grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template With a yum update: Installing the latest kernel: Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================= Installing: kernel i686 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 updates 17 M kernel-devel i686 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 updates 5.0 M Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 2 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 22 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Running rpm_check_debug Running Transaction Test Finished Transaction Test Transaction Test Succeeded Running Transaction Installing: kernel-devel ######################### [1/2] Installing: kernel ######################### [2/2] grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template Installed: kernel.i686 0:2.6.24.3-12.fc8 kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.24.3-12.fc8 Complete! I removed these RPMs and then attempted to get more debuggng info by installing them with rpm. # rpm -ivh -vvv kernel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8*rpm kernel-devel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8*rpm 2>&1 | tee /tmp/what-does-kupdatedo === snip ==== D: adding "fd318145e16128a02902037a57d13445b7ced070" to Sha1header index. D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Filemd5s create mode=0x42 D: adding 2022 entries to Filemd5s index. D: install: %post(kernel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8.i686) synchronous scriptlet start D: install: %post(kernel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8.i686) execv(/bin/sh) pid 19344 ++ uname -i ++ uname -i + '[' i386 == x86_64 -o i386 == i386 ']' + '[' -f /etc/sysconfig/kernel ']' + /bin/sed -i -e 's/^DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel-smp$/DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel/' /etc/sysconfig/kernel + /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel --mkinitrd --depmod --install 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template D: install: waitpid(19344) rc 19344 status 0 secs 13.091 D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Triggername create mode=0x42 D: ========== +++ kernel-devel-2.6.24.3-12.fc8 i686-linux 0x0 === snip ==== # rpm -qf /sbin/new-kernel-pkg mkinitrd-6.0.19-4.fc8 ==== my boot loader is grub. ==== After adding -x to new-kernel-pkg I see: # /sbin/new-kernel-pkg --package kernel --mkinitrd --depmod --install 2.6.24.3-12.fc8 === snip ==== ++ sed 's/ release.*$//' + title='Fedora (2.6.24.3-12.fc8)' + /sbin/grubby --add-kernel=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24.3-12.fc8 --initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.24.3-12.fc8.img --copy-default --make-default --title 'Fedora (2.6.24.3-12.fc8)' '--args=root=LABEL=/ ' '--remove-kernel=TITLE=Fedora (2.6.24.3-12.fc8)' grubby fatal error: unable to find a suitable template + '[' -n '' ']' === snip ==== -- T o m M i t c h e l l Found me a new place to hang my hat :-) Looking for yet again a new place to hang my hat. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
