[Bug 1508157] Re: Kernel not upgraded during Vivid -> Wily upgrade

Erick Brunzell lbsolost at yahoo.com
Thu Oct 22 20:42:39 UTC 2015 

That other bug that Bryan posted about made me do some digging in an
install that had been affected by unrelated bug #1489147.

I was using the same hardware as in this bug and had to use the boot
parameter nomodeset to even get casper/ubiquity to run w/o a black
screen - this resulted in a completed install that only offered 1024X768
rather than the preferred 1366X768 resolution so I tried to install the
proprietary driver using the UI which seemed to work but now the system
is borked.

>From a lateral install I just looked at the apt/history.log:

Start-Date: 2015-10-21  18:20:36
Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.54'
Install: fakeroot:amd64 (1.20.2-1ubuntu1, automatic), screen-resolution-extra:amd64 (0.17.1, automatic), libstdc++-5-dev:amd64 (5.2.1-22ubuntu2, automatic), lib32gcc1:amd64 (5.2.1-22ubuntu2, automatic), libjansson4:amd64 (2.7-1ubuntu1, automatic), libcuda1-304:amd64 (304.128-0ubuntu1, automatic), dkms:amd64 (2.2.0.3-2ubuntu6, automatic), nvidia-settings:amd64 (352.21-0ubuntu1, automatic), libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl:amd64 (0.04-3build1, automatic), dpkg-dev:amd64 (1.18.2ubuntu5, automatic), libalgorithm-merge-perl:amd64 (0.08-2, automatic), nvidia-304:amd64 (304.128-0ubuntu1), amd64-microcode:amd64 (2.20141028.1), ocl-icd-libopencl1:amd64 (2.2.7-2, automatic), g++:amd64 (5.2.1-3ubuntu1, automatic), libalgorithm-diff-perl:amd64 (1.19.03-1, automatic), nvidia-opencl-icd-304:amd64 (304.128-0ubuntu1, automatic), libfakeroot:amd64 (1.20.2-1ubuntu1, automatic), g++-5:amd64 (5.2.1-22ubuntu2, automatic), build-essential:amd64 (12.1ubuntu2, automatic), libc6-i386:amd64 (2.21-0ubuntu4, automatic), libxnvctrl0:amd64 (352.21-0ubuntu1, automatic), pkg-config:amd64 (0.28-1ubuntu1, automatic)
Remove: linux-generic:amd64 (4.2.0.16.18)
End-Date: 2015-10-21  18:22:55

So, why would installing the tested nvidia driver remove linux-generic?
Maybe this snippet from the term.loog would be helpful:

Log started: 2015-10-21  18:20:36
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Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu3) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.58ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libjansson4:amd64 (2.7-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libstdc++-5-dev:amd64 (5.2.1-22ubuntu2) ...
Setting up g++-5 (5.2.1-22ubuntu2) ...
Setting up g++ (4:5.2.1-3ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/g++ to provide /usr/bin/c++ (c++) in auto mode
Setting up dpkg-dev (1.18.2ubuntu5) ...
Setting up build-essential (12.1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up dkms (2.2.0.3-2ubuntu6) ...
Setting up libfakeroot:amd64 (1.20.2-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up fakeroot (1.20.2-1ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/fakeroot-sysv to provide /usr/bin/fakeroot (fakeroot) in auto mode
Setting up libalgorithm-diff-perl (1.19.03-1) ...
Setting up libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl (0.04-3build1) ...
Setting up libalgorithm-merge-perl (0.08-2) ...
Setting up libc6-i386 (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Setting up libcuda1-304 (304.128-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up libxnvctrl0 (352.21-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up lib32gcc1 (1:5.2.1-22ubuntu2) ...
Setting up nvidia-304 (304.128-0ubuntu1) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-304/ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu_GL.conf (x86_64-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/nvidia-304/alt_ld.so.conf to provide /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i386-linux-gnu_GL.conf (i386-linux-gnu_gl_conf) in auto mode
update-alternatives: using /usr/share/nvidia-304/glamor.conf to provide /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/glamoregl.conf (glamor_conf) in auto mode
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
INFO:Enable nvidia-304
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/lenovo_thinkpad
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/put_your_quirks_here
DEBUG:Parsing /usr/share/ubuntu-drivers-common/quirks/dell_latitude
Loading new nvidia-304-304.128 DKMS files...
First Installation: checking all kernels...
Building only for 4.2.0-16-generic
Building for architecture x86_64
Building initial module for 4.2.0-16-generic
Done.

nvidia_304:
Running module version sanity check.
 - Original module
   - No original module exists within this kernel
 - Installation
   - Installing to /lib/modules/4.2.0-16-generic/updates/dkms/

depmod.......

