On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 10:45 AM murph nj <murphnj+fedora@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I got it running. The write-up will not be super complete, but here goes. > > When I checked for kernels, I saw that there was a new one available > (6.9.9?) That installed OK, and seemed to resolve the uname-r issue. > > Another package (ko-something) that was part of the plamsa desktop was > causing a problem. I removed plasma desktop, and was able to > continue. (I've since re-installed, and KDE is working) > > It seems I only see one small problem at this point. > libvt-daemon is 4.1.0-1.fc28 (!) so I suspect that this may have been > quietly lurking for a while. > It will not uninstall, even if I have a newer one installed and > updated. I've double-checked, and removed the last remaining VM on > this machine, no longer an issue. > > I am able to boot fully now, as multi-user, as well as graphical. I > think that with this mess, between the hardware failure, and the > disaster, and subsequent recovery, I may just move all of my work off > of this machine, and onto a newer one, and finally semi-retire this > laptop. You may (probably?) be able to cleanup that F28 package by following the post-upgrades steps at <https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/upgrading-fedora-offline/#sect-optional-post-upgrade-tasks>. There's also a section on Resolving post-upgrade issues. Jeff -- _______________________________________________ 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