Those two messages appear to be upstart messages, implying upstart exited. If so then the kernel panicing is completely reasonable. Opening and upstart tasks to confirm these are indeed from upstart.
** Tags added: bot-stop-nagging ** Also affects: upstart (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/936256 Title: kernel panic on boot To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/936256/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs