On Sat, Jul 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM <fed...@eyal.emu.id.au> wrote: > Today I did the usual 'dnf update' on a VM system. > As part of the update I received kernel-6.15.4-200.fc42.x86_64 >
"VM System" is too vague: which VM? > > However, after the upgrades were done, the last console message was > >>> Running post-transaction scriptlet: > kernel-core-0:6.15.4-200.fc42.x86_64 > after which the system was hard locked (about 45m...). > Does "the system" refer to the VM or the host? > > Looking at the log (I remote rsyslog to my server) I see: > > Jul 6 09:16:53 e4 dracut[24606]: dracut-105-3.fc42 > [...] Jul 6 09:17:07 e4 kernel: block vda: the capability attribute has been > deprecated. > I see this on my systems -- it seems to have been a change in the supported capabilities for block devices. > Jul 6 09:17:07 e4 dracut[24609]: *** Including module: > kernel-modules-extra *** > > This was followed with a hard reset. The boot (6.15.4) failed. So I booted > to the earlier kernel (6.15.3). > A hard reset you initiated, ot a spontaeous reset? > I then removed and installed the latest kernel which did NOT create a new > initramfs. > Failure to create the initramfs is a known issue. > Solved by running: > $ sudo dracut -f /boot/initramfs-6.15.4-200.fc42.x86_64.img > 6.15.4-200.fc42.x86_64 > which proceeded to completion: > > [...]Jul 6 10:19:32 e4 dracut[2939]: *** Creating initramfs image file > '/boot/initramfs-6.15.4-200.fc42.x86_64.img' done *** > > The following 6.15.4 boot succeeded (it did a root fsck). > > 1) Is the initial install failure a problem with the package (or dnf)? > Do you have out-of-tree modules? See < https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2333757>. > > 2) Anyway, what is the 'block vda: the capability attribute has been > deprecated.' about, and how do I correct it? > No correction is needed, > 3) Should the 'dnf remove/install' of the latest kernel run the > post-transaction for that package? > The answer may depend on the reason for the failure to create the initrd. -- George N. White III
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