Problem with kernel 3.3.7-1.fc17

[dhirajhazra]

Hello,

I have just upgraded to fc17 from fc16 using preupgrade. It went fine except the kernel is kernel 3.3.7-1.fc16 although it is showing that it has already installed kernel 3.3.7-1.fc17.

Here are the list of my kernels : Output from rpm -qa|grep kernel

kernel-headers-3.3.7-1.fc17.x86_64
kernel-3.3.7-1.fc16.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.3.7-1.fc16.x86_64
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.10-3.fc17.x86_64
kernel-3.3.7-1.fc17.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.3.7-1.fc17.x86_64
texlive-l3kernel-2011-8.SVN_3209.svn25157.noarch
kernel-tools-3.3.7-1.fc17.x86_64
kernel-3.3.6-3.fc16.x86_64
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.0.8-4.fc16.x86_64
kernel-headers-3.3.7-1.fc16.x86_64
kernel-devel-3.3.6-3.fc16.x86_64
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.0.7-2.fc16.x86_64

The grub was not updated with the fc17 kernel. I have nvidia and broadcom-wl and I have the corresponding drivers installed for fc17 as well.

rpm -qa|grep nvidia

kmod-nvidia-3.3.7-1.fc16.x86_64-295.53-1.fc16.1.x86_64
nvidia-settings-1.0-17.fc16.x86_64
nvidia-settings-1.0-18.fc17.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-295.53-1.fc17.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.3.6-3.fc16.x86_64-295.53-1.fc16.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-3.3.7-1.fc17.x86_64-295.53-1.fc17.2.x86_64
nvidia-xconfig-1.0-15.fc16.x86_64
nvidia-xconfig-1.0-16.fc17.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-295.53-1.fc17.x86_64
kmod-nvidia-295.53-1.fc17.2.x86_64

rpm -qa|grep broadcom && rpm -qa|grep kmod-wl

broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-2.fc17.1.noarch
kmod-wl-3.3.7-1.fc17.x86_64-5.100.82.112-2.fc17.12.x86_64
kmod-wl-3.3.6-3.fc16.x86_64-5.100.82.112-2.fc16.23.x86_64
kmod-wl-5.100.82.112-2.fc17.12.x86_64
kmod-wl-3.3.7-1.fc16.x86_64-5.100.82.112-2.fc16.24.x86_64

As the grub was not updated I have updated that with

grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

After reboot in the grub I see 2 options for linux.

1. Fedora linux
2. Advanced options for Fedora Linux

The fedora linux is for fc17 kernel and if I select that it shows

error: file not found
error: file not found

Then tries to boot and shows

Unable to open ($devnode)

and leaves me in $dracut prompt.....

I am now using fc 17 with 3.3.6 kernel for fc16. Can anyone please help me in this regard ??? With these old kernel my laptop refuses to shutdown. It freezes to a point and the caps lock blinks frequently............


Thanks and Regards,

Dhiraj

[GoinEasy9]

Look through this thread. Post #17 might help, sounds like the same problem.
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showth...=280238&page=2

[dhirajhazra]

I have updated the problem in the thread you have redirected me. Please take a look. I am really in a bad shape with my laptop. Not able to have a successful boot with any kernel.

[thanson]

I had this problem too. I fixed it, by editing /boot/grub2/grub.cfg and changing the lines under the fedora 17 entries from

linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.3.7-1.fc17.x86_64 root=UUID=17077d31-9da7-4436-9030-1d7552cf1c06 ro quiet rhgb acpi_osi='!Windows 2009

to

linux /boot/vmlinuz-3.3.7-1.fc16.x86_64 root=/dev/sda3 ro quiet rhgb acpi_osi='!Windows 2009

The key being changing root to a /dev/sda# instead of a UUID. To determine the sda# you can use the blkid command to find the /dev/sda# that corresponds with your UUID.

[dhirajhazra]

Thanks for the comment. After a long try I had to do a fresh install. I am really thinking that if I had received the reply a few days back, it could have spared the the trouble of fresh install. But thanks again. This shall surely help in future problems.
Dhiraj

[sist]

Hi! I had same problem. If somebody intrested i can put more information.
I could solve it with reinstall of kernel package.
But before you should:
- install kernel-debug
- boot with it and single option for linux in grub
- then 'yum reinstall kernel-x.y.z'
- reboot

[droidhacker]

At this point, you can just run a "yum update kernel" to 3.4, and call it good.

[sist]

Originally Posted by droidhacker

At this point, you can just run a "yum update kernel" to 3.4, and call it good.

yes, you write... but i had other problem:
during upgrade i got some internet connection break.
kernel had allready newest verion 3.4.0-1....
installation was broken througth upgrade of moodle package
After that the upgraded packges was not really cleaned

I think it has to be broadcastet
"moodle has to be deleted before upgrade your fedora to 17"

So, it was some grub manipulation to get boot and reinstall of kernel
You cannot reinstall the running kernel

Regards.