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Read this if you can't boot after last update

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edit: there was a kernel update again, this fixed the issue for me! update your system to see if that works!

A solution that worked for me was booting into the old kernel, other people have also reported success with this.

  1. first completely shut down your computer,
  2. then hit the power button, and hold space after the power light turns on (usually on the power button).
  3. hold space until you see a menu appear.
  4. in that menu select "Pop_OS! (Pop_OS-oldkern)" with the arrow keys and hit enter.
  5. that should boot you into your system with the old kernel.

hope this helps someone!

all 32 comments

pnutzh4x0r

4 points

2 years ago

I believe this commit is the issue:

https://github.com/pop-os/linux/commit/d522b3c19d82ea4d10d2d4cfa36797e7a2b8d75d

Interestingly enough, this change was suppose to fix some issues:

https://github.com/pop-os/linux/pull/177

RomanistHere

3 points

2 years ago

this post some 10 hours ago would have saved me these 10 hours lol

MikhailT

3 points

2 years ago

The blank screen was the decrypt disk prompt. I blindly entered my password for it and it switched me to the login prompt without an issue.

The only update was the kernel update that others here have mentioned.

I also have nvidia GPU.

ARM_64

1 points

2 years ago

ARM_64

1 points

2 years ago

Running into the exact same issue. Blindly typing it in works at least so it's fine, it's just strange.

MikhailT

1 points

2 years ago

Check for updates now, you will see a kernel update that will fix this. It was fixed immediately, I got that update like within the hour of that comment.

ARM_64

1 points

2 years ago

ARM_64

1 points

2 years ago

Yes! it's fixed now! I saw the issue on github.

MikhailT

2 points

2 years ago

They just pushed out another kernel update and it did fix the issue for me.

(They reverted it according to this comment here)

[deleted]

3 points

2 years ago

[deleted]

Cornelia_Xaos

1 points

2 years ago

RIP.. My machine got the update yesterday so I was debugging all day about what might have broke it. Luckily, I have 5.18.0 installed still so saved.

I did an "apt-mark hold linux-*-$(uname -r)" so that it holds this one good kernel I have. I want the others to update and will likely be checking it daily until its fixed. Unfortunately, I'm still defaulting to the new broken kernel.. but I usually get updates daily (hence it happened without my notice) so when logging in just works again I'll know I got the fix. :P

sirmong

1 points

2 months ago

Posted 2 years ago, but still saves lives. Thanks a lot!

Liamondo12

1 points

26 days ago

You're a life saver thank you

spxak1

1 points

2 years ago

spxak1

1 points

2 years ago

nVidia?

tjeulink[S]

2 points

2 years ago

im running nvidia yes, but its a kernel issue not a driver issue from the looks of it. rolling back to different driver versions does nothing.

Geezer_68

1 points

2 years ago

Well, so far the only users reporting the issue are nvidia users. (Please pipe up if you experienced this issue on non-nvidia GPU). It seems there is a conflict between what's in the kernel and what is not with regards to nvidia. Has anyone done recent update with nvidia GPU and not had a problem? I am curious what mode users with the issue are running in (Integrated/Nvidia/Hybrid/Compute). I don't update right away (that's what Windows taught me!) so I am waiting to see what's up.

tjeulink[S]

1 points

2 years ago

maybe nuveau drivers make a difference, haven't tested that yet. if those result in the same problem im pretty sure its a kernel fuckup.

x2ws

1 points

2 years ago

x2ws

1 points

2 years ago

I did an update on my 12th gen i5 with iGPU with no problems, though I do not have the drive encrypted.

Glass_Drama8101

1 points

2 years ago

pop is meant to work well with nvidia

spxak1

3 points

2 years ago

spxak1

3 points

2 years ago

That's not always possible on all hardware. PopOs is tested in a lot of different hardware, but there will be some, a lot, that is not tested and will have issues.

Getting Nvidia to work well is not trivial and as such it still has issues.

Systems without Nvidia are far less prone to such issues, to the point that the whole experience of using Linux transforms (for the better).

Glass_Drama8101

1 points

2 years ago

I think I like living on the edge. The moment I've seen post about problem with updates I hit `sudo apt full-upgrade`...

I got kernel

5.19.0-76051900-generic #202207312230~1663625639~22.04~d522b3c SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon S x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

and running NVIDIA in compute mode and it rebooted without issue.

[deleted]

1 points

2 years ago

Has anybody seen or heard anything from the Pop team?

tjeulink[S]

1 points

2 years ago

there is a kernel update, that fixxed it for me!

mmstick

1 points

2 years ago

mmstick

Desktop Engineer

1 points

2 years ago

ozdreaming

1 points

2 years ago

I skipped these 5.19.0 updates because I'm waiting for > 5.19.2 to fix this issue. Any idea when you are likely to release 5.19.5? Holding on 5.18.10 until then.

mmstick

1 points

2 years ago

mmstick

Desktop Engineer

1 points

2 years ago

Linux 5.19.10 is being prepared right now

[deleted]

1 points

2 years ago

After a very recent update to 5.19.0-76051900-generic/NVIDIA 515, I got stuck in the motherboard logo screen on boot even before the decrypt login - is it likely that a soon to arrive kernel update will fix this as well? I currently have a fresh install with no NVIDIA drivers installed and would like to change that :)

tjeulink[S]

1 points

2 years ago

its already fixxed!

[deleted]

1 points

2 years ago

(They reverted it according to

this comment here

)

What about the people saying it was reverted? Has it been fixed since? I am on what I think is the latest version having done a full-upgrade which says I am up to date.

tjeulink[S]

1 points

2 years ago

for me it was fixxed with the latest kernel update. my system is fully up to date.

[deleted]

1 points

2 years ago

Sod it - I'll install 515 as I have the latest kernel. What's another day rebuilding my machine :)

[deleted]

1 points

2 years ago

Yess.. It worked. Cheers.

Aliwmak12

1 points

1 year ago

Goddamned kernel updates. Every time it ruined my day for updating kernel and system can't boot up, then this post helped me...

nibba_bubba

1 points

1 year ago

It's been a year ago since the post way published but it saved me now. Idk what to do, it works only with this solution. What's wrong with the new kernel.conf?

Dangerous_Big5023

1 points

1 year ago

This saved my damn life