Christopher, not sure why you say there is a contradiction--the live kernel I found on the iso was 3.13.0-24, and the linux-image listed on the page you provided is also 3.13.0-24. again, if utopic avoids 3.13.0-27, they should be fine.
regarding reverse bisect--it looks like this may not be necessary, because there was apparently a recent update to the kernel--my system now has 3.13.0-29 on it, and that does NOT panic. so: 3.13.0-24 is fine, 3.13.0-29 is fine, but 3.13.0-27 is bad. this, along with the panic backtrace, should hopefully be sufficient for the ubuntu developers to identify the bad code, and ensure it does not appear in any future ubuntu releases. ::ann ** Tags removed: needs-reverse-bisect -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1326216 Title: Kernel panic (kernel 3.13.0-27-generic) on ASUS UX31A Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Kernel version 3.13.0-27-generic causes a kernel panic on bootup. This does not occur with the prior kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic, nor does it occur with recent mainline: 3.15.0-031500rc8-generic_3.15.0-031500rc8.201406012235_amd64 Since this is a panic, I cannot run ubuntu-bug, uname, etc. However, the output of lspci is attached. The panic message (painstakingly hand-copied): Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block (0,0) CPU: 3 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.13.0-27-generic #50-Ubuntu Hardware name: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. UX31A/UX31A, BIOS UX31A.216 11/21/2012 0000000000008001 ffff880118f1bdf0 ffffffff817199c4 ffffffff81a3b5d0 ffff880118f1be68 ffffffff81712bc5 ffffffff00000010 ffff880118f1be78 ffff880118f1be18 ffffffff817136e6 ffff880118f1be88 00000000000000cc Call trace: <ffffffff817199c4> dump_stack+0x45/0x56 <ffffffff81712bc5> panic+0xc8/0x1d7 <ffffffff817136e6> ? printk+0x67/0x69 <ffffffff81d3646a> mount_block_root+0x225/0x2b0 <ffffffff81d36692> mount_root+0x53/0x56 <ffffffff81d36801> prepare_namespace+0x16c/0x1a4 <ffffffff81d3616e> kernel_init_freeable+0x1f3/0x200 <ffffffff81d358e5> ? do_early_param+0x88/0x88 <ffffffff81707ea0> ? rest_init+0x80/0x80 <ffffffff81707eae> kernel_init+0xe/0x130 <ffffffff8172a2fc> ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 <ffffffff81707ea0> ? rest_init+0x80/0x80 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1326216/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
