Re: [opensuse-factory] New Tumbleweed snapshot 20161226 released! - Boot failure w/4.9 kernel

Hi Patrick! Am Mittwoch, 28. Dezember 2016, 18:21:44 CET schrieb Patrick Shanahan:

* Dominique Leuenberger [12-28-16 08:00]:

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Please note that this mail was generated by a script. The described changes are computed based on the x86_64 DVD. The full online repo contains too many changes to be listed here.

Please check the known defects of this snapshot before upgrading: https://openqa.opensuse.org/tests/overview?distri=opensuse&groupid=1&versi on=Tumbleweed&build=20161226

When you reply to report some issues, make sure to change the subject. It is not helpful to keep the release announcement subject in a thread while discussing a specific problem.

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Packages changed: [....]

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kernel-source (4.8.14 -> 4.9.0)

lost internet connection during this update/grade re: previous msg about wpa_supplicant.

Got remote system, "toshiba", back up via physical access, completed the update and rebooted to new 4.9 kernel. Grub presents selection screen and selecting 4.9 kernel flashes screen and system reboots, and reboots and ...

Selected 4.8.14 kernel and system boot completes. Removed and reinstalled 4.9 kernel, but still cannot boot to it.

How to trouble shoot / where to look for problem?

Maybe it hasn't run mkinitrd/dracut at the end of the update. Booting with the previous kernel and running mkinitrd (which runs dracut for all kernels installed, incuding the new one) may help. Herbert