On 04/07/2012 12:43 PM, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
2012/4/7 imnotpc<imno...@rock3d.net>:
On 04/07/2012 09:35 AM, Frank Griffin wrote:
On 04/07/2012 08:51 AM, imnotpc wrote:
I just discovered that when a new kernel package is installed the grub
menu entry is added to the bottom rather than the top. The result is that
the original kernel remains the default and new kernels not used. Most of my
systems are only accessed through ssh so I had no idea the new kernels
weren't being used and this only came to my attention today when another
update, probably dbus, broke the old kernel and hung all my boxes during
reboot.
I would think that if you install an update the expectation is that it
would be used by default. I haven't had time to check yet, but this may also
be the cause of other bugs I've been having. Is this a bug or intended
behavior?
Not so. The default uses the symlinks for vmlinuz and initrd which are
version-independent, and the kernel install redefines them to point to the
new kernel. The entry tacked on to the end uses the new versoins by name,
and is there so that after the next new kernel comes along you'll have an
entry to boot this one if you need to.
So the first and last menu entry are the same most recent version? Then this
is probably a bug since the symlink entry won't boot but the entry at the
bottom that lists the version by name boots fine.
Then something went wrong during installation of the new kernel. Could
you please show the output of
$ ls -l /boot
I don't think it effects this output, but just so you know I deleted
most of the unused entries from the grub menu and moved the most recent
version to the top so it would boot again if there was a power failure.
The curious thing is I expected vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2 to be here
but it isn't. This box has received every update that has come out.
[root@Cedar1 jalaramie]# ls -l /boot
total 20792
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 440 Apr 7 08:14 boot.backup.sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Apr 7 08:17 config ->
config-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 135041 Feb 16 09:36 config-3.2.6-desktop-3.mga2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 136931 Apr 4 06:15 config-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 21 19:03 dracut/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 537088 Apr 3 14:22 gfxmenu*
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 7 08:14 grub/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5715971 Apr 3 14:22 initrd-3.2.6-desktop-3.mga2.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5733762 Apr 5 07:32 initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Apr 5 07:32 initrd-desktop.img ->
initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 164560 Feb 16 09:36 symvers-3.2.6-desktop-3.mga2.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167956 Apr 4 06:15 symvers-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.xz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Apr 5 07:38 System.map ->
System.map-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1666973 Feb 16 09:36 System.map-3.2.6-desktop-3.mga2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1688349 Apr 4 06:15 System.map-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Apr 5 07:32 vmlinuz ->
vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2645840 Feb 16 09:36 vmlinuz-3.2.6-desktop-3.mga2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2663648 Apr 4 06:15 vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Apr 5 07:32 vmlinuz-desktop ->
vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
I checked this different box and it has entries for
vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2 and it also boots fine from the symlink entry:
[root@Admin1 jalaramie]# ls -l /boot
total 30272
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 440 Apr 7 12:31 boot.backup.hdb
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 440 Mar 23 12:37 boot.backup.sda
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 440 Mar 23 12:10 boot.backup.sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Apr 7 13:33 config ->
config-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 129667 Apr 2 20:00 config-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 129667 Apr 4 05:45 config-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 21 19:03 dracut/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 537088 Apr 3 13:57 gfxmenu*
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Apr 7 12:31 grub/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6735357 Apr 5 10:59 initrd-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6733158 Apr 5 10:59 initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Apr 5 07:32 initrd-desktop.img ->
initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Apr 5 07:32 initrd.img ->
initrd-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6569876 Apr 3 13:57 initrd.img.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167668 Apr 2 20:00 symvers-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 167668 Apr 4 05:45 symvers-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2.xz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Apr 5 07:37 System.map ->
System.map-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2165824 Apr 2 20:00 System.map-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2165824 Apr 4 05:45 System.map-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Apr 5 07:32 vmlinuz ->
vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2731232 Apr 2 20:00 vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-1.mga2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2731072 Apr 4 05:45 vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Apr 5 07:32 vmlinuz-desktop ->
vmlinuz-3.3.1-desktop-2.mga2
