Bug 1321927

Summary: kernel updates keep defaulting to debug kernel
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Kambiz Aghaiepour <kambiz>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 23CC: gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kambiz, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda, mchehab
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Description Kambiz Aghaiepour 2016-03-29 11:50:53 UTC 
Description of problem:

every time I apply updates if a kernel update is included, grub defaults to the debug kernel.

See:

# grep -P "submenu|^menuentry" /boot/grub2/grub.cfg | cut -d "'" -f2
Fedora (4.4.6-300.fc23.x86_64+debug) 23 (Workstation Edition)                                                                                                                         
Fedora (4.4.6-300.fc23.x86_64) 23 (Workstation Edition)                                                                                                                               
Fedora (4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64) 23 (Workstation Edition)                                                                                                                               
Fedora (4.4.3-300.fc23.x86_64) 23 (Workstation Edition)                                                                                                                               
Fedora (4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64+debug) 23 (Workstation Edition)                                                                                                                         
Fedora (4.4.3-300.fc23.x86_64+debug) 23 (Workstation Edition)                                                                                                                         
Fedora (0-rescue-a80b5fcc380d4d43887e523edaf01db0) 23 (Workstation Edition)                                                                                                           

Even though:

# grub2-editenv list
saved_entry=Fedora (4.4.6-300.fc23.x86_64) 23 (Workstation Edition)                                                                                                                   

When I reboot, the highlighted entry is the first entry (4.4.6-300.fc23.x86_64+debug).  However, after I run:

# grub2-set-default "Fedora (4.4.6-300.fc23.x86_64) 23 (Workstation Edition)"

followed by:

# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...                                                                                                                                                
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.6-300.fc23.x86_64                                                                                                                                
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-4.4.6-300.fc23.x86_64.img                                                                                                                         
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64                                                                                                                                
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64.img                                                                                                                         
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.3-300.fc23.x86_64                                                                                                                                
Found initrd image:/boot/initramfs4.4.3-300.fc23.x86_64.img                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.6-300.fc23.x86_64+debug                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-4.4.6-300.fc23.x86_64+debug.img                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64+debug                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64+debug.img                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.3-300.fc23.x86_64+debug                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-4.4.3-300.fc23.x86_64+debug.img                                                                                                                                                                                                               
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-a80b5fcc380d4d43887e523edaf01db0                                                                                                                                                                                                        
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-a80b5fcc380d4d43887e523edaf01db0.img                                                                                                                                                                                                 
done                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Then the system reboots correctly into the desired kernel, until the next kernel errata.  I will attempt to erase "kernel-debug-core" to see if this will fix the problem for future releases though the behavior above seems buggy (i.e. when the default kernel is not the debug kernel, then the new kernel installed should not default to the debug version)
Comment 1 Laura Abbott 2016-09-23 19:55:06 UTC 
*********** MASS BUG UPDATE **************
 
We apologize for the inconvenience.  There is a large number of bugs to go through and several of them have gone stale.  Due to this, we are doing a mass bug update across all of the Fedora 23 kernel bugs.
 
Fedora 23 has now been rebased to 4.7.4-100.fc23.  Please test this kernel update (or newer) and let us know if you issue has been resolved or if it is still present with the newer kernel.
 
If you have moved on to Fedora 24 or 25, and are still experiencing this issue, please change the version to Fedora 24 or 25.
 
If you experience different issues, please open a new bug report for those.
Comment 2 Laura Abbott 2016-10-26 17:00:20 UTC 
*********** MASS BUG UPDATE **************
This bug is being closed with INSUFFICIENT_DATA as there has not been a response in 4 weeks. If you are still experiencing this issue, please reopen and attach the relevant data from the latest kernel you are running and any data that might have been requested previously.
Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2023-09-14 03:20:18 UTC 
The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 1000 days