On Sat, Jul 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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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