Hi, Thanks for offering to help! On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 10:14:37 -0700 Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Ranjan Maitra > <maitra.mbox.ignored@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > A recent update with new kernel has broken my boot. This is what happens: I boot in through grub. Pretty soon, I get: > > > > Generating "/run/initramfs/rsdsosreport.txt" > > Welcome to emergency mode! After loggin in, type "journalctl -xb" to view system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, "systemctl default" or ^D to try again to boot into defauly mode. > > Give root password for maintenance. > > (or press Control-D to continue): > > > > > > I do not have root on this machine, so I am not sure what to do (I have sudo status). What am I supposed to do? (I may say Ctrl-D does get me the login screen, but why this message and rigmarole)? > > It sounds like something required wasn't ready, and caused boot to get > dropped at emergency.target. By the time you control-D to continue, > the require thing is ready so boot continued. Speculation. > > Anyway, if you can locate /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt and post it > somewhere, that'd be useful at figuring out what the problem is. Also > include version of dracut: > $ rpm -q dracut > So, I do not know what to do here: I try the following (sudo to be sure): $ sudo cat /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt cat: /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt: No such file or directory Indeed: $ sudo locate rdsosreport [sudo] password for maitra: /usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/99base/rdsosreport.sh So, where is this file? Btw, here is the other output you asked for: $ rpm -q dracut dracut-038-31.git20141204.fc21.x86_64 I am happy to provide more information as needed. Many thanks again for helping! Best wishes, Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ FREE 3D MARINE AQUARIUM SCREENSAVER - Watch dolphins, sharks & orcas on your desktop! Check it out at http://www.inbox.com/marineaquarium -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
