Hello list,

It seems like one of my Debian Bookworm installations is stuck on this kernel. All other Bookworm installations are running 6.1.0.26-
amd64. I installed 6.1.0.26 manually but I got a lot of errors during
boot and no GUI.

I remember there was an issue regarding a kernel update a few months
ago. Could this be the issue I am experiencing? I am also using nvidia-
driver if this is of any help.

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On 9 Oct 2024 11:05 +0300, from alexis@nanoid.net (Alexis Grigoriou):

It seems like one of my Debian Bookworm installations is stuck on this kernel. All other Bookworm installations are running 6.1.0.26-
amd64. I installed 6.1.0.26 manually but I got a lot of errors during
boot and no GUI.

From the affected system, please show the output of:

$ apt-cache policy linux-image-amd64

$ dpkg -l 'linux-image*'

$ sudo cat /etc/apt/preferences /etc/apt/preferences.d/* 2>/dev/null

IIRC the kernel issues were around 6.1.0-13, so if your system is on
6.1.0-17 that's unlikely to be the direct cause.

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On 9 Oct 2024 12:30 +0300, from alexis@nanoid.net (Alexis Grigoriou):

This is an excerpt from /etc/syslog:

2024-10-07T19:33:45.474746+03:00 architect systemd-modules-load[320]:
Error running install command 'modprobe nvidia-modeset ; modprobe -i nvidia-current-drm ' for module nvidia_drm: retcode 1 2024-10-07T19:33:45.474752+03:00 architect systemd-modules-load[320]:
Failed to insert module 'nvidia_drm': Invalid argument

I see. Then the problem is almost certainly the nvidia drivers
themselves. I can't help you there; hopefully someone else can.

For next time: Please don't word-wrap verbatim data, especially data
laid out as tables (for example the output of dpkg -l). It makes it
very difficult to read.

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On Wed, 2024-10-09 at 08:59 +0000, Michael Kjörling wrote:

On 9 Oct 2024 11:05 +0300, from alexis@nanoid.net (Alexis Grigoriou):

 It seems like one of my Debian Bookworm installations is stuck on this kernel. All other Bookworm installations are running 6.1.0.26-
amd64. I installed 6.1.0.26 manually but I got a lot of errors
during
boot and no GUI.

From the affected system, please show the output of:

$ apt-cache policy linux-image-amd64

root@architect:~# apt-cache policy linux-image-amd64
linux-image-amd64:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 6.1.112-1
Version table:
6.1.112-1 500
500 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-
security/main amd64 Packages
6.1.106-3 500
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages
6.1.76-1 -1
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

$ dpkg -l 'linux-image*'

root@architect:~# dpkg -l 'linux-image*' Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-
aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture
Description
+++-====================================-============-============- ===================================
rc linux-image-5.10.0-10-amd64 5.10.84-1 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-10-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-11-amd64 5.10.92-2 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-11-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-12-amd64 5.10.103-1 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-12-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-13-amd64 5.10.106-1 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-13-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-14-amd64 5.10.113-1 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-14-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64 5.10.120-1 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-15-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-16-amd64 5.10.127-2 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-16-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-17-amd64 5.10.136-1 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-17-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-18-amd64 5.10.140-1 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-18-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-19-amd64 5.10.149-2 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-19-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-20-amd64 5.10.158-2 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-20-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-21-amd64 5.10.162-1 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-21-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-22-amd64 5.10.178-3 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-22-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-23-amd64 5.10.179-3 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-23-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-24-amd64 5.10.179-5 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-24-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-25-amd64 5.10.191-1 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-25-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-5.10.0-26-amd64 5.10.197-1 amd64
Linux 5.10 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-5.10.0-26-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
ii linux-image-6.1.0-12-amd64 6.1.52-1 amd64
Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-6.1.0-12-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 6.1.64-1 amd64
Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64 6.1.66-1 amd64
Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-6.1.0-16-amd64 6.1.67-1 amd64
Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-6.1.0-16-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
ii linux-image-6.1.0-17-amd64 6.1.69-1 amd64
Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-6.1.0-17-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-6.1.0-18-amd64 6.1.76-1 amd64
Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-6.1.0-18-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
ii linux-image-6.1.0-26-amd64 6.1.112-1 amd64
Linux 6.1 for 64-bit PCs (signed)
un linux-image-6.1.0-26-amd64-unsigned <none> <none> (no description available)
rc linux-image-amd64 6.1.76-1 amd64
Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
un linux-image-generic <none> <none> (no description available)

$ sudo cat /etc/apt/preferences /etc/apt/preferences.d/* 2>/dev/null

I do not have a /etc/apt/preferences file nor any files in /etc/apt/preferences.d

IIRC the kernel issues were around 6.1.0-13, so if your system is on
6.1.0-17 that's unlikely to be the direct cause.

