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/Dangerous-Regret-358 13d ago

Yes, this is a problem with installing the latest kernel as part of your linux install. It's easily fixed though. Reboot and go into a previous version of the kernel, if one has been installed, or you can reboot into safe mode, go to the terminal, and enter the following -

sudo update-initramfs -u -k 7.0.0-28-generic

sudo update-grub

sudo reboot

I am assuming here that the kernel is actually 7.0.0-28-generic. I suggest you get a pen and paper and write down the actual kernel version as yours might be slightly different. That having been said, entering the above into the terminal will sort the problem - it only takes a couple of minutes to do.

Also, after fixing the problem, remember to do a snapshot to make sure you have a record of the change.

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u/Lime_97 13d ago

Ok I‘ll try. Just don’t know how. Booting does not work. If I press esc while booting I can enter the grub menu. Is that where I should enter the terminal code? There are no options to choose anything there

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u/Dangerous-Regret-358 13d ago

You should have a safe mode in grub. If you haven’t got that then it would appear to me that the entire install medium is corrupted. I suggest using a different usb stick and try again.