Groups | Search | Server Info | Login | Register

Groups > alt.os.linux.debian > #10596

Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache

Show all headers | View raw

On 2025-02-25, Martin Schöön wrote:
> Den 2025-02-24 skrev Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net>:
>> On 2025-02-24, Martin Schöön wrote:
>>> System:
>>> Single boot Debian 12 with btrfs and xfce. HW is 1.5 years old
>>> and 10+ years old. The former is a stationary computer, the
>>> latter a Lenovo X230.
>>>
>>> I update regularly and fairly often using apt update, apt upgrade.
>>> Backport repositories are used.
>>>
>>> Problem:
>>> Kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 was installed but not configured properly in
>>> January. Yet it shows up at the top of the GRUB menu and booting fails
>>> unless I intervene and pick an older kernel.
>>>
>>> All attempts at repairing or removing this kernel using apt or Synaptic
>>> have failed. I have also tried snapper rollback without it resolving
>>> the problem. All this on the laptop as the stationary computer is my
>>> main system and I am not keen on wrecking it.
>>
>> What is the *exact* failure message / error code that you're getting?
>>
> When booting without intervening I get nothing, just a flashing
> cursor in the upper left corner of the screen.
>
> The error message I get when "sudo apt upgrade" fails to configure the
> 6.12.9 kernel is very long and my system language is Swedish... Here
> are the last few lines:
>
> dpkg: fel vid hantering av paketet linux-headers-6.12.9+bpo-amd64
> (--configure):
>  beroendeproblem - lämnar okonfigurerad
> dpkg: beroendeproblem förhindrar konfigurering av linux-headers-amd64:
>  linux-headers-amd64 är beroende av linux-headers-6.12.9+bpo-amd64 (=
>  6.12.9-1~bpo12+1), men:
>   Paketet linux-headers-6.12.9+bpo-amd64 har inte konfigurerats ännu.
>
> dpkg: fel vid hantering av paketet linux-headers-amd64 (--configure):
>  beroendeproblem - lämnar okonfigurerad
> Fel uppstod vid hantering:
>  linux-image-6.12.9+bpo-amd64
>  linux-image-amd64
>  linux-headers-6.12.9+bpo-amd64
>  linux-headers-amd64
> Config används.
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> In multiple places it says there is a dependency issue
> (beroendeproblem).

There's more to it than this -- there should be a reason that the
dependency (linux-headers-6.12.9+bpo-amd64) was unable to be configured,
likewise the other packages shown there at the end. 

Please can you send the full output, or at least the "full output" from
where errors start happening? 

While you're at it; wouldn't hurt to verify that you haven't run out of
space on any of your filesystems.

-- 
|_|O|_| 
|_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert
|O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1  E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860

Back to alt.os.linux.debian | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2025-02-24 09:52 +0000
  Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-02-24 10:00 +0000
    Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2025-02-25 09:38 +0000
      Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-02-25 09:56 +0000
        Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2025-02-25 21:54 +0000
          Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-02-26 10:21 +0000
            Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2025-02-27 10:01 +0000
              Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-02-28 11:36 +0000
                Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2025-03-03 16:25 +0000
                Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2025-03-04 16:17 +0000
                Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2025-03-04 16:43 +0000
  Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2025-02-24 14:19 +0000
    Re: kernel 6.12.9+bpo-amd64 headache Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2025-02-25 10:17 +0000

csiph-web