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The result is that +</I>>>>>>><i> the original kernel remains the default and new kernels not used. Most of my +</I>>>>>>><i> systems are only accessed through ssh so I had no idea the new kernels +</I>>>>>>><i> weren't being used and this only came to my attention today when another +</I>>>>>>><i> update, probably dbus, broke the old kernel and hung all my boxes during +</I>>>>>>><i> reboot. +</I>>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>>><i> I would think that if you install an update the expectation is that it +</I>>>>>>><i> would be used by default. I haven't had time to check yet, but this may also +</I>>>>>>><i> be the cause of other bugs I've been having. Is this a bug or intended +</I>>>>>>><i> behavior? +</I>>>>>>><i> +</I>>>>>><i> Not so. The default uses the symlinks for vmlinuz and initrd which are +</I>>>>>><i> version-independent, and the kernel install redefines them to point to the +</I>>>>>><i> new kernel. The entry tacked on to the end uses the new versoins by name, +</I>>>>>><i> and is there so that after the next new kernel comes along you'll have an +</I>>>>>><i> entry to boot this one if you need to. +</I>>>>><i> So the first and last menu entry are the same most recent version? Then this +</I>>>>><i> is probably a bug since the symlink entry won't boot but the entry at the +</I>>>>><i> bottom that lists the version by name boots fine. +</I>>>><i> Then something went wrong during installation of the new kernel. Could +</I>>>><i> you please show the output of +</I>>>><i> +</I>>>><i> $ ls -l /boot +</I>>>><i> +</I>>><i> I don't think it effects this output, but just so you know I deleted +</I>>><i> most of the unused entries from the grub menu and moved the most recent +</I>>><i> version to the top so it would boot again if there was a power failure. +</I>>><i> The curious thing is I expected vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2 to be here +</I>>><i> but it isn't. This box has received every update that has come out. +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> [<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">root at Cedar1</A> jalaramie]# ls -l /boot +</I>>><i> total 20792 +</I>>><i> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 440 Apr 7 08:14 boot.backup.sda +</I>>><i> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Apr 7 08:17 config -> +</I>>><i> config-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2 +</I>>><i> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135041 Feb 16 09:36 config-3.2.6-desktop-3.mga2 +</I>>><i> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 136931 Apr 4 06:15 config-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2 +</I>>><i> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 21 19:03 dracut/ +</I>>><i> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 537088 Apr 3 14:22 gfxmenu* +</I>>><i> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 7 08:14 grub/ +</I>>><i> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5715971 Apr 3 14:22 initrd-3.2.6-desktop-3.mga2.img +</I>>><i> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5733762 Apr 5 07:32 initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img +</I>>><i> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Apr 5 07:32 initrd-desktop.img -> +</I>>><i> initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img +</I>><i> You are missing the symlink initrd.img -> initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img +</I>><i> +</I>><i> that is used on default setups... +</I>><i> +</I>><i> -- +</I>><i> Thomas +</I> +I found this in the system log for this box: + +Apr 5 07:31:32 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: HDIO_GETGEO on /dev/sda succeeded: heads=255 sectors=63 cylinders=9729 start=0 +Apr 5 07:31:32 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: id2hd: 0x0007920f=>sda +Apr 5 07:31:32 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: id2edd: 0x0007920f=>/sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev80 +Apr 5 07:31:32 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: geometry_from_edd sda 0x0007920f: 9729/255/63 +Apr 5 07:31:32 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: test_for_bad_drives(/dev/sda on sector #62) +Apr 5 07:31:32 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: running: blkid -o udev -p /dev/sda +Apr 5 07:31:32 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: running: blkid -o udev -p /dev/sda +Apr 5 07:31:32 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: found a dos partition table on /dev/sda at sector 0 +Apr 5 07:31:32 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: guess_geometry_from_partition_table sda: 9729/255/63 +Apr 5 07:31:32 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: running: blkid -o udev -p /dev/sda1 +Apr 5 07:31:33 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: blkid gave: swap 9b788175-efe0-41a6-8220-8c3e4b7e0dd4 +Apr 5 07:31:33 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: running: blkid -o udev -p /dev/sda5 +Apr 5 07:31:33 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: blkid gave: ext4 3d52f62b-fb08-4018-b0e5-5c792022be76 +Apr 5 07:31:33 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: running: blkid -o udev -p /dev/sda6 +Apr 5 07:31:33 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: blkid gave: ext4 143f3efc-a8da-4470-819e-94b6d1342ef2 +Apr 5 07:31:34 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: perImageAppend is now splash quiet resume=UUID=9b788175-efe0-41a6-8220-8c3e4b7e0dd4 +Apr 5 07:31:34 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: adding /boot/vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2 +Apr 5 07:31:34 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: running: mkinitrd -f /boot/initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img 3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2 +Apr 5 07:32:00 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: running: /usr/share/bootsplash/scripts/make-boot-splash /boot/initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img 800 +Apr 5 07:32:10 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: ERROR: /boot/initrd.img is not a symbolic link +Apr 5 07:32:10 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: replacing /boot/vmlinuz with /boot/vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2 for bootloader label linux +Apr 5 07:32:10 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: entries linux do not have same kernel_or_dev: /boot/vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2 ne /boot/vmlinuz +Apr 5 07:32:10 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: entries desktop 3.3.1-1.mga2 do not have same initrd: /boot/initrd-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2.img ne /boot/initrd.img +Apr 5 07:32:10 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: current labels: linux linux-nonfb failsafe desktop 3.2.6-3.mga2 desktop 3.3.1-1.mga2 alt_desktop 3.3.1-1.mga2 +Apr 5 07:32:10 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: adding /boot/vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2 +Apr 5 07:32:10 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: current labels: linux linux-nonfb failsafe desktop 3.2.6-3.mga2 desktop 3.3.1-1.mga2 alt_desktop 3.3.1-1.mga2 desktop 3.3.1-2.mga2 +Apr 5 07:32:10 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: writing grub config to /boot/grub/menu.lst + + +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006905.html">[Mageia-discuss] Bug or Feature? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006907.html">[Mageia-discuss] Bug or Feature? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6906">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6906">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6906">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6906">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |