Hi, This file will be shipped with the next update. This was an unintended bug. -Michael > On 2 Jan 2019, at 17:39, Tapani Tarvainen wrote: > > Indeed, restoring /etc/modprobe.d/framebuffer.conf fixed it - thank you! > > (As noted the machine boots off a CF card and I have another machine with > card reader so editing it is easy.) > > That leads to a followup question, however: how can I prevent this > from happening again with next upgrade, and with other machines that > are likely to have the same issue? Guess I could add a custom boot > script that runs before udev start and blacklists it again - any > better ideas? > > Regards, > > -- > Tapani > > On Wed, Jan 02, 2019 at 05:24:01PM +0000, Michael Tremer (michael.tremer(a)ipfire.org) wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I think you might be running into this: >> >> https://git.ipfire.org/?p=ipfire-2.x.git;a=commitdiff;h=4c76d08b2a1ef5ac9ff8b546c0d887e342adec1c >> >> The framebuffer driver is no longer blacklisted and that causes the kernel to crash on my VIA devices. >> >> You can mount the hard drive in a different computer and edit the file manually if that is an option for you. >> >> Best, >> -Michael >> >>> On 2 Jan 2019, at 17:13, Tapani Tarvainen wrote: >>> >>> Core126 upgrade killed a machine: boot freezes after udevd start. >>> >>> Experimenting with fresh (flash) installation image (and new CF card) >>> gave same result. >>> >>> Up to and including core125 it works like charm (also tested with a >>> fresh image). >>> >>> This is a bit difficult to debug: the last message displayed is >>> >>> "Starting udev daemon... [ OK ]" >>> >>> After that even keyboard is dead (caps lock doesn't work, nor alt-ctrl-del). >>> >>> And as this happens before disks are mounted, there's no log to read. >>> >>> This is a rather old machine, VIA C3 CPU, 512MB RAM, booting of CF card, >>> but there's nothing obviously wrong with the hardware, and as noted it >>> worked just fine up to and including core125. >>> >>> I could leave it running core125, but a firewall that can't be upgraded >>> is not a workable long-term proposition. >>> >>> Any suggestions as to how I could try to track the problem down? >>> >>> -- >>> Tapani Tarvainen