On Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:33:06 -0700 Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Ranjan Maitra > <maitra.mbox.ignored@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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)? > > Yeah I'm actually confused on this point too, now that I've tried it. > > The installer allows installation to complete, without setting a root > password, so long as a user has been created. But emergency shell > requires a root password. So... basic boot time troubleshooting is > incompatible with an installer that allows no root password being set. > > I think the easiest, maybe least desirable, and possibly against your > local policy, would be to complete the boot (control-d) and then set a > root password: sudo passwd root > > > > $ sudo cat /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt > > cat: /run/initramfs/rdsosreport.txt: No such file or directory > > I'm going to guess, that this file goes away after boot completes, it > doesn't get moved anywhere. And since you can't login as root, you > can't copy it somewhere else. So... to get that report you'd going to > need to be root. Thank you very much again! I did as you suggested and copied the file over to /tmp and uploaded it over. $ fpaste /tmp/rdsosreport.txt Uploading (5.2KiB)... http://ur1.ca/j5tak -> http://paste.fedoraproject.org/161093/89317911 Many thanks again! Best wishes, Ranjan ____________________________________________________________ Can't remember your password? Do you need a strong and secure password? Use Password manager! It stores your passwords & protects your account. Check it out at http://mysecurelogon.com/manager -- 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
