Bug#974939: machine does not boot

From	Toni Mueller <toni@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#974939: machine does not boot
Date	2020-11-22 18:20 +0100
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Hi,

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 12:50:19PM +0100, Bastian Blank wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2020 at 07:41:05PM +0000, Toni wrote:
> > Severity: critical
> 
> Sorry, no.  This problem does not break the package for everyone.
> 
> > On the console, after dmesg, these three lines repeat ad nauseum:
> > mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
> >   Volume group "ev0" not found
> >   Cannot process volume group ev0
> > mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically
> >   Volume group "ev0" not found
> >   Cannot process volume group ev0
> 
> So it actually boots, but the boot process is not able to find your root
> filesystem?

It loads the kernel, I can see the dmesg, and then I see an endless loop
of these messages. So yes, there's something broken with encrypted
partitions, that wasn't broken until the -10 kernel.

> Yes, that look pretty normal and like something the Debian installer
> would create.

It did.

> What is the content of /etc/crypttab? /etc/fstab? /boot/grub/grub.conf?
> What do you have mdadm for?

I don't have mdadm devices in this machine (it's a laptop with only one
SSD, anyway). I don't know why mdadm is present on this machine, but it
has "always" been, with no detrimental effects until possibly recently.

Thanks,
Toni

Thread

Bug#974939: machine does not boot Toni <toni@debian.org> - 2020-11-16 21:00 +0100
  Bug#974939: machine does not boot Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-11-17 13:00 +0100
  Bug#974939: machine does not boot Bastian Blank <bblank@thinkmo.de> - 2020-11-17 13:10 +0100
    Bug#974939: machine does not boot Toni Mueller <toni@debian.org> - 2020-11-22 18:20 +0100
  Processed: Re: Bug#974939: machine does not boot "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2020-11-17 13:10 +0100
  Bug#974939: machine does not boot Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-11-23 11:20 +0100
    Bug#974939: machine does not boot Toni Mueller <toni@debian.org> - 2020-11-23 11:30 +0100
  Bug#974939: marked as done (machine does not boot) "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org> - 2020-11-23 11:50 +0100
  Bug#974939: closed by Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> (Re: Bug#974939: machine does not boot) Toni Mueller <toni@debian.org> - 2020-11-23 15:40 +0100

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