Re: FC31 upgrade notes

2019-11-08 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/9/19 1:22 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 11/8/19 8:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 11/9/19 9:24 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Here are my upgrade notes on Fedora 30 to 31. not that they are specific to me.  Let me know if you want me to expound on any of them. Hope it help

Re: grub2 always defaults to old kernel despite correct configuration

2019-11-08 Thread Tim via users
On Fri, 2019-11-08 at 06:20 +, Not Random wrote: > /etc/default/grub contains: > GRUB_DEFAULT=saved > which as you say is the default for Fedora. > > There's no benefit in changing /etc/default/grub as it is already set > correctly. I think the problem is that just tells Fedora to use the pre

Re: FC31 upgrade notes

2019-11-08 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 11/8/19 8:42 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 11/9/19 9:24 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Here are my upgrade notes on Fedora 30 to 31. not that they are specific to me.  Let me know if you want me to expound on any of them. Hope it helps someone else: -T FC 30 -->> FC 31: https://docs

Re: grub2 always defaults to old kernel despite correct configuration

2019-11-08 Thread Not Random
> I have no idea how it determines the newest, but the saved > kernel is saved in the grubenv file which you can edit > with the grub2-editenv command (but only after getting > hundreds of errors because the command line syntax > for editenv is very obscure and easy to scre up :-). Thank you. T

Re: FC31 upgrade notes

2019-11-08 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/9/19 9:24 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: Hi All, Here are my upgrade notes on Fedora 30 to 31. not that they are specific to me.  Let me know if you want me to expound on any of them. Hope it helps someone else: -T FC 30 -->> FC 31: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf

Re: F31 upgrade non-starter [SOLVED] [SUCCESS]

2019-11-08 Thread Temlakos
On 11/8/19 9:05 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 11/9/19 9:34 AM, Temlakos wrote: On 11/8/19 8:08 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 11/9/19 9:04 AM, Temlakos wrote: The log at /var/log/dnf.log has a "CRITICAL ERROR" message--something about having conflicting commands and not being able to install the "best"

Re: F31 upgrade non-starter

2019-11-08 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/9/19 9:34 AM, Temlakos wrote: On 11/8/19 8:08 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 11/9/19 9:04 AM, Temlakos wrote: The log at /var/log/dnf.log has a "CRITICAL ERROR" message--something about having conflicting commands and not being able to install the "best" version. They suggest  passing the --sk

Re: F31 upgrade non-starter *RESENT*

2019-11-08 Thread Temlakos
On 11/8/19 8:10 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 11/9/19 8:40 AM, Temlakos wrote: If anyone wants to see logs, I ask just one thing: tell me what are their names, and in what folder I will find them. Then I'll be happy to copy and paste them. First question.  Do you have python3-dnf-plugin-system-u

Re: F31 upgrade non-starter

2019-11-08 Thread Temlakos
On 11/8/19 8:08 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 11/9/19 9:04 AM, Temlakos wrote: The log at /var/log/dnf.log has a "CRITICAL ERROR" message--something about having conflicting commands and not being able to install the "best" version. They suggest passing the --skip-broken switch. First, post the ex

Re: GRUB and nonstandard EFI partitions

2019-11-08 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 11/8/19 2:36 PM, Kad Zayar via users wrote: On 07/11/2019 23:59, stan via users wrote: press the key that opens the machine firmware (used to be called BIOS, but it isn't really any more), usually F2 or Del.  Then look at the boot menu provided, and select the UEFI version of the install medi

FC31 upgrade notes

2019-11-08 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
Hi All, Here are my upgrade notes on Fedora 30 to 31. not that they are specific to me. Let me know if you want me to expound on any of them. Hope it helps someone else: -T FC 30 -->> FC 31: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/dnf-system-upgrade/ # rpm --rebuilddb # rpm -Va --nof

Re: F31 upgrade non-starter

2019-11-08 Thread Simon
Hi, Run this command: journalctl -r Then search 'Failed to start System Upgrade using DNF' or 'system-upgrade'. Can you find any matching line? If so, you may also see some errors related to this issue. Fix that error should let you upgrade to F31. On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 8:41 AM Temlakos wrot

Re: F31 upgrade non-starter *RESENT*

2019-11-08 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/9/19 8:40 AM, Temlakos wrote: If anyone wants to see logs, I ask just one thing: tell me what are their names, and in what folder I will find them. Then I'll be happy to copy and paste them. First question.  Do you have python3-dnf-plugin-system-upgrade-4.0.7-2.fc30 installed?  It is the

Re: F31 upgrade non-starter

2019-11-08 Thread Ed Greshko
On 11/9/19 9:04 AM, Temlakos wrote: The log at /var/log/dnf.log has a "CRITICAL ERROR" message--something about having conflicting commands and not being able to install the "best" version. They suggest  passing the --skip-broken switch. First, post the exact "errors". Questions: 1. How do

Re: F31 upgrade non-starter

2019-11-08 Thread Temlakos
On 11/8/19 7:40 PM, Temlakos wrote: Everyone: I just tried to upgrade to F31. And I couldn't get past a few seconds in the upgrade environment before it "failed out" and rebooted to F30, after touching nothing. For the record: I started by running: sudo dnf upgrade --refresh When one of my

F31 upgrade non-starter

2019-11-08 Thread Temlakos
Everyone: I just tried to upgrade to F31. And I couldn't get past a few seconds in the upgrade environment before it "failed out" and rebooted to F30, after touching nothing. For the record: I started by running: sudo dnf upgrade --refresh When one of my packages (a third-party package name

Re: GRUB and nonstandard EFI partitions

2019-11-08 Thread Kad Zayar via users
On 07/11/2019 23:59, stan via users wrote: press the key that opens the machine firmware (used to be called BIOS, but it isn't really any more), usually F2 or Del. Then look at the boot menu provided, and select the UEFI version of the install media to boot. That will boot it in EFI mode, and i

Re: Fedora 30 workstation keeps crashing...

2019-11-08 Thread linux guy
Hi people. I'm happy to report that my computer no longer crashes. I made 2 changes: - I uninstalled the broadcom-wl package and started using a wired network connection. - I upgraded to Fedora 31. I also noticed that the crashes seem to have happened when I was running openOffice-Libre. It ap

Re: grub2 always defaults to old kernel despite correct configuration

2019-11-08 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 06:20:30 - Not Random wrote: > I need to understand how Fedora/grub determines the newest kernel as that > logic is somehow broken. I have no idea how it determines the newest, but the saved kernel is saved in the grubenv file which you can edit with the grub2-editenv com

Re: VPN options

2019-11-08 Thread Claire Filloux
> I am planning on running a Virtual Private Network from my Fedora > firewall out to a UML virtual colo (running RH9) at another site. > That site will be the place I present services to the world; > httpd, ssh, sftp, smtp. This is to comply with the "no servers" > and dynamic ip restrictions o

Re: grub2 always defaults to old kernel despite correct configuration

2019-11-08 Thread Not Random
> What is the output of "grub2-editenv list"? As mentioned: # grub2-editenv list saved_entry=2dc3a3c6f8494c8fb93c27f99dc3a246-5.3.8-300.fc31.x86_64 boot_success=1 boot_indeterminate=0 kernelopts=root=UUID=ac6336b1-7fd2-43d7-af44-51b592f3ab8f ro rhgb quiet The saved_entry field matches what grubb