I haven't been counting, nor tracking where, but it just happened again, probably
about number 6. Follow-up by creating one with dracut is a nuisance, but has
succeeded every time so far.
# inxi -SC
System:
Host: g5eas Kernel: 6.6.28-1-longterm arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Console: pty pts/2 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20240512
CPU:
Info: single core model: Intel Pentium 4 bits: 64 type: MT cache: L2: 2 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3200 min/max: N/A cores: 1: 3200 2: 3200
# zypsek
zypper --no-refresh se -sx kernel-default kernel-longterm | grep -Ev 'srcp|oading|eading' | grep -E 'x86_64|noarch'
il | kernel-default | package | 6.5.9-1.3 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
il | kernel-default | package | 6.4.12-1.13 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
vl | kernel-default | package | 6.8.8-1.1 | x86_64 | OSS
il | kernel-longterm | package | 6.6.28-1.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
il | kernel-longterm | package | 6.6.23-1.1 | x86_64 | (System Packages)
vl | kernel-longterm | package | 6.6.30-1.1 | x86_64 | OSS
# time rpm -ivh /nfs/00srv/pub/Linux/Suse/Factory/kernel-longterm-6.6.30-1.1.x86_64.rpm
Verifying... ################################# [100%]
Preparing... ################################# [100%]
Updating / installing...
1:kernel-longterm-6.6.30-1.1 ################################# [100%]
real 0m50.089s
user 0m46.108s
sys 0m2.937s
# ls -gGl initrd-6* vmlinuz-6*
-rw------- 1 16298676 Oct 6 2023 initrd-6.4.12-1-default
-rw------- 1 17166784 Nov 21 22:21 initrd-6.5.9-1-default
-rw------- 1 17270132 Mar 30 22:17 initrd-6.6.23-1-longterm
-rw------- 1 17255168 Apr 24 01:09 initrd-6.6.28-1-longterm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 43 Oct 6 2023 vmlinuz-6.4.12-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.4.12-1-default/vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 42 Nov 21 22:20 vmlinuz-6.5.9-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.5.9-1-default/vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 44 Mar 30 22:17 vmlinuz-6.6.23-1-longterm -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.6.23-1-longterm/vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 44 Apr 24 01:08 vmlinuz-6.6.28-1-longterm -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.6.28-1-longterm/vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 44 May 13 23:14 vmlinuz-6.6.30-1-longterm -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.6.30-1-longterm/vmlinuz
# journalctl -b | grep racut # nothing noteworthy in dmesg
May 13 17:40:44 g5eas systemd[1]: Starting dracut ask for additional cmdline parameters...
May 13 17:40:44 g5eas systemd[1]: Finished dracut ask for additional cmdline parameters.
May 13 17:40:44 g5eas systemd[1]: Starting dracut cmdline hook...
May 13 17:40:44 g5eas dracut-cmdline[193]: dracut-059+suse.563.g4900899a-1.1
May 13 17:40:44 g5eas dracut-cmdline[193]: Using kernel command line parameters: root=LABEL=m25p15stw rootfstype=ext4 rootflags=rw,noatime root=LABEL=m25p15stw ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 noresume consoleblank=0 mitigations=off vga=791 video=1440x900@60 drm.debug=0x1e log_bug_len=2M
May 13 17:40:44 g5eas systemd[1]: Finished dracut cmdline hook.
May 13 17:40:45 g5eas systemd[1]: Starting dracut pre-udev hook...
May 13 17:40:45 g5eas systemd[1]: Finished dracut pre-udev hook.
May 13 17:40:45 g5eas systemd[1]: dracut pre-trigger hook was skipped because no trigger condition checks were met.
May 13 17:40:45 g5eas systemd[1]: Starting dracut initqueue hook...
May 13 17:40:48 g5eas systemd[1]: Finished dracut initqueue hook.
May 13 17:40:48 g5eas systemd[1]: dracut pre-mount hook was skipped because no trigger condition checks were met.