DKMS: install completed.
Setting up ocl-icd-libopencl1:amd64 (2.2.7-2) ...
Setting up nvidia-opencl-icd-304 (304.128-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up pkg-config (0.28-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up screen-resolution-extra (0.17.1) ...
Setting up nvidia-settings (352.21-0ubuntu1) ...
Setting up amd64-microcode (2.20141028.1) ...
update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated)
amd64-microcode: microcode will be updated at next boot
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.120ubuntu6) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-16-generic
Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.0-1ubuntu1) ...
Log ended: 2015-10-21  18:22:55

Starting to smell like a kernel bug, eh?

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Title:
  Kernel not upgraded during Vivid -> Wily upgrade

Status in ubuntu-release-upgrader package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Looking at /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log it actually appears that
  the Wily kernel was purged because I was using a proprietary graphics
  driver:

  Generating grub configuration file ...
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-16-generic
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-30-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-30-generic
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-14-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-14-generic
  Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
  Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
  Found Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (14.04) on /dev/sda1
  Found Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch) (15.10) on /dev/sda7
  Found Ubuntu 15.10 (15.10) on /dev/sda8
  Found Debian GNU/Linux (8.2) on /dev/sdb1
  Found Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch) (15.10) on /dev/sdc1
  done
  Removing linux-image-4.2.0-16-generic (4.2.0-16.19) ...
  Examining /etc/kernel/prerm.d.
  run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/prerm.d/dkms 4.2.0-16-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic
  dkms: removing: nvidia-304 304.128 (4.2.0-16-generic) (x86_64)

  -------- Uninstall Beginning --------
  Module:  nvidia-304
  Version: 304.128
  Kernel:  4.2.0-16-generic (x86_64)
  -------------------------------------

  Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this
  kernel.

  nvidia_304.ko:
   - Uninstallation
     - Deleting from: /lib/modules/4.2.0-16-generic/updates/dkms/
   - Original module
     - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
     - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.

  depmod....

  DKMS: uninstall completed.
  Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
  run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 4.2.0-16-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic
  update-initramfs: Deleting /boot/initrd.img-4.2.0-16-generic
  run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 4.2.0-16-generic /boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-16-generic
  Generating grub configuration file ...
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-30-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-30-generic
  Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.19.0-14-generic
  Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.19.0-14-generic
  Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.elf
  Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
  Found Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS (14.04) on /dev/sda1
  Found Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch) (15.10) on /dev/sda7
  Found Ubuntu 15.10 (15.10) on /dev/sda8
  Found Debian GNU/Linux (8.2) on /dev/sdb1
  Found Ubuntu Wily Werewolf (development branch) (15.10) on /dev/sdc1
  done
  The link /vmlinuz is a damaged link
  Removing symbolic link vmlinuz 
   you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
  The link /initrd.img is a damaged link
  Removing symbolic link initrd.img 
   you may need to re-run your boot loader[grub]
  Removing qtdeclarative5-ubuntu-web-plugin-assets (0.23+15.04.20150416-0ubuntu1) ...
  Removing thermald (1.4.3-5) ...
  initctl: Unable to connect to Upstart: Failed to connect to socket /com/ubuntu/upstart: Connection refused
  [....] Stopping thermald (via systemctl): thermald.service[?25l7[ ok 8[?12l[?25h.
  Removing xul-ext-webaccounts (0.5-0ubuntu4.15.04.1) ...
  Removing webaccounts-extension-common (0.5-0ubuntu4.15.04.1) ...
  Removing xfonts-mathml (6ubuntu1) ...
  Removing libedataserver-1.2-18 (3.12.11-0ubuntu1.15.04.1) ...
  Removing libcamel-1.2-49 (3.12.11-0ubuntu1.15.04.1) ...
  Removing libicu52:amd64 (52.1-8ubuntu0.2) ...
  Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.21-0ubuntu4) ...
  Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.4-1) ...
  Processing triggers for dbus (1.10.0-1ubuntu1) ...
  dbus-daemon has been upgraded from a version with incompatible configuration.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
  Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:15.10.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-30.34-generic 3.19.8-ckt6
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-30-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CrashDB: ubuntu
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Tue Oct 20 13:19:17 2015
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-18 (184 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Beta amd64 (20150417.1)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2015-10-20 (0 days ago)
  VarLogDistupgradeTermlog:

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