F18: Update problems ?

[Aaron Gray]

Hi,

Is anyone experiencing update problems with Fedora at the moment ?

I keep getting restarts and Gnome 3 boot failures into old desktop.

Then restart and I get Gnome 3 again after a restart and then it wants to
do updates again.

And the whole thing goes in a circle.

Aaron

[Ed Greshko]

On 01/25/2013 08:32 AM, Aaron Gray wrote:
> Is anyone experiencing update problems with Fedora at the moment ?
>
> I keep getting restarts and Gnome 3 boot failures into old desktop.
>
> Then restart and I get Gnome 3 again after a restart and then it wants to do updates again.
>
> And the whole thing goes in a circle.

I've got a VM running Gnome 3 24/7 for testing and having no problems.

Errors to show us?

[Aaron Gray]

On 25 January 2013 00:51, Ed Greshko  wrote:
> On 01/25/2013 08:32 AM, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > Is anyone experiencing update problems with Fedora at the moment ?
> >
> > I keep getting restarts and Gnome 3 boot failures into old desktop.
> >
> > Then restart and I get Gnome 3 again after a restart and then it wants
>
> to do updates again.
> > And the whole thing goes in a circle.
>
> I've got a VM running Gnome 3 24/7 for testing and having no problems.
>
> Errors to show us?

Thanks for the reply. I need to know what logs to supply. I am not used to
Gnome 3 or system or any of the new fangled things since old Fedora 14. Its
all a bit new to me.

Thanks,

Aaron
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[Ed Greshko]

On 01/25/2013 10:31 AM, Aaron Gray wrote:
> On 25 January 2013 00:51, Ed Greshko <[e-mail] > wrote:
> On 01/25/2013 08:32 AM, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > Is anyone experiencing update problems with Fedora at the moment ?
> >
> > I keep getting restarts and Gnome 3 boot failures into old desktop.
> >
> > Then restart and I get Gnome 3 again after a restart and then it wants to do updates again.
> >
> > And the whole thing goes in a circle.
>
> I've got a VM running Gnome 3 24/7 for testing and having no problems.
>
> Errors to show us?
>
>
> Thanks for the reply. I need to know what logs to supply. I am not used to Gnome 3 or system or any of the new fangled things since old Fedora 14. Its all a bit new to me.

Not yet sure what logs may be relevant....  But, you said you're getting "boot failures" and "restarts".  Could you describe a bit more what you mean by that?

Years ago I had a "restart" problem where my system would spontaneously reboot....mostly when I wasn't looking.  Turned out to be a power supply problem....

A bit more information may help to narrow the search for answers.

[Jorge Martínez López]

Hi!

2013/1/25 Aaron Gray
> Thanks for the reply. I need to know what logs to supply. I am not used to
> Gnome 3 or system or any of the new fangled things since old Fedora 14. Its
> all a bit new to me.

I would look at /var/log/messages and at ~/.xsession-errors

Greetings,

[Aaron Gray]

On 25 January 2013 05:20, Ed Greshko  wrote:
> On 01/25/2013 10:31 AM, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > On 25 January 2013 00:51, Ed Greshko <[e-mail] <mailto:
>
> [e-mail]>> wrote:
> > On 01/25/2013 08:32 AM, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > > Is anyone experiencing update problems with Fedora at the moment ?
> > >
> > > I keep getting restarts and Gnome 3 boot failures into old desktop.
> > >
> > > Then restart and I get Gnome 3 again after a restart and then it
>
> wants to do updates again.
> > >
> > > And the whole thing goes in a circle.
> >
> > I've got a VM running Gnome 3 24/7 for testing and having no
>
> problems.
> > Errors to show us?
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the reply. I need to know what logs to supply. I am not used
>
> to Gnome 3 or system or any of the new fangled things since old Fedora 14.
> Its all a bit new to me.
> >
>
> Not yet sure what logs may be relevant....  But, you said you're getting
> "boot failures" and "restarts".  Could you describe a bit more what you
> mean by that?
>
> Years ago I had a "restart" problem where my system would spontaneously
> reboot....mostly when I wasn't looking.  Turned out to be a power supply
> problem....
>
> A bit more information may help to narrow the search for answers.

It was circular update reboot reboot gnome 2 reboot gonome 3 restart
update, reboot crash, reboot, gnome 3, restart update, ....

Will look for logs now ....

Aaron

[Aaron Gray]

Sorry I decided to do a netboot reinstall and everything seems fine now.
There maybe a problem with updates from the install DVD or I may have had a
system problem, or I may have been hacked. My Windows 8 has been hacked on
3 occasions now over the last three days.
Aaron
On 25 January 2013 12:01, Aaron Gray  wrote:
> On 25 January 2013 05:20, Ed Greshko  wrote:
> > On 01/25/2013 10:31 AM, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > > On 25 January 2013 00:51, Ed Greshko <[e-mail] <mailto:
> >
> > [e-mail]>> wrote:
> > > On 01/25/2013 08:32 AM, Aaron Gray wrote:
> > > > Is anyone experiencing update problems with Fedora at the moment ?
> > > >
> > > > I keep getting restarts and Gnome 3 boot failures into old
> >
> > desktop.
> > > >
> > > > Then restart and I get Gnome 3 again after a restart and then it
> >
> > wants to do updates again.
> > > >
> > > > And the whole thing goes in a circle.
> > >
> > > I've got a VM running Gnome 3 24/7 for testing and having no
> >
> > problems.
> > > Errors to show us?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the reply. I need to know what logs to supply. I am not used
> >
> > to Gnome 3 or system or any of the new fangled things since old Fedora 14.
> > Its all a bit new to me.
> > >
> >
> > Not yet sure what logs may be relevant....  But, you said you're getting
> > "boot failures" and "restarts".  Could you describe a bit more what you
> > mean by that?
> >
> > Years ago I had a "restart" problem where my system would spontaneously
> > reboot....mostly when I wasn't looking.  Turned out to be a power supply
> > problem....
> >
> > A bit more information may help to narrow the search for answers.
>
> It was circular update reboot reboot gnome 2 reboot gonome 3 restart
> update, reboot crash, reboot, gnome 3, restart update, ....
>
> Will look for logs now ....
>
> Aaron

[g]

On 01/26/2013 04:02 PM, Aaron Gray wrote:
> Sorry I decided to do a netboot reinstall and everything seems fine now.
> There maybe a problem with updates from the install DVD or I may have had a
> system problem, or I may have been hacked. My Windows 8 has been hacked on
> 3 occasions now over the last three days.

you should consider setting up firewalls on both systems, and install
'rootkit hunter'.

configure the firewalls to not allow anything that is not originated
by your system.

also, give consideration to installing 'wireshark network analyzer' so
you can record what is happening.