-------------------------------------------- On Tue, 7/18/17, Cyril Brulebois <k...@debian.org> wrote:
Subject: Re: Bug#868085: installation-report: Stretch - Important Info for Dell Mini and Others To: "b17" <bwtn...@yahoo.com>, 868...@bugs.debian.org Date: Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 6:45 AM Hi, b17 <bwtn...@yahoo.com> (2017-07-11): > Installation is fine, first boot is okay, but all further boots fail because > systemd.backlight.service tries to restore a kbd backlight that does not > exist on the machine. This is a two year old issue since around kernel 4.1 > the solution is : > # systemctl mask systemd-backlight@leds\:dell\:\:kbd_backlight.service > -or- > kernel parameter > systemd.restore_state=0 > > Without this the machine hangs HARD on every boot. It has kept me from > using stretch on this machine for months now. Maybe we need a blue screen > of death to make things even more like that other os? > > It's really a shame that this has been reported to systemd and kernel devs > and they failed to follow up. Maybe we can try a debian-specific workaround > or at least provide some documentation? > Can you please share links to upstream or debian bug >reports? >KiBi. Interesting reading if you have the time. I'm not sure how I could help, but if you think of a way, just let me know. Thanks. https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/1792 https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107651 Earlier reports here, I have not seen a similar debian bug. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1253523 https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/47509 https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=201523&p=2