This is an excerpt from /etc/syslog:

2024-10-07T19:33:45.474746+03:00 architect systemd-modules-load[320]:
Error running install command 'modprobe nvidia-modeset ; modprobe -i nvidia-current-drm ' for module nvidia_drm: retcode 1 2024-10-07T19:33:45.474752+03:00 architect systemd-modules-load[320]:
Failed to insert module 'nvidia_drm': Invalid argument 2024-10-07T19:33:45.474759+03:00 architect systemd[1]: Starting systemd-journal-flush.service - Flush Journal to Persistent Storage... 2024-10-07T19:33:45.474765+03:00 architect systemd-modules-load[341]:
modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia-current not found in directory /lib/modules/6.1.0-26-amd64
2024-10-07T19:33:45.474776+03:00 architect systemd-modules-load[339]:
modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1047 command_do() Error
running install command 'modprobe -i nvidia-current ' for module
nvidia: retcode 1
2024-10-07T19:33:45.474782+03:00 architect systemd-modules-load[339]:
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia': Invalid argument 2024-10-07T19:33:45.474787+03:00 architect systemd-modules-load[342]:
modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia-current-modeset not found in directory /lib/modules/6.1.0-26-amd64
2024-10-07T19:33:45.474792+03:00 architect systemd-modules-load[336]:
modprobe: ERROR: ../libkmod/libkmod-module.c:1047 command_do() Error
running install command 'modprobe nvidia ; modprobe -i nvidia-current-
modeset ' for module nvidia_modeset: retcode 1
2024-10-07T19:33:45.474798+03:00 architect systemd-modules-load[336]:
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'nvidia_modeset': Invalid argument 2024-10-07T19:33:45.474806+03:00 architect systemd-modules-load[343]:
modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia-current-drm not found in directory /lib/modules/6.1.0-26-amd64
2024-10-07T19:33:45.474813+03:00 architect systemd[1]: systemd-modules- load.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE 2024-10-07T19:33:45.474819+03:00 architect systemd[1]: systemd-modules- load.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
2024-10-07T19:33:45.474825+03:00 architect systemd[1]: Failed to start systemd-modules-load.service - Load Kernel Modules.

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On Wed, Oct 09, 2024 at 05:55:34 -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:

What version of Debian are you running? You should not have kernel 5.10.0
and 6.1.0.

He doesn't. The vast majority of those kernel packages are in the "rc"
state (removed, but configuration files are not purged). Most likely
caused by automatic removal of old kernel images by apt autoremove.

At some point, the OP might want to purge most of those, just to clean
up the list and free a tiny bit of disk space. But it's not urgent.

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On Wed, 2024-10-09 at 05:55 -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:

What version of Debian are you running? You should not have kernel
5.10.0 and 6.1.0. Please post the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list.
It looks like you have repo's from two different Debian releases.

root@architect:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 11.2.0 _Bullseye_ - Official amd64
NETINST 20211218-11:12]/ bullseye main

#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 11.2.0 _Bullseye_ - Official amd64 NETINST 20211218-11:12]/ bullseye main

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free non-free-
firmware contrib
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free contrib

deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main
contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security
main contrib non-free

# bullseye-updates, to get updates before a point release is made;
# see https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_updates_and_backports
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib non-
free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib
non-free

# This system was installed using small removable media
# (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"
# entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.
# For information about how to configure apt package sources,
# see the sources.list(5) manual.


<html><head></head><body><div>On Wed, 2024-10-09 at 05:55 -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex; border-left:2px #729fcf solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><

What version of Debian are you running? You should not have kernel 5.10.0 and 6.1.0. Please post the contents of /etc/apt/sources.list. It looks like you have repo's from two different Debian releases.</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><
<a href="mailto:root@architect">root@architect</a>:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list</div><div># deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 11.2.0 _Bullseye_ - Official amd64 NETINST 20211218-11:12]/ bullseye main</div><div><br></div><div>#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 11.

2.0 _Bullseye_ - Official amd64 NETINST 20211218-11:12]/ bullseye main</div><div><br></div><div>deb <a href="http://deb.debian.org/debian/">http://deb.debian.org/debian/</a> bookworm main non-free non-free-firmware contrib</div><div>deb-src <a href="http:
//deb.debian.org/debian/">http://deb.debian.org/debian/</a> bookworm main non-free contrib</div><div><br></div><div>deb <a href="http://security.debian.org/debian-security">http://security.debian.org/debian-security</a> bookworm-security main contrib non-
free non-free-firmware</div><div>deb-src <a href="http://security.debian.org/debian-security">http://security.debian.org/debian-security</a> bookworm-security main contrib non-free</div><div><br></div><div># bullseye-updates, to get updates before a
point release is made;</div><div># see <a href="https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_updates_and_backports">https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_updates_and_backports</a></div><div>deb <a href="
http://deb.debian.org/debian/">http://deb.debian.org/debian/</a> bookworm-updates main contrib non-free</div><div>deb-src <a href="http://deb.debian.org/debian/">http://deb.debian.org/debian/</a> bookworm-updates main contrib non-free</div><div><br></div>
<div># This system was installed using small removable media</div><div># (e.g. netinst, live or single CD). The matching "deb cdrom"</div><div># entries were disabled at the end of the installation process.</div><div># For information about how to
configure apt package sources,</div><div># see the sources.list(5) manual.</div><div><br></div><div><span></span></div></body></html>

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On Wednesday, October 9, 2024 11:30:36 AM CEST, Alexis Grigoriou wrote:

root@architect:~# dpkg -l 'linux-image*'

if someone would ask me, i would recommend to type (as root):

get rid of the old/unnecessary files:
# apt-get --purge autoremove

reinstall the current kernel:
# apt-get --reinstall install linux-image-amd64

but hey, it's just me... ymmv...

greetings...

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