslog.conf: [modified]
  modified.conffile..etc.xdg.autostart.pulseaudio.desktop: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.default.whoopsie: 2013-12-20T14:42:32.340664
  mtime.conffile..etc.rsyslog.conf: 2014-01-15T11:41:20.325384
  mtime.conffile..etc.xdg.autostart.pulseaudio.desktop: 2013-06-14T10:22:10.739084

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