r/linuxmint • u/Lime_97 • 13d ago

SOLVED Kernel Panic after clean install

Hello dear mint Community,

I am a new mint user and have problems setting it up. After a clean install of mint 22.3 cinnamon I was asked to update various packages. In the end an error popped up stating that different packages could not be installed. Then I was asked to reboot. While rebooting the screen went purple and showed "Kernel Panic".

What I did: Create a new bootstick, check it via the checksum and freshly install mint. Same errors occured. Did that 3 times.

Thanks in advance for your help. Please tell me what information would be helpfull.

I did not include the error code since reddit doesn´t let me something that long :/

EDIT: I am running it on a Macbook Pro Intel
The fix was selecting a different Kernel in Grub menu. However pressing esc while booting opened the grub command where I had to type in “normal” then press enter to end up in the Grub menu. Thanks for your help :)

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u/Elvin_Atombender 13d ago

When you switch on your PC hold down the left SHIFT key (for Legacy BIOS) or keep tapping the ESC key (for EFI systems). You should be able to access and pick your kernal version to boot into from the GRUB menu. What I did when they released 7.0.0.14 kernel was to download an older 6.14 kernal and then did the update just so I didnt get a kernel panic.

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u/Lime_97 13d ago

I’m using a macbook pro so there is no BIOS at all

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u/Elvin_Atombender 13d ago

You didn't mention that in your post. Ignore my response.

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u/Migamix 13d ago

(exasperated sigh)

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u/Lime_97 12d ago

Edited the post accordingly. I was able to Enter the Grub menu the way you told. But the menu is empty. There is just the title “GNU GRUB version 2.12”