Bug 85979 - up2date fails to update kernel
Summary: up2date fails to update kernel
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: up2date
Version: 7.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adrian Likins
QA Contact: Fanny Augustin
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-03-11 20:55 UTC by Jack Cheek
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:51 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2004-08-26 21:24:33 UTC
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Description Jack Cheek 2003-03-11 20:55:02 UTC
Description of problem:

Cannot update kernel
Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

up2date-2.8.39-1.7.1
How reproducible:

running up2date when a kernel need to be updated
Steps to Reproduce:
1.up2date -u
2.
3.
    
Actual results:
[root@screamer48 /]# up2date -u

Fetching package list for channel: redhat-linux-i386-7.1...
########################################

Fetching package list for channel: redhat-powertools-i386-7.1...
########################################

Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: redhat-linux-i386-7.1...
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Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: redhat-powertools-i386-7.1...
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Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
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file-3.39-8.7x.i386.rpm:    ########################## Done.                   
file-3.39-8.7x.src.rpm:     ########################## Done.                   
im-143-0.7x.560.noarch.rpm: ########################## Done.                   
im-143-0.7x.560.src.rpm:    ########################## Done.                   
kernel-2.4.18-26.7.x.i686.r ########################## Done.                   
kernel-2.4.18-26.7.x.src.rp ########################## Done.                   
kudzu-0.99.42.2.72-1.i386.r ########################## Done.                   
kudzu-0.99.42.2.72-1.src.rp ########################## Done.                   
kudzu-devel-0.99.42.2.72-1. ########################## Done.                   
kudzu-0.99.42.2.72-1.src.rp ########################## Done.                   
openssl-0.9.6-14.i386.rpm:  ########################## Done.                   
openssl-0.9.6-14.src.rpm:   ########################## Done.                   
openssl-devel-0.9.6-14.i386 ########################## Done.                   
openssl-0.9.6-14.src.rpm:   ########################## Done.                   
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]

Installing...
   1:openssl                ########################################### [100%]
   2:file                   ########################################### [100%]
   3:im                     ########################################### [100%]
   4:kernel                 ########################################### [100%]
   5:kudzu                  warning: /etc/sysconfig/kudzu created as /etc/sysconfig/kudzu.rpmnew
########################################### [100%]
   6:kudzu-devel            ########################################### [100%]
   7:openssl-devel          ########################################### [100%]
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 781, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 569, in main
    pkgNames, fullUpdate, dryRun = dry_run))
  File "/usr/sbin/up2date", line 770, in batchRun
    up2date.installBootLoader(batch.kernelsToInstall)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2date.py", line 592, in installBootLoader
    __install_lilo(kernelList)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/up2date.py", line 611, in __install_lilo
    ret = lilocfg.installNewImages(kernelList,test=0)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/lilocfg.py", line 274, in installNewImages
    (default, tmptype, default_image,image_path,other,defaultIsOther) = findDefault(config,imagelist)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/lilocfg.py", line 215, in findDefault
    (imagetype, default_image,image_path,other) = config.getImage(default)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/lilo.py", line 140, in getImage
    raise IndexError, "unknown image %s" % (label)
IndexError: unknown image linux
[root@screamer48 /]#




-----------------------lilo.conf--------------------------------
screamer48-jack-3 more lilo.conf
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
linear
default=linux

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.9-34
        label="linux"
        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.9-34.img
        read-only
        root=/dev/sda1

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Expected results:

not this
Additional info:

I have included my lilo.conf abov


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