On Fri, Aug 25, 2023 at 4:23 PM stan via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I have been able to take a screen-shot: > > > > https://i.imgur.com/nAsE6i6.jpg > > This means that dracut was unable to start systemd in order to continue > the boot once the initramfs was finished creating the bootstrap. I > have had this happen, but not with stock kernels. I build custom > kernels, and dracut was not building a complete initramfs when > they were installed. I had to write a script that created a custom file > that told dracut to include all missing libraries, and run dracut again > after install to fix the problem. The missing libraries included some > vital systemd libraries. Because library versions change, I run the > script to be sure that the custom file includes the latest libraries. > If this *is* the cause, it will be obvious in /boot. The failing > initramfs size will be about half the size of an initramfs file that > works. I could not find any reason that dracut wasn't working properly > when it first installed the kernel; all the settings said it should > have put those libraries in, but I just could not get it to do so. > > If it is your issue, post back and I'll attach the file of libraries and > the directory to put it in, as well as the dracut command to run. They > might not work for you, since the version has to be included. There is > also a way to actually examine what is in the initramfs, so you could > see if the systemd libraries were there. From the dracut man page, > > Inspecting the Contents > To see the contents of the image created by dracut, you can use > the lsinitrd tool. > > # lsinitrd | less > > To display the contents of a file in the initramfs also use the > lsinitrd tool: > > # lsinitrd -f /etc/ld.so.conf > include ld.so.conf.d/*.conf Thanks to all for your help! I have meanwhile been able to take photos from the journalctl -xb output, and I think that now the cause of the problem is isolated. I was hopeful that the new kernel update would fix the problem, but it did not. The photos of the journalctl logs are at: https://i.imgur.com/NJAjOmN.jpg Paul _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