May 13 17:40:49 g5eas systemd[1]: dracut mount hook was skipped because no trigger condition checks were met.
May 13 17:40:49 g5eas systemd[1]: dracut pre-pivot and cleanup hook was skipped because no trigger condition checks were met.
May 13 17:40:49 g5eas systemd[1]: dracut-initqueue.service: Deactivated successfully.
May 13 17:40:49 g5eas systemd[1]: Stopped dracut initqueue hook.
May 13 17:40:49 g5eas systemd[1]: dracut-pre-udev.service: Deactivated successfully.
May 13 17:40:49 g5eas systemd[1]: Stopped dracut pre-udev hook.
May 13 17:40:49 g5eas systemd[1]: dracut-cmdline.service: Deactivated successfully.
May 13 17:40:49 g5eas systemd[1]: Stopped dracut cmdline hook.
May 13 17:40:49 g5eas systemd[1]: dracut-cmdline-ask.service: Deactivated successfully.
May 13 17:40:49 g5eas systemd[1]: Stopped dracut ask for additional cmdline parameters.
May 13 22:59:09 g5eas [RPM][3695]: erase dracut-059+suse.563.g4900899a-1.1.x86_64: success
May 13 22:59:09 g5eas [RPM][3695]: install dracut-059+suse.581.g19b7c06c-1.1.x86_64: success
May 13 22:59:09 g5eas [RPM][3695]: erase dracut-059+suse.563.g4900899a-1.1.x86_64: success
May 13 22:59:09 g5eas [RPM][3695]: install dracut-059+suse.581.g19b7c06c-1.1.x86_64: success
# dracut --kver 6.6.30-1-longterm
dracut[I]: Executing: /usr/bin/dracut --kver 6.6.30-1-longterm
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-coredump' will not be installed, because command 'coredumpctl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-coredump' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-pcrphase' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-pcrextend' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-portabled' will not be installed, because command 'portablectl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-portabled' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-portabled' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'dbus-broker' will not be installed, because command 'dbus-broker' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'connman' will not be installed, because command 'connmand' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'connman' will not be installed, because command 'connmanctl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'connman' will not be installed, because command 'connmand-wait-online' could not be found!
dracut[I]: 35network-legacy: Could not find any command of 'dhclient wicked'!
dracut[I]: Module 'network-manager' will not be installed, because command 'NetworkManager' could not be found!
dracut[I]: 62bluetooth: Could not find any command of '/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd'!
dracut[I]: Module 'lvmmerge' will not be installed, because command 'lvm' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'lvmthinpool-monitor' will not be installed, because command 'lvm' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'btrfs' will not be installed, because command 'btrfs' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'dmraid' will not be installed, because command 'dmraid' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'lvm' will not be installed, because command 'lvm' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'tpm2-tss' will not be installed, because command 'tpm2' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'iscsi' will not be installed, because command 'iscsi-iname' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'iscsi' will not be installed, because command 'iscsiadm' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'iscsi' will not be installed, because command 'iscsid' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'nvmf' will not be installed, because command 'nvme' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'nvmf' will not be installed, because command 'jq' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'biosdevname' will not be installed, because command 'biosdevname' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'memstrack' will not be installed, because command 'memstrack' could not be found!
dracut[I]: memstrack is not available
dracut[I]: If you need to use rd.memdebug>=4, please install memstrack and procps-ng
dracut[I]: Module 'squash' will not be installed, because command 'mksquashfs' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'squash' will not be installed, because command 'unsquashfs' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-coredump' will not be installed, because command 'coredumpctl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-coredump' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-coredump' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-pcrphase' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-pcrextend' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-portabled' will not be installed, because command 'portablectl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'systemd-portabled' will not be installed, because command '/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-portabled' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'dbus-broker' will not be installed, because command 'dbus-broker' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'connman' will not be installed, because command 'connmand' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'connman' will not be installed, because command 'connmanctl' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'connman' will not be installed, because command 'connmand-wait-online' could not be found!
