Stuck Kernel Version.....

[Eddie O'Connor]

Ok I have gone nuts trying to figure this out, and I'm just about ready to
just re-install the OS. (Fedora 29) I have been using Fedora since
like....version 12, and have experienced all kinds of issues but this one
baffles me. So:

I had updated from fc26 to fc27 successfully, but I have noticed that since
upgrading from 27 to 28 that the kernel versions while they have gone up
(e.g. from 3.12.203 >> 3.12.207 and these numbers I use are for example
only!) I notice that the "fc" number has remained the same (in other words
the "fc27" bit of the kernel name!) I have tried everything I have found
online from trying to upgrade the kernel through the Terminal to trying to
download, install, and compile a newer kernel version and no matter what
I've tried that part remains the same. So my last attempt/effort will be a
transfer of all my data and a complete re-install of F29. But it would be
nice to know what might have caused this...in case it happens again!

EGO II

[David Dusanic]

> Ok I have gone nuts trying to figure this out, and I'm just about ready 
> to just re-install the OS. (Fedora 29) I have been using Fedora since 
> like....version 12, and have experienced all kinds of issues but this 
> one baffles me. So:
>
> I had updated from fc26 to fc27 successfully, but I have noticed that 
> since upgrading from 27 to 28 that the kernel versions while they have 
> gone up (e.g. from 3.12.203 >> 3.12.207 and these numbers I use are for 
> example only!) I notice that the "fc" number has remained the same (in 
> other words the "fc27" bit of the kernel name!) I have tried everything 
> I have found online from trying to upgrade the kernel through the 
> Terminal to trying to download, install, and compile a newer kernel 
> version and no matter what I've tried that part remains the same. So my 
> last attempt/effort will be a transfer of all my data and a complete 
> re-install of F29. But it would be nice to know what might have caused 
> this...in case it happens again!
>
> EGO II

What kernel are you actually running right now on Fedora 29?

Mine is 4.20.

uname -a
Linux latitude 4.20.10-200.fc29.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Feb 15 18:33:14 UTC 
2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[stan]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:06:01 -0500
"Eddie O'Connor"  wrote:
> Ok I have gone nuts trying to figure this out, and I'm just about
> ready to just re-install the OS. (Fedora 29) I have been using Fedora
> since like....version 12, and have experienced all kinds of issues
> but this one baffles me. So:
>
> I had updated from fc26 to fc27 successfully, but I have noticed that
> since upgrading from 27 to 28 that the kernel versions while they
> have gone up (e.g. from 3.12.203 >> 3.12.207 and these numbers I use
> are for example only!) I notice that the "fc" number has remained the
> same (in other words the "fc27" bit of the kernel name!) I have tried
> everything I have found online from trying to upgrade the kernel
> through the Terminal to trying to download, install, and compile a
> newer kernel version and no matter what I've tried that part remains
> the same. So my last attempt/effort will be a transfer of all my data
> and a complete re-install of F29. But it would be nice to know what
> might have caused this...in case it happens again!

Can you show a listing of /boot?
ls -n /boot/vmlinuz*
so things are one line per kernel.

How about your dnf.conf file?
cat /etc/dnf/dnf.conf

Do you have the versionlock plugin installed?  Have you locked the
kernel version using the versionlock plugin?

Have you protected the kernel using the /etc/dnf/protected.d/dnf.conf
file?

Have you tried increasing the number of kernels allowed in dnf.conf?
man dnf.conf

[Roger Heflin]

To have a stuck kernel version, then what you have mounted at /boot is
not what is booting your machine.

You need to find the real /boot where ever it is hiding and mount it
at /boot (and update /etc/fstab) and then do a "dnf reinstall" on each
of the kernels you want to work, and then reboot making sure one of
the new kernels is the default..

On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 10:58 AM David Dusanic  wrote:
> > Ok I have gone nuts trying to figure this out, and I'm just about ready
> > to just re-install the OS. (Fedora 29) I have been using Fedora since
> > like....version 12, and have experienced all kinds of issues but this
> > one baffles me. So:
> >
> > I had updated from fc26 to fc27 successfully, but I have noticed that
> > since upgrading from 27 to 28 that the kernel versions while they have
> > gone up (e.g. from 3.12.203 >> 3.12.207 and these numbers I use are for
> > example only!) I notice that the "fc" number has remained the same (in
> > other words the "fc27" bit of the kernel name!) I have tried everything
> > I have found online from trying to upgrade the kernel through the
> > Terminal to trying to download, install, and compile a newer kernel
> > version and no matter what I've tried that part remains the same. So my
> > last attempt/effort will be a transfer of all my data and a complete
> > re-install of F29. But it would be nice to know what might have caused
> > this...in case it happens again!
> >
> > EGO II
>
> What kernel are you actually running right now on Fedora 29?
>
> Mine is 4.20.
>
> uname -a
> Linux latitude 4.20.10-200.fc29.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Feb 15 18:33:14 UTC
> 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>
> --
> David Dusanic
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[Eddie O'Connor]

Thank you SO much!...I will tackle this just as soon as I get out of
work!...(work for Amazon overnights in the IT Dept!.... GOD!...It's like
mental torture!....Hahahah!!)

On Mon, Feb 25, 2019, 3:31 PM Roger Heflin  wrote:
> To have a stuck kernel version, then what you have mounted at /boot is
> not what is booting your machine.
>
> You need to find the real /boot where ever it is hiding and mount it
> at /boot (and update /etc/fstab) and then do a "dnf reinstall" on each
> of the kernels you want to work, and then reboot making sure one of
> the new kernels is the default..
>
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 10:58 AM David Dusanic 
> wrote:
> > > Ok I have gone nuts trying to figure this out, and I'm just about ready
> > > to just re-install the OS. (Fedora 29) I have been using Fedora since
> > > like....version 12, and have experienced all kinds of issues but this
> > > one baffles me. So:
> > >
> > > I had updated from fc26 to fc27 successfully, but I have noticed that
> > > since upgrading from 27 to 28 that the kernel versions while they have
> > > gone up (e.g. from 3.12.203 >> 3.12.207 and these numbers I use are for
> > > example only!) I notice that the "fc" number has remained the same (in
> > > other words the "fc27" bit of the kernel name!) I have tried everything
> > > I have found online from trying to upgrade the kernel through the
> > > Terminal to trying to download, install, and compile a newer kernel
> > > version and no matter what I've tried that part remains the same. So my
> > > last attempt/effort will be a transfer of all my data and a complete
> > > re-install of F29. But it would be nice to know what might have caused
> > > this...in case it happens again!
> > >
> > > EGO II
> >
> > What kernel are you actually running right now on Fedora 29?
> >
> > Mine is 4.20.
> >
> > uname -a
> > Linux latitude 4.20.10-200.fc29.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Feb 15 18:33:14 UTC
> > 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> >
> > --
> > David Dusanic
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