Re: Updating failed midway. System will not boot.

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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
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