[Mageia-discuss] New kernel cant boot and it killed MCC update

Sat Aug 25 14:22:09 CEST 2012

On 08/24/2012 09:31 PM, Jim Whitby wrote:
+> On 08/24/2012 09:24 PM, Jim Whitby wrote:
+>
+> <snip>
+>>
+>> Yes. That worked just fine. Running the new kernel and nvidia ( well,
+>> I think so anyway, the machine is not here, but X and kdm are  running ).
+>>
+>> Again Thanks!
+>>
+>>
+>
+> I should add that I did a update ( which did complete ), before I rebooted.
+>
+Running the x86 version here. My update froze for unknown reasons while 
+downloading one of the nvidia packages(I forget which one now), with 
+part of the updates installed and others not. I knew interrupting it 
+would be a problem, so I let it go for 30 minutes before finally giving 
+up. At that point I couldn't run the updates again to finish them off, 
+so I attempted a reboot. That failed, no matter which kernel I tried, 
+though at different spots.
+
+After blistering my monitor screen with curses, I decided that what with 
+not knowing what was mucked up and what wasn't, what might be hiding 
+waiting to bite me in the backside later, the only sensible thing to do 
+was a new install from the DVD. Four hours later, everything is back, 
+updated, and functioning.
+
+A very Microsoft-like procedure to be sure, but it worked.
+
+TJ
+
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