Re: can not update fedora 23 mate

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On Sun, 2016-06-19 at 00:20 -0700, William Biggs wrote:
> I just install mate on a new system . I run dnf update . I get this
> error . Has any one seen this ? How do I fix it 
>  The operation would result in removing the booted kernel:
>  kernel-core-4.2.3-300.fc23.x86_64.

As the simplest option, I would find the setting that specifies how many
kernels are to be currently installed (so that you always have that
many), and increase it.  It used to be an install-only type of value, in
the yum.conf era.

I always used to keep about four or five.  That let me revert to earlier
kernels to debug problems that may have gone un-noticed for several
updates (you don't always use all of the software on a computer, and it
can take time before you use something that exposes a kernel bug).

If you only have one kernel installed, trying to remove the only running
kernel via the normal update procedure would appear to be a serious bug.

If you have several installed, and you're using an old kernel instead of
the most recent, that suggests you're not using your computer so well
for the way that Fedora works.  Or that you manage to have an
extraordinary uptime.

On my older system, the following command line would show how many
kernels are installed:

$ rpm -q kernel
kernel-3.18.9-100.fc20.i686
kernel-3.19.3-100.fc20.i686
kernel-3.19.4-100.fc20.i686
kernel-3.19.5-100.fc20.i686
kernel-3.19.8-100.fc20.i686

And this command line would show which was in use:
$ uname -r
3.19.8-100.fc20.i686

(The command lines in question can be seen after the $ prompt, and the
answers on the following lines.)


-- 
tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp

Linux 3.19.8-100.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Tue May 12 17:42:35 UTC 2015 i686

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