Bug 1524554
| Summary: | grub2-set-default command can't change a default start kernel when grub2-efi rpms are installed | ||
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| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Reporter: | Dmitry Zhukovski <dzhukous> |
| Component: | grub2 | Assignee: | Peter Jones <pjones> |
| Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | Release Test Team <release-test-team-automation> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 7.7 | CC: | bgollahe, cww, mkolbas, pjones, release-test-team-automation, yferszt |
| Target Milestone: | rc | ||
| Target Release: | 7.7 | ||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | If docs needed, set a value | |
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| Last Closed: | 2018-11-26 07:40:34 UTC | Type: | Bug |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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| Bug Blocks: | 1477664 | ||
Description of problem: grub2-set-default command can't change a default start kernel when grub2-efi rpms are installed Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): grub2-tools-minimal-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64 grub2-pc-modules-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.noarch grub2-tools-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64 grub2-pc-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64 grub2-common-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.noarch grubby-8.28-23.el7.x86_64 grub2-tools-extra-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64 grub2-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64 How reproducible: Everytime Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install several kernels 2. Check we are booted into recent kernel [root@desktop ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/kernel # UPDATEDEFAULT specifies if new-kernel-pkg should make # new kernels the default UPDATEDEFAULT=yes # DEFAULTKERNEL specifies the default kernel package type DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel [root@desktop ~]# awk -F\' '$1=="menuentry " {print $2}' /etc/grub2.cfg Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (3.10.0-693.11.1.el7.x86_64) 7.4 (Maipo) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64) 7.4 (Maipo) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64) 7.4 (Maipo) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (0-rescue-66bc7c210909401584fe486451278072) 7.4 (Maipo) [root@desktop ~]# cat /boot/grub2/grubenv |grep saved saved_entry=0 [root@desktop ~]# uname -a Linux desktop 3.10.0-693.11.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 27 05:39:05 EDT 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 3. Set default entry to #2 => third in the list (3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64) [root@desktop ~]# grub2-set-default 2 [root@desktop ~]# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-693.11.1.el7.x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-693.11.1.el7.x86_64.img Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64.img Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64.img Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-66bc7c210909401584fe486451278072 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-66bc7c210909401584fe486451278072.img done 4. Reboot 5. Check it's booted into correct kernel. [root@desktop ~]# uname -a Linux desktop 3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Oct 19 11:24:13 EDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux 6. NB!!! grub2-efi* are NOT installed 7. Install grub2-efi* [root@desktop ~]# yum install grub2-efi* Loaded plugins: langpacks, product-id, search-disabled-repos, subscription-manager Package grub2-efi-modules is obsoleted by grub2-efi-x64-modules, trying to install 1:grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.noarch instead Package grub2-efi is obsoleted by grub2-efi-x64, trying to install 1:grub2-efi-x64-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64 instead Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package grub2-efi-ia32.x86_64 1:2.02-0.65.el7_4.2 will be installed ---> Package grub2-efi-ia32-modules.noarch 1:2.02-0.65.el7_4.2 will be installed ---> Package grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 1:2.02-0.65.el7_4.2 will be installed ---> Package grub2-efi-x64-modules.noarch 1:2.02-0.65.el7_4.2 will be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ======================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ======================================================================================================================== Installing: grub2-efi-ia32 x86_64 1:2.02-0.65.el7_4.2 rhel-7-desktop-rpms 1.1 M grub2-efi-ia32-modules noarch 1:2.02-0.65.el7_4.2 rhel-7-desktop-rpms 1.0 M grub2-efi-x64 x86_64 1:2.02-0.65.el7_4.2 rhel-7-desktop-rpms 1.1 M grub2-efi-x64-modules noarch 1:2.02-0.65.el7_4.2 rhel-7-desktop-rpms 1.1 M Transaction Summary ======================================================================================================================== Install 4 Packages Total download size: 4.2 M Installed size: 16 M Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: (1/4): grub2-efi-ia32-modules-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.noarch.rpm | 1.0 MB 00:00:01 (2/4): grub2-efi-ia32-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64.rpm | 1.1 MB 00:00:01 (3/4): grub2-efi-x64-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64.rpm | 1.1 MB 00:00:00 (4/4): grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.noarch.rpm | 1.1 MB 00:00:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 1.7 MB/s | 4.2 MB 00:00:02 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : 1:grub2-efi-ia32-modules-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.noarch 1/4 Installing : 1:grub2-efi-ia32-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64 2/4 Installing : 1:grub2-efi-x64-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64 3/4 Installing : 1:grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.noarch 4/4 Verifying : 1:grub2-efi-x64-modules-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.noarch 1/4 Verifying : 1:grub2-efi-x64-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64 2/4 Verifying : 1:grub2-efi-ia32-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.x86_64 3/4 Verifying : 1:grub2-efi-ia32-modules-2.02-0.65.el7_4.2.noarch 4/4 Installed: grub2-efi-ia32.x86_64 1:2.02-0.65.el7_4.2 grub2-efi-ia32-modules.noarch 1:2.02-0.65.el7_4.2 grub2-efi-x64.x86_64 1:2.02-0.65.el7_4.2 grub2-efi-x64-modules.noarch 1:2.02-0.65.el7_4.2 Complete! 8. Set again default entry to #2 => third in the list (3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64) [root@desktop ~]# grub2-set-default 2 [root@desktop ~]# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg Generating grub configuration file ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-693.11.1.el7.x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-693.11.1.el7.x86_64.img Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64.img Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64.img Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-66bc7c210909401584fe486451278072 Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-66bc7c210909401584fe486451278072.img done [root@desktop ~]# reboot Actual results: Server boots into recent kernel version [root@desktop ~]# uname -a Linux desktop 3.10.0-693.11.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Oct 27 05:39:05 EDT 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Expected results: Server boots into correct kernel entry Additional info: Might be related to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157397 Workaround - remove efi packages and redo grub2-set-default & grub2-mkconfig