>> 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 >>Marcelo "Marc" Ranolfi via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > 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: > Hello, I expperience exactly the same here, but also with linux 4.15.3-2. Linux 4.15.3-1 works fine. I have a NVIDIA GF119 [Geforce GT610] with nouveau driver. Best Regards Stefan
