I have done a yum update yesterday that broke my system (no graphical output in graphical-target).
So I tried to undo the update:
#yum history
ID | Command line | Date and time | Action(s) | Altered
19 | | 2022-05-17 19:12 | I, U
…
yum history undo 19
Last metadata expiration check: 2:06:07 ago on Mi 18 Mai 2022 09:00:57 CEST.
Error: The following problems occurred while running a transaction:
Cannot find rpm nevra “kernel-4.18.0-348.12.2.el8_5.x86_64”.
Cannot find rpm nevra “kernel-core-4.18.0-348.12.2.el8_5.x86_64”.
Cannot find rpm nevra “kernel-modules-4.18.0-348.12.2.el8_5.x86_64”.
Cannot find rpm nevra “kernel-modules-extra-4.18.0-348.12.2.el8_5.x86_64”.
…
What am I doing wrong?
Many thanks,
Wolfgang
First, you probably won’t need that old kernel. Alas, the yum does not seem to accept ‘–exclude’ with ‘history undo’.
Second, the kernel-4.18.0-348.* are “Rocky 8.5” content that was in different repository than the current “Rocky 8.6” content. (Mirrors have/had directories “8.5” and “8.6” – and symlink “8” that points to current version of repos.) In order for the history undo to succeed, the yum should have the old repos enabled.
Does yum repolist all have anything “old, disabled”? CentOS Linux used to define their old repos that were in vault.
My nearest mirror still seems to have content for “8.5”. You do need repo definitions similar to current enabled ones, but which point to 8.5 sources (while they still exist).
Yes, it seems I have got plnety of disabled repo’s`
type sudo yum repolist all
repo id repo name status
appstream Rocky Linux 8 - AppStream enabled
appstream-debug Rocky Linux 8 - AppStream - Source disabled
appstream-source Rocky Linux 8 - AppStream - Source disabled
baseos Rocky Linux 8 - BaseOS enabled
baseos-debug Rocky Linux 8 - BaseOS - Source disabled
baseos-source Rocky Linux 8 - BaseOS - Source disabled
devel Rocky Linux 8 - Devel WARNING! FOR BUILDROOT AND KOJI USE disabled
epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 enabled
epel-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 - Debug disabled
epel-modular Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 enabled
epel-modular-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 - Debug disabled
epel-modular-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 - Source disabled
epel-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 - Source disabled
epel-testing Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - Testing - x86_64 disabled
epel-testing-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - Testing - x86_64 - Debug disabled
epel-testing-modular Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - Testing - x86_64 disabled
epel-testing-modular-debuginfo Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - Testing - x86_64 - Debug disabled
epel-testing-modular-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - Testing - x86_64 - Source disabled
epel-testing-source Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - Testing - x86_64 - Source disabled
extras Rocky Linux 8 - Extras enabled
ha Rocky Linux 8 - HighAvailability disabled
ha-debug Rocky Linux 8 - High Availability - Source disabled
ha-source Rocky Linux 8 - High Availability - Source disabled
media-appstream Rocky Linux 8 - Media - AppStream disabled
media-baseos Rocky Linux 8 - Media - BaseOS disabled
nfv Rocky Linux 8 - NFV disabled
plus Rocky Linux 8 - Plus disabled
powertools Rocky Linux 8 - PowerTools enabled
powertools-debug Rocky Linux 8 - PowerTools - Source disabled
powertools-source Rocky Linux 8 - PowerTools - Source disabled
resilient-storage Rocky Linux 8 - ResilientStorage disabled
resilient-storage-debug Rocky Linux 8 - Resilient Storage - Source disabled
resilient-storage-source Rocky Linux 8 - Resilient Storage - Source disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Free - Updates enabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-debuginfo RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Free - Updates Debug disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-source RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Free - Updates Source disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Free - Test Updates disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing-debuginfo RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Free - Test Updates Debug disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing-source RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Free - Test Updates Source disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Nonfree - Updates enabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-debuginfo RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Nonfree - Updates Debug disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-source RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Nonfree - Updates Source disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Nonfree - Test Updates disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing-debuginfo RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Nonfree - Test Updates Debug disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing-source RPM Fusion for EL 8 - Nonfree - Test Updates Source disabled
rt Rocky Linux 8 - Realtime disabled
Yes, but none of those look like “previous version of baseos, appstream, extras, powertools”.
Kernel packages are in baseos. Do grep baseos /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo
Look at the file that contains the [baseos] repo definition.
grep baseos /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-BaseOS.repo:[baseos]
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-Debuginfo.repo:[baseos-debug]
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-Media.repo:[media-baseos]
/etc/yum.repos.d/Rocky-Sources.repo:[baseos-source]
A sidenote:
Apparently the problem is related to the new kernel:
If I boot into the old kernel the system comes up including grpahics.
I am on an intel-nuc. Maybe some specific driver for the grpahics card is missing?