“Kernel Panic” after upgrade Parrot OS

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

reboot

For Parrot OS users this might happen to you if you upgrade your OS to kernel 6.5.

I faced this situation recently. After watching videos and reading articles how to fix it, i found the solution in Parrot Security social media Discord.

Solution

The Kernel Panic is caused by the “xtrx-dkms, r8168-dkms, realtek-rtl8188eus-dkms, nvidia-kernel-dkms, and nvidia-driver” packages. To resolve the issue:

1. From the GRUB menu, select “Advanced Mode” and start Parrot OS 6.1 in Recovery Mode.
2. Purge the problematic packages:

sudo apt purge xtrx-dkms r8168-dkms realtek-rtl8188eus-dkms nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-driver

3. Update and upgrade again:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

4. Locate your Parrot OS partition:

sudo fdisk -l

5. Mount the partition:

sudo mount /dev/sda{your disk partition} /mnt

6. Update initramfs:

update-initramfs -u -k 6.5.0–3parrot1-amd64

7. Update GRUB:

sudo update-grub

Reboot, and it’s done.

GRUB

If you use dual boot and encounter issues with GRUB identifying other operating systems, you can find a solution here.

Feel free to leave a comment if you encounter any other errors.