On 10/04/14 04:17, jd1008 wrote: > I think the installation of the non-free driver when I was still running > 3.14.9.200, > saved the initramfs of that kernel as > initramfs-3.14.9-200.fc20.x86_64-nouveau.img > So, with several updates afterwards, 3.14.9.200 kernel was removed by yum. > But the initramfs file which was saved by installing the invidia kmod was not > removed because it was not part of the package of kernel-3.14.9..... (since > it was saved with a different name). > > But your question is indeed valid, as I do not know how it is that I take the > initramfs > of an older kernel, copy it to the initramfs of current kernel and that fixed > the > resolution problem. > So, I webt back and booted into 3.16.3.200 and ran dracut -f > and rebooted. > And the problem is fixed, and the initramfs is genuinely that of kernel > 3.16.3-200 > > Did the same for kernel 3.16.2-20[01] . > > So, all is well and problem resolved.
If, after just moving the 3.14.9 to the 3.16.2-201 initramfs you had rebooted and did a "uname -r" you would have found that you were running the 3.14.9 kernel as that is what is in the initramfs. You would have further found that if you plugged in a USB pen drive it would have failed since plugging in the drive would have triggered the install of the usb_storage module from the 3.16.2-201 kernel (from on disk) which is a mismatch. Your action of rebuilding the 3.16.2-201 and 3.16.3.200 fixed that. Happy all is well for you now. -- If you can't laugh at yourself, others will gladly oblige. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
