В Sat, 15 Feb 2014 09:36:02 +0700 (WIT)
My system, updated 13.1 Tumbleweed, is overcrowded with default kernels as shown below with "rpm -qa kernel-\*" kernel-firmware-20130714git-5.1.noarch kernel-default-3.13.1-12.1.gfc9498b.i586 kernel-default-3.11.6-4.1.i586 kernel-default-3.13.2-13.2.g97cc2ff.i586 kernel-default-3.13.2-13.1.g97cc2ff.i586 kernel-default-3.13.1-11.1.g5531b68.i586 kernel-default-3.13.2-14.1.gb59b809.i586
After using " systemctl start purge-kernels.service" and a reboot I found that nothing has changed. After a look into Yast> Service manager under purge-kernel> show details I got following info: purge-kernel purge-kernels.service - Purge old kernels Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/purge-kernels.service; enabled) Active: inactive (dead) start condition failed at Wed 2014-02-12 15:05:52 WIB; 20min ago ConditionPathExists=/boot/do_purge_kernels was not met Feb 12 15:05:47 linux-4i6w systemd[1]: Stopped Purge old kernels. Feb 12 15:05:52 linux-4i6w systemd[1]: Started Purge old kernels
What went wrong? Why is " systemctl start purge-kernels.service" notworking?
It quite clearly says it in status output - because to actually make it do anything file /boot/do_purge_kernels must be created first. This file is created by kernel RPM.
What is this kernel-firmware-20130714git-5.1.noarch doing on my kernel list?
You did not query for "kernel list". You queried for packages with name starting with "kernel-". You got exactly for you asked for. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org