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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> +</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> +You are missing the symlink initrd.img -> initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img + +that is used on default setups... + +-- +Thomas +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="006903.html">[Mageia-discuss] Bug or Feature? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="006905.html">[Mageia-discuss] Bug or Feature? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#6904">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#6904">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#6904">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#6904">[ 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> |