kernel 4.4.0-108 / 16.04 LTS does not boot anymore

[Jonesy]

On Wed, 10 Jan 2018 12:22:41 -0800, NoOp wrote:
> On 1/9/2018 11:42 PM, robert rottermann wrote:
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> my good old pc  running 16.04 LTS Desktop got a an update today.
>> 
>> Now it does not boot any more.
>> 
>> it is a: Intel® Core™ i5-2500 CPU @ 3.30GHz × 4
>> 
>> The kernel it got is 4.4.0-108.
>> 
>> Fro this one it does not boot any more.
>> 
>> Kernel 4.4.0-104 boots fine.
>> 
>> Is there something I can do about this?
>
> See:
> https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3522-3/
> "Details
>
> USN-3522-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel to address
> Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754). Unfortunately, that update introduced
> a regression where a few systems failed to boot successfully. This
> update fixes the problem."
>
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1741934
> Kernel trace with xenial 4.4 (4.4.0-108.131, Candidate kernels for PTI fix)

kernel 4.4.0-109 is available.  I installed it with apt update/upgrade
yesterday and it fix the Non-Boot issue --- without removing any older 
kernels - even the borked 4.4.0.108.

Jonesy
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