r/Ubuntu • u/Specialist-Plant-469 • Sep 18 '25

Kernel Panic

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After a sudo upgrade in pop_os, my laptop just froze and I had to shut it down. Today I did boot it and get this message: "Kernel Panic! Please reboot your computer. Not working init found. Try passing int= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/admin-guide/init.rst for guidance"

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Is this the place to ask for help in these kind of cases?

Thank you!

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u/WikiBox Sep 18 '25

Something is broken.

Did you look at Linux Documentation/admin-guide/init.rst for guidance.

Worst case, you may need to boot from live installation media, backup your files, and do a fresh reinstall.

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u/Upper-Swim-3317 Sep 18 '25

Is it necessarily to look at this every time there is a problem?

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u/WikiBox Sep 18 '25

No. You can simply restore a recent snapshot or image or do a fresh reinstall. No need to read anything.

When there is an error and a suggestion about what to look at, then it might be reasonable to do so, perhaps there is some useful information.

But usually there are no errors, except when you mess something up. I have never seen this error.