https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1228929 Bug ID: 1228929 Summary: kernel installation fails to build an initrd Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Tumbleweed Version: Current Hardware: x86-64 OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Basesystem Assignee: dracut-maintainers@suse.de Reporter: mrmazda@earthlink.net QA Contact: qa-bugs@suse.de CC: martin.wilck@suse.com Target Milestone: --- Found By: --- Blocker: --- Created attachment 876513 --> https://bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cgi?id=876513&action=edit journal .tgz Initial summary: kernel installation fails to build an initrd # inxi -S System: Host: p5bse Kernel: 6.7.9-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Console: pty pts/0 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240806 # df / Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/sda14 6456747 5140673 984658 84% / # zypper --no-refresh se -s -i scriptl | grep 'package ' i | suse-module-tools-scriptlets | package | 16.0.48-1.1 | x86_64 | OSS # time rpm -ivh ./kernel-default-6.8.9-1.1.x86_64.rpm ### . is an NFS mount Verifying... ################################# [100%] Preparing... ################################# [100%] Updating / installing... 1:kernel-default-6.8.9-1.1 ################################# [100%] real 0m40.537s user 0m24.840s sys 0m1.679s # ls -lrtGg /boot | tail -rw------- 1 16474240 Jun 14 15:24 initrd-6.7.9-1-default lrwxrwxrwx 1 29 Aug 6 17:42 .vmlinuz.hmac -> .vmlinuz-6.8.9-1-default.hmac lrwxrwxrwx 1 48 Aug 6 17:42 .vmlinuz-6.8.9-1-default.hmac -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/.vmlinuz.hmac lrwxrwxrwx 1 42 Aug 6 17:42 vmlinuz-6.8.9-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/vmlinuz lrwxrwxrwx 1 23 Aug 6 17:42 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-6.8.9-1-default lrwxrwxrwx 1 45 Aug 6 17:42 System.map-6.8.9-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/System.map lrwxrwxrwx 1 46 Aug 6 17:42 sysctl.conf-6.8.9-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/sysctl.conf lrwxrwxrwx 1 22 Aug 6 17:42 initrd -> initrd-6.8.9-1-default -rw-r--r-- 1 0 Aug 6 17:42 do_purge_kernels lrwxrwxrwx 1 41 Aug 6 17:42 config-6.8.9-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.8.9-1-default/config # dracut --kver 6.8.9-1-default dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --kver 6.8.9-1-default ... dracut[I]: *** Creating image file '/boot/initrd-6.8.9-1-default' *** dracut[I]: *** Creating initramfs image file '/boot/initrd-6.8.9-1-default' done *** # ls -lrtGg /boot/initrd-6.8.9-1-default -rw------- 1 16677212 Aug 6 18:05 /boot/initrd-6.8.9-1-default # Note absence of freshly created initrd before I ran dracut. This failure to complete kernel installation by automatically building an initrd (with dracut) has happened on various systems at least 6 times in recent weeks on various TW (and Slowroll?) installations. It only occurs on a random basis. By far most kernel installations in the same period have proceeded as expected. I have yet to fail manually running dracut after kernel installation fails to run it. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.