[Bug 1829805] Re: Lubuntu Eoan Daily Image fails to boot after install on KVM

[Brian Murray]

There was some discussion regarding this particular bug in #ubuntu-
release on 20190620 - https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2019/06/20/%23ubuntu-
release.html. I will not summarize the conversation here but only
capture what I understand the bug in initramfs-tools to be.

update-initramfs no longer uses what is in /var/lib/initramfs-tools as a
source of knowledge about kernel versions so using "-k all" will not
bring a deleted initrd. This behavior does not match the documentation
and is a regression. Some choice quotes follow:

"[20:52] <infinity> That appears to completely ignore STATEDIR now.
[20:59] <infinity> Anyhow, the behaviour change above is that it switched from checking STATEDIR to stating the initrd.
[20:59] <infinity> So, instead of "statedir knows what we've done in the past", we have "in you have no initrd, you can't have a new one either".
[20:59] <infinity> s/in you/if you/
[21:02] <infinity> https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/initramfs-tools/commit/f39625afd6ba6c1aa2027286dc3ef1c933da14e0
[21:03] <infinity> vorlon: That would be the offending commit.  I think the obvious way to get both old and new behaviour combined would just be to add the statedir bit to the list (and sort -u the mess)."

** Changed in: initramfs-tools (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Triaged

** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #926401
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=926401

** Also affects: initramfs-tools (Debian) via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=926401
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  Lubuntu Eoan Daily Image fails to boot after install on KVM

Status in calamares-settings-ubuntu package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in initramfs-tools package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in initramfs-tools package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Context: The live environment appears to function properly and install
  proceeds as expected with no noticeable errors.

  Expected results: After a system reboot the virtual machine enters the
  graphical environment

  Actual Results: After rebooting the virtual machine a kernel panic
  error screen appears. I will attempt to attach the screenshot after
  submitting this bug report.

  The collected data is from the live environment as the installed
  environment will not boot.

  lubuntu at lubuntu:~$ lsb_release -a
  No LSB modules are available.
  Distributor ID: Ubuntu
  Description:    Ubuntu Eoan Ermine (development branch)
  Release:        19.10
  Codename:       eoan

  lubuntu at lubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy grub2
  grub2:
    Installed: (none)
    Candidate: 2.02+dfsg1-12ubuntu2
    Version table:
       2.02+dfsg1-12ubuntu2 500
          500 cdrom://Lubuntu 19.10 _Eoan Ermine_ - Alpha amd64 (20190519) eoan/universe amd64 Packages
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu eoan/universe amd64 Packages

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10
  Package: grub2 (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-13.14-generic 5.0.6
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-13-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.407
  CurrentDesktop: LXQt
  Date: Tue May 21 00:30:39 2019
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 19.10 "Eoan Ermine" - Alpha amd64 (20190519)
  SourcePackage: grub2
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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