Have a look at the changelogs: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.15.4 and https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.15.5. Looks like it could be a DRM issue. Which graphics hardware and driver stack are you using? - Marc On Fri, Feb 23, 2018 at 10:39 PM, David Rosenstrauch <darose@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ran into a weird issue today. I upgraded a bunch of packages, including > the kernel to v4.15.4-1 (from 4.15.3-1). But for some reason the system > was un-bootable. The boot process would get part-way through, then the > booting screen would suddenly start showing its text on a green background > (rather than black) and it would freeze. > > It took some jumping through hoops, but I was eventually able to boot to a > chroot environment, upgrade to a newer kernel (v4.15.5-1) and suddenly the > problem magically went away and my machine boots fine. > > Anyone have any idea what might have happened here? I'm assuming it was a > bad kernel build, but I'd like to know for sure. I didn't see any recent > bugs under the "linux" kernel package that matched what I was seeing. > > Thanks, > > DR >
