grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template

[Josh Boyer]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 11:15:19AM +1100, Tony Breeds wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 05:56:42PM -0500, Steve Dickson wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I'm getting the $SUBJECT error when I try to
> > install a rawhide kernel on an updated f16 vm.
> > 
> > # rpm -ihv  kernel-3.2.0-0.rc6.git0.1.pnfsdlexp.fc16.x86_64.rpm           
> > Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]  
> >    1:kernel                 ########################################### [100%]  
> > grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template
> > # uname -r
> > 3.1.5-6.fc16.x86_64
> > 
> > Things like the network and NFS do not come up due the fact the modules can not 
> > be found... so things are not being installed correctly.... 
> > 
> > Google searching the error I see a number bugzillas that are being blissfully
> > ignored... 
> > 
> > Just curious if anybody else has seen this error and what they did about it...
> 
> If you're feelign brave you could try: 
> http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3594571
> 
> It works for me on the ppc64 systems I tried.
> 
> If it worls for you I'll add the patch to bug 124246

Avoid that bug.  It's really old and mostly ignored.  Just file a new
one for whatever problem you've seen.

You probably want to also explain the details of what you're trying to
fix, and possibly provide a testcase.

josh