Bug 2345905

Summary: Offline upgrade does not show the upgrade plymouth screen
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Steve Cossette <farchord>
Component: dnf5Assignee: rpm-software-management
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Version: 42CC: egoode, jkolarik, nsella, pkratoch, ppisar, rpm-software-management
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Fixed In Version: dnf5-5.2.11.0-1.fc43 dnf5-5.2.11.0-1.fc41 dnf5-5.2.11.0-1.fc42 Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
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Description Steve Cossette 2025-02-15 13:08:00 UTC
Description of problem:
When you run a distro upgrade, you would usually see on boot a message saying "Upgrading system" and to "Not turn off the system" with a progress bar. Now, all you see is the normal boot screen with text quickly passing at the bottom.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
5.2.10-(fc41/f42?)

How reproducible:
I assume it should be pretty reproducible

Comment 1 Petr Pisar 2025-02-17 12:35:10 UTC
Well, I don't remember changing anything regarding this in DNF5. I rather suspect it is related to <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/EnableDrmPanic>. I remember a discussion that it will have an effect on plymouth and on systems with not modern enough graphical drivers it won't just work.

Could you confirm where do you observe that behavior? What Fedora version? What kernel do you boot?

Comment 2 Steve Cossette 2025-02-17 16:39:17 UTC
(In reply to Petr Pisar from comment #1)
> Well, I don't remember changing anything regarding this in DNF5. I rather
> suspect it is related to
> <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/EnableDrmPanic>. I remember a
> discussion that it will have an effect on plymouth and on systems with not
> modern enough graphical drivers it won't just work.
> 
> Could you confirm where do you observe that behavior? What Fedora version?
> What kernel do you boot?

Oh that was a one-time thing, that happened when I upgraded from F41 to F42.... I unfortunately do not remember what kernel version that was.

Comment 3 Evan Goode 2025-02-27 17:00:05 UTC
This is a valid issue, we currently do not set the "system-update" Plymouth mode, so the big "Upgrading System..." message is not shown. See also https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/issues/1667#issuecomment-2685805776. I believe https://github.com/rpm-software-management/dnf5/pull/2087 would resolve this, at the cost of displaying a bit less information to the user.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2025-03-10 17:05:35 UTC
FEDORA-2025-823f6cb22a (dnf5-5.2.11.0-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-823f6cb22a

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2025-03-11 01:23:02 UTC
FEDORA-2025-823f6cb22a has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-823f6cb22a`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-823f6cb22a

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2025-03-11 08:51:28 UTC
FEDORA-2025-edc76bfa6e (dnf5-5.2.11.0-1.fc41) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 41.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-edc76bfa6e

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2025-03-12 02:40:42 UTC
FEDORA-2025-edc76bfa6e has been pushed to the Fedora 41 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-edc76bfa6e`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-edc76bfa6e

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2025-03-14 04:38:43 UTC
FEDORA-2025-edc76bfa6e (dnf5-5.2.11.0-1.fc41) has been pushed to the Fedora 41 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2025-03-15 00:43:27 UTC
FEDORA-2025-823f6cb22a (dnf5-5.2.11.0-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.