I cannot recreate this issue on either 32-bit or 64-bit fully-updated trusty systems. What would be useful is to know if it also affects the Session Init (upstart running as the user) since that would allow debug to be collected without the kernel panicking.
To find out, please can those affected boot to a *desktop* and run the following as a non-root user: $ get_state.sh | json_pp > upstart.state $ start re-exec Then, attach the following to this bug if a crash results: $HOME/.xsession-errors $HOME/.cache/upstart/upstart.state If the Session Init does crash, we might be lucky and get a crash file in /var/crash/. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1269405 Title: Kernel Panic when 'telinit u', or (re)installing packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/1269405/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
