Created attachment 317589 [details] Errors during installation of kernel Description of problem: Running 'yum update' to install the latest kernel, downloads the kernel okay but gives error messages during its installation. The grub.conf file is not updated wit hthe new kernel. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rpm -q kernel kernel-2.6.25.10-47.fc8 kernel-2.6.26.3-14.fc8 How reproducible: Asked on the Fedora users mailing list about this, but received no replies. Could be a problem specific to my PC for some reason. Steps to Reproduce: 1. yum -y update kernel 2. 3. Actual results: See attached file as the error output is quite long. It starts with: Installing : kernel [1/1] *** glibc detected *** /sbin/nash: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x00000000018ff060 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= and ends with: ffffffffff600000-ffffffffff601000 r-xp 00000000 00:00 0 [vsyscall] /sbin/new-kernel-pkg: line 90: 28431 Aborted $grubby --add-kernel=$bootPrefix/$kernelName-$version $INITRD --copy-default $makedefault --title "$title" ${mbkernel:+--add-multiboot="$mbkernel"} ${mbargs:+--mbargs="$mbargs"} --args="root=$rootdevice $kernargs" --remove-kernel="TITLE=$title" Installed: kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.26.3-14.fc8 Complete! Expected results: Kernel should be fully installed, and the grub.conf file updated. Additional info:
Sorry, the 'Version-Release number of selected component' bit shows the kernel as already installed. In fact the running kernel is 2.6.25. Once the 'yum update' has run, it says the kernel is installed and so shows up when using 'rpm'. However, the kernel is unavailable as the grub.conf file has not been updated. Removing the kernel (using 'rpm -e') gives no errors, and the kernel is removed.
Same problem occurs with the latest kernel-2.6.26.5-28.fc8 kernel. The grub.conf file contains (after running 'yum update kernel'): ================================================================= # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg. # root (hd0,4) # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda5 # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/sda default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,4)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu password --md5 $1$-password-removed title Fedora (2.6.25.10-47.fc8) root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.10-47.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/1 initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.25.10-47.fc8.img title Fedora (2.6.23.1-21.fc7) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-21.fc7 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.6.23.1-21.fc7.img title Fedora (2.6.22.9-91.fc7) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.22.9-91.fc7 ro root=LABEL=/ initrd /initrd-2.6.22.9-91.fc7.img =================================================================
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