Hi! I’m writing my first message here (and first ever on a tech support board) as for the first time in many years I can’t seem to resolve this problem and starting to get worried about the safety of a system running on an outdated kernel.
Problem Description:
None of the kernels after 6.14.0-37 have been able to boot. I kept reverting to 6.14.0-37 the whole time (by editing the grub file) but over the years I was usually able to skip one kernel version that is not working and then the next one would work normally.
If it is of any relevance, all the kernel updates between 6.14.0-37 and the current one, 6.17.0-29, have resulted in CapsLock button blinking when trying to boot, and then it would just result in a restart right after the blinking stops. This current kernel 6.17.0-29 just ends up in a blank screen with no CapsLock blinking and it does not restart unless I do it manually.
Also currently journalctl -b -1 -p err just returns – No entries – after going through a failed boot with 6.17.0-29.
What I’ve Tried:
The past three months I have been going through all the posts on different boards/forums related to this issue, trying different types of fixes and none seemed to fix the issue my laptop is having.
I’m not sure where to look next at this point so any help would be greatly appreciated!
Ubuntu Version:
24.04.4 LTS
Relevant System Information:
lshw -short output
H/W path Device Class Description
system 81VV (LENOVO_MT_81VV_BU_idea_FM_IdeaPad S340-14IIL)
/0 bus LNVNB161216
/0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS
/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core™ i5-1035G1 CPU @ 1.00GHz
/0/4/6 memory 128KiB L1 cache
/0/4/7 memory 2MiB L2 cache
/0/4/8 memory 6MiB L3 cache
/0/5 memory 192KiB L1 cache
/0/26 memory 8GiB System Memory
/0/26/0 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous 2667 MHz (0.4 ns)
/0/26/1 memory 4GiB SODIMM DDR4 Synchronous 2667 MHz (0.4 ns)
/0/100 bridge Ice Lake-LP Processor Host Bridge/DRAM Registers
/0/100/2 /dev/fb0 display Iris Plus Graphics G1 (Ice Lake)
/0/100/4 generic Processor Power and Thermal Controller
/0/100/14 bus Ice Lake-LP USB 3.1 xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/0 usb1 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14/0/6 multimedia Integrated Camera
/0/100/14/0/a communication Bluetooth 9460/9560 Jefferson Peak (JfP)
/0/100/14/1 usb2 bus xHCI Host Controller
/0/100/14.2 memory RAM memory
/0/100/14.3 wlp0s20f3 network Ice Lake-LP PCH CNVi WiFi
/0/100/14.5 mmc1 bus Ice Lake-LP SD Controller
/0/100/15 bus Ice Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #0
/0/100/15.1 bus Ice Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #1
/0/100/15.2 bus Ice Lake-LP Serial IO I2C Controller #2
/0/100/16 communication Ice Lake-LP Management Engine
/0/100/17 storage Ice Lake-LP SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
/0/100/1a mmc2 bus Ice Lake-LP SD Host Controller
/0/100/1d bridge Ice Lake-LP PCI Express Root Port #9
/0/100/1d/0 mmc0 bus RTS522A PCI Express Card Reader
/0/100/1d.4 bridge Ice Lake-LP PCIe Port #13
/0/100/1d.4/0 /dev/nvme0 storage SAMSUNG MZVLB1T0HBLR-000L2
/0/100/1d.4/0/0 hwmon2 disk NVMe disk
/0/100/1d.4/0/2 /dev/ng0n1 disk NVMe disk
/0/100/1d.4/0/1 /dev/nvme0n1 disk 1024GB NVMe disk
/0/100/1d.4/0/1/1 /dev/nvme0n1p1 volume 1074MiB Windows FAT volume
/0/100/1d.4/0/1/2 /dev/nvme0n1p2 volume 2GiB EXT4 volume
/0/100/1d.4/0/1/3 /dev/nvme0n1p3 volume 950GiB EFI partition
/0/100/1f bridge Ice Lake-LP LPC Controller
/0/100/1f/0 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/1 system PnP device PNP0b00
/0/100/1f/2 input PnP device PNP0303
/0/100/1f/3 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/4 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/5 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/6 system PnP device PNP0c02
/0/100/1f/7 input10 input Ideapad extra buttons
/0/100/1f.3 card0 multimedia Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Technology Audio Controller
/0/100/1f.3/0 input12 input HDA Intel PCH Mic
/0/100/1f.3/1 input13 input HDA Intel PCH Headphone
/0/100/1f.3/2 input14 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3
/0/100/1f.3/3 input15 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7
/0/100/1f.3/4 input16 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8
/0/100/1f.3/5 input17 input HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=9
/0/100/1f.4 bus Ice Lake-LP SMBus Controller
/0/100/1f.5 bus Ice Lake-LP SPI Controller
/1 power CRB Battery 0
/2 power OEM Define 5
/3 input0 input Lid Switch
/4 input1 input Power Button
/5 input11 input Video Bus
/6 input2 input Power Button
/7 input3 input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard
/8 input7 input MSFT0004:01 06CB:7F28 Mouse
/9 input8 input MSFT0004:01 06CB:7F28 Touchpad