dracut[I]: 35network-legacy: Could not find any command of 'dhclient wicked'!
dracut[I]: Module 'network-manager' will not be installed, because command 'NetworkManager' could not be found!
dracut[I]: 62bluetooth: Could not find any command of '/usr/lib/bluetooth/bluetoothd /usr/libexec/bluetooth/bluetoothd'!
dracut[I]: Module 'lvmmerge' will not be installed, because command 'lvm' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'lvmthinpool-monitor' will not be installed, because command 'lvm' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'btrfs' will not be installed, because command 'btrfs' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'dmraid' will not be installed, because command 'dmraid' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'lvm' will not be installed, because command 'lvm' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'tpm2-tss' will not be installed, because command 'tpm2' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'iscsi' will not be installed, because command 'iscsi-iname' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'iscsi' will not be installed, because command 'iscsiadm' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'iscsi' will not be installed, because command 'iscsid' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'nvmf' will not be installed, because command 'nvme' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'nvmf' will not be installed, because command 'jq' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'memstrack' will not be installed, because command 'memstrack' could not be found!
dracut[I]: memstrack is not available
dracut[I]: If you need to use rd.memdebug>=4, please install memstrack and procps-ng
dracut[I]: Module 'squash' will not be installed, because command 'mksquashfs' could not be found!
dracut[I]: Module 'squash' will not be installed, because command 'unsquashfs' could not be found!
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: systemd-initrd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: rngd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: i18n ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: kernel-modules-extra ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: rootfs-block ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: terminfo ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: udev-rules ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: dracut-systemd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: usrmount ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: base ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: fs-lib ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: shutdown ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: suse ***
dracut[I]: *** Including module: suse-initrd ***
dracut[I]: *** Including modules done ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Installing kernel module dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies ***
dracut[I]: *** Resolving executable dependencies done ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files ***
dracut[I]: *** Hardlinking files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Generating early-microcode cpio image ***
dracut[I]: *** Constructing GenuineIntel.bin ***
dracut[I]: *** Store current command line parameters ***
dracut[I]: Stored kernel commandline:
dracut[I]: root=LABEL=m25p15stw rootfstype=ext4 rootflags=rw,noatime
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files ***
dracut[I]: *** Stripping files done ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating image file '/boot/initrd-6.6.30-1-longterm' ***
dracut[I]: *** Creating initramfs image file '/boot/initrd-6.6.30-1-longterm' done ***
# ls -gGl initrd-6* vmlinuz-6* initrd vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 24 May 13 23:14 initrd -> initrd-6.6.30-1-longterm
-rw------- 1 16298676 Oct 6 2023 initrd-6.4.12-1-default
-rw------- 1 17166784 Nov 21 22:21 initrd-6.5.9-1-default
-rw------- 1 17270132 Mar 30 22:17 initrd-6.6.23-1-longterm
-rw------- 1 17255168 Apr 24 01:09 initrd-6.6.28-1-longterm
-rw------- 1 17351844 May 13 23:33 initrd-6.6.30-1-longterm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 25 May 13 23:14 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-6.6.30-1-longterm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 43 Oct 6 2023 vmlinuz-6.4.12-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.4.12-1-default/vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 42 Nov 21 22:20 vmlinuz-6.5.9-1-default -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.5.9-1-default/vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 44 Mar 30 22:17 vmlinuz-6.6.23-1-longterm -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.6.23-1-longterm/vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 44 Apr 24 01:08 vmlinuz-6.6.28-1-longterm -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.6.28-1-longterm/vmlinuz
lrwxrwxrwx 1 44 May 13 23:14 vmlinuz-6.6.30-1-longterm -> ../usr/lib/modules/6.6.30-1-longterm/vmlinuz
#
It boots. What should I be looking for?
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