On 2025-12-25, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a weird situation. I am upgrading an old system that was on 7.5. > > I upgraded 7.5 -> 7.6, then 7.6 -> 7.7 and now 7.7 -> 7.8. > > I ssh into the machine and run sysupgrade. > > When I give it 5 minutes, and then ssh back to it, the upgrade has not been > applied. > > However, if I connect a physical screen to the computer (via HDMI), and then > launch sysupgrade via ssh (the same thing), then the upgrade works. > > That makes no sense to me, but I've consistently seen that happening three > times now. > > Does anyone have an idea of what I should look into?
Happens with some machines, we don't know why. Workaround: leave an hdmi dummy plug connected. -- Please keep replies on the mailing list.
