Topic: 7.1. and Via C3

[ElFroggio]

I have a small computer with a Via C3 CPU. I installed 7.1 with sme586, and it worked. I finally run an yum update; signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot.

Now it dies on the boot. Yum updated the kernel for the 586 CPU to a 686 kernel.

How can I fix it?

Thanks

[skydivers]

Aren't you able at boot to load the previous kernel?

[ElFroggio]

No,

It freezes at the boot.

[cactus]

No,

It freezes at the boot.

Are you able to get to the boot screen? If so press any key and observe the list. What are the available kernels?

[ElFroggio]

I get in that order:

CentOS (2.6.9-55.EL))
CentOS (2.6.9-55.ELsmp)
CentOS (2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp)
CentOS (2.6.9-42.0.10.EL)
SME Server (2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp)
SME Server-up (2.6.9-42.0.3.EL)

with CentOS (2.6.9-55.ELsmp) being the default

[cactus]

I get in that order:

CentOS (2.6.9-55.EL))
CentOS (2.6.9-55.ELsmp)
CentOS (2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp)
CentOS (2.6.9-42.0.10.EL)
SME Server (2.6.9-42.0.3.ELsmp)
SME Server-up (2.6.9-42.0.3.EL)

with CentOS (2.6.9-55.ELsmp) being the default

Something definatley went wrong then. You should not do kernel upgrades from the CentOS repositories, SME Server has it's own repositories. Normally the kernels from the CentOS repositories should be excluded by yum automatically if you have the proper version of SME Server (7.1.x) and the correct repositories enabled (see http://wiki.contribs.org/SME_Server:Documentation:FAQ#Which_repositories_should_be_enabled).

The proper kernel should be one of the SME Server kernels, it depends on your architecture if you should have the smp (dual processor) or the up (one processor) kernel. I don;t know if this sticks after a reboot though, if not you will have to manually reconfigure your bootloader, but we can do that later. First try a reboot and select the proper SME Server kernel.

[SARK devs]

Hello Froggio

I don't know why you have the Centos kernels, however even if you had the sme-server variants you would still have trouble at inital boot after a YUM upgrade.

We also run C3's and the later Nehemiahs - they won't run the SMP kernel.  Unfortunately after a YUM update, the smp kernel is always set as the default in grub.conf.  

Simply boot up to the penguin splash screen and press the space bar.  Then choose the non smp kernel - (we currently use 2.6.9-42.0.10.EL) and your box should come up OK.

Best

Selintra

[ElFroggio]

Here the /etc/yum.conf

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#------------------------------------------------------------
#              !!DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!!
#
# Manual changes will be lost when this file is regenerated.
#
# Please read the developer's guide, which is available
# at http://wiki.contribs.org/development/
#
# Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Mitel Networks Corporation
#------------------------------------------------------------
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
debuglevel=2
distroverpkg=centos-release
exactarch=1
http_caching=packages
installonlypkgs=kernel kernel-smp kernel-hugemem kernel-enterprise kernel-debug kernel-unsupported kern
el-smp-unsupported kernel-hugemem-unsupported
logfile=/var/log/yum/yum.log
obsoletes=1
plugins=1
reposdir=
tolerant=1

[addons]
enabled=0
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=addons
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/addons/$basearch
name=CentOS - addons
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=0

[base]
enabled=1
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/$basearch
name=CentOS - os
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=0
exclude=kernel kernel-smp mkinitrd mdadm initscripts

[centosplus]
enabled=0
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=centosplus
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/centosplus/$basearch
name=CentOS - centosplus
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=0

[contrib]
enabled=0
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=contrib
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/contrib/$basearch
name=CentOS - contrib
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=0

[extras]
enabled=0
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=extras
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/extras/$basearch
name=CentOS - extras
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=0

[smeaddons]
enabled=1
mirrorlist=file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-smeaddons
#baseurl=http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7/smeaddons/$basearch
name=SME Server - addons
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=1

[smedev]
enabled=0
mirrorlist=file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-smedev
#baseurl=http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7/smedev/$basearch
name=SME Server - dev
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=1

[smeos]
enabled=1
mirrorlist=file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-smeos
#baseurl=http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7/smeos/$basearch
name=SME Server - os
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=1

[smetest]
enabled=0
mirrorlist=file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-smetest
#baseurl=http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7/smetest/$basearch
name=SME Server - test
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=1

[smeupdates]
enabled=1
mirrorlist=file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-smeupdates
#baseurl=http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7/smeupdates/$basearch
name=SME Server - updates
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=1

[smeupdates-testing]
enabled=0
mirrorlist=file:///etc/yum.repos.d/mirrors-smeupdates-testing
#baseurl=http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/releases/7/smeupdates-testing/$basearch
name=SME Server - updates testing
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=1

[updates]
enabled=1
mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=updates
#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/updates/$basearch
name=CentOS - updates
gpgcheck=1
enablegroups=0
exclude=kernel kernel-smp mkinitrd mdadm initscripts


This is from the Via C3 box. It was a 7.1 iso, with the update performed [no customization done].
The enabled repos are:

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base
smeaddons
smeos
smeupdates
updates


[cactus]

The enabled repos are:

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base
smeaddons
smeos
smeupdates
updates


Those are OK. Were you able to boot one of the SME Server kernels?

[ElFroggio]

Switching to the non-smp worked.