Re: [CentOS] Server entering Emergency Shell, but continues fine after pressing Enter

2020-09-12 Thread Simon Matter
> On 11 Sep 2020 17:23:00, Gordon Messmer wrote: >> Run "systemctl daemon-reload && echo success" and verify that it >> reports success, and not errors. >> >> Check the output of "systemctl status initrd-cleanup" too. > > Those have always reported success (even before I removed the OnFailure > opt

Re: [CentOS] Server entering Emergency Shell, but continues fine after pressing Enter

2020-09-12 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 9/11/20 5:29 PM, Quinn Comendant wrote: Those have always reported success (even before I removed the OnFailure option): In that case, I'd revert the change you made, unlock the root account so that you can use the emergency shell, let the system boot to an emergency shell, and collect th

Re: [CentOS] Server entering Emergency Shell, but continues fine after pressing Enter

2020-09-12 Thread Quinn Comendant
On 12 Sep 2020 11:40:48, Gordon Messmer wrote: > In that case, I'd revert the change you made, unlock the root account > so that you can use the emergency shell, let the system boot to an > emergency shell, and collect the output of "systemctl status > initrd-parse-etc.service" and "journalctl -

Re: [CentOS] Server entering Emergency Shell, but continues fine after pressing Enter

2020-09-12 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 9/12/20 1:04 PM, Quinn Comendant wrote: I don't see any errors from `systemctl status initrd-parse-etc.service` or `journalctl -b 0` (I've pasted the full output here:https://write.as/at21opjv3o9fin1t.txt) I see errors in the journalctl output.  Look into these: Sep 12 19:41:12 myhost s

Re: [CentOS] Server entering Emergency Shell, but continues fine after pressing Enter

2020-09-12 Thread Quinn Comendant
On 12 Sep 2020 13:40:40, Gordon Messmer wrote: > I see errors in the journalctl output. Look into these: The `setfont` errors also occur on other VMs that do boot successfully. Their hardware configuration only differs in the amount of disk space and RAM assigned. > Unknown lvalue 'TimeoutSec

Re: [CentOS] Server entering Emergency Shell, but continues fine after pressing Enter

2020-09-12 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 9/12/20 1:04 PM, Quinn Comendant wrote: [root@myhost ~] systemctl status initrd-switch-root.service ● initrd-switch-root.service - Switch Root Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/initrd-switch-root.service; static; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: signal) since Sat

Re: [CentOS] Server entering Emergency Shell, but continues fine after pressing Enter

2020-09-12 Thread Quinn Comendant
On 12 Sep 2020 15:34:29, Gordon Messmer wrote: > Ah, this seems to be a known issue with the update to 7.8: > https://access.redhat.com/solutions/4973191 Yess! That's it! The Diagnostic Steps confirmed that issue affected this server, and applying the resolution fixed it. 💯 Thank you! Quin

[CentOS] "Not using downloaded epel/repomd.xml"

2020-09-12 Thread Nicolas Kovacs
Hi, I'm regularly getting spammed by my own servers, with the following message: /etc/cron.hourly/0yum-hourly.cron: Not using downloaded epel/repomd.xml because it is older than what we have: Current : Sat Sep 12 19:05:04 2020 Downloaded: Thu Sep 10 19:12:19 2020 How can I make this nonse