Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-10 Thread Francisco Tissera
Hello George, Thanks for that bit of info. Fortunately enough, then, in this case, mi Mac is a 2017 Air, so I don't have to worry about it. Best regards. Francisco. On 3/10/21 1:29 PM, George N. White III wrote: On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 at 03:23, Francisco Tissera mailto:audiogamer2...@gmail.c

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-10 Thread Francisco Tissera
Hello Ed, LOL, thanks for that one. Yeah, the issue would have been even more confused indeed. Best regards. Francisco. On 3/10/21 12:07 PM, Ed Greshko wrote: On 10/03/2021 15:32, Francisco Tissera wrote: in the command you gave me, sudo grub2-editenv - set "saved_entry=133a2487cda040db

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-10 Thread George N. White III
On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 at 03:23, Francisco Tissera wrote: > [...] > And, i don't believe secure boot is present on macs, I've never seen it > at least. > Just to keep the record current: Recent macs with T2 chips do use secure boot, see https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/11/apple-t2-chip-cant-boot-li

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-10 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/03/2021 15:32, Francisco Tissera wrote: in the command you gave me, sudo grub2-editenv - set "saved_entry=133a2487cda040dbbe9609f0ab827def-5.10.20-200.fc33.x86 the entry x64 is absent. Is it normal, is it supposed to be like that? FWIW, I decided to test on a system here what would ha

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-10 Thread Francisco Tissera
Hello, About the kernel modules, thanks, it's good to know that i don't necessarily have to rebuild drivers, cause I've done my share of things to get this mac book air up and running as it should. And Ed, LOL! I hope your wife is nowhere near your computer right now! Best regards. Francis

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-10 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/03/2021 17:10, Francisco Tissera wrote: Yeah, it worked, thanks. Just so you know, you forgot dnf in there. I hope you don't mind me telling you. LOL!!! Not at all.  I even forgot to put chestnuts in the rice today.  Bad day. I blame it on my wife cutting my hair and freezing my brain

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-10 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/10/21 1:10 AM, J.Witvliet--- via users wrote: Removing any kernel, sure. But don’t do it on anyone referenced by your bootloader, or you’ll have to do some repair activities. What do you mean? Every kernel you install is referenced by the bootloader. When you remove the kernel, the boo

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-10 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/10/21 1:10 AM, Francisco Tissera wrote: Do i have to rebuild drivers and such I've installed after erasing 5.10.19, or do they automatically apply to 20 as well? Every kernel has its own set of kernel modules. They are never shared. "rpm -q kernel-modules"

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-10 Thread J.Witvliet--- via users
From: "dileepa.tissera dileepa.tissera" mailto:audiogamer2...@gmail.com>> Date: Tuesday, 9 March 2021 at 12:32:38 To: "Community support for Fedora users" mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org>> Subject: RE: A question about switching kernels Hello Samuel,

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-10 Thread Francisco Tissera
Hello Ed, Yeah, it worked, thanks. Just so you know, you forgot dnf in there. I hope you don't mind me telling you. Do i have to rebuild drivers and such I've installed after erasing 5.10.19, or do they automatically apply to 20 as well? Best regards. Francisco. On 3/10/21 10:05 AM, Ed G

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-10 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/03/2021 15:54, Francisco Tissera wrote: Hello Samuel, The problem is solved. To uninstall the core, i just do, sudo dnf remove kernel-core --skip-broken, right? sudo remove kernel-core-5.10.19-200.fc33 should be sufficient. -- People who believe they don't make mistakes have alread

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Francisco Tissera
Well, you don't, not on purpose. I know I'm going a little OT, but it's not just on you to assist people, but it's on them, if they can, and this time I could, to help the helper out too, if needed. That's one of the reasons why i really chose Fedora, because of the community. Best regards

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Francisco Tissera
Hello Samuel, The problem is solved. To uninstall the core, i just do, sudo dnf remove kernel-core --skip-broken, right? Thanks again for all your help, everyone. Best regards. Francisco. On 3/10/21 8:17 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 3/9/21 10:59 PM, Francisco Tissera wrote: rpm -q kernel's

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/03/2021 15:43, Francisco Tissera wrote: But still, I'm glad i caught it. Not as glad as I am.  I normally don't break other people's systems. -- People who believe they don't make mistakes have already made one. ___ users mailing list -- users

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Francisco Tissera
Hello Ed, Oh... well, i didn't think it was an error really, it was a curiosity. But still, I'm glad i caught it. Thanks again. Best regards. Francisco. On 3/10/21 8:41 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: sudo grub2-editenv - set "saved_entry=133a2487cda040dbbe9609f0ab827def-5.10.20-200.fc33.x86_64

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/03/2021 15:32, Francisco Tissera wrote: Hello Ed, Just a curiosity, if you don't mind: in the command you gave me, sudo grub2-editenv - set "saved_entry=133a2487cda040dbbe9609f0ab827def-5.10.20-200.fc33.x86 the entry x64 is absent. Is it normal, is it supposed to be like that? Best r

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Francisco Tissera
Hello Ed, Just a curiosity, if you don't mind: in the command you gave me, sudo grub2-editenv - set "saved_entry=133a2487cda040dbbe9609f0ab827def-5.10.20-200.fc33.x86 the entry x64 is absent. Is it normal, is it supposed to be like that? Best regards. Francisco. On 3/10/21 8:28 AM, Ed Gr

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/03/2021 15:23, Francisco Tissera wrote: Hello Ed, This is odd indeed. Samuel has already explained why this is so... Anyways, the output of the two commands, of which i understand nothing is, [francisco@blueblink ~]$ sudo grub2-editenv list saved_entry=133a2487cda040dbbe9609f0ab82

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Francisco Tissera
Hello Samuel, Yes, i did indeed do dnf remove kernel 5.10.19. Well, as soon as this issue gets fixed, I'll do as you suggested. Thanks. Best regards. Francisco On 3/10/21 8:17 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 3/9/21 10:59 PM, Francisco Tissera wrote: rpm -q kernel's output is, kernel-5.10.20-20

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Francisco Tissera
Hello Ed, This is odd indeed. Anyways, the output of the two commands, of which i understand nothing is, [francisco@blueblink ~]$ sudo grub2-editenv list saved_entry=133a2487cda040dbbe9609f0ab827def-5.10.19-200.fc33.x86_64 menu_auto_hide=1 boot_success=1 boot_indeterminate=0 [francisco@bluebl

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/9/21 10:59 PM, Francisco Tissera wrote: rpm -q kernel's output is, kernel-5.10.20-200.fc33.x86_64 the output of uname -r though, is, 5.10.19-200.fc33.x86_64 From your other email, I suspect you did "dnf remove kernel-5.10.19". The "kernel" package is just a meta-package, so you didn't

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Ed Greshko
On 10/03/2021 14:59, Francisco Tissera wrote: rpm -q kernel's output is, kernel-5.10.20-200.fc33.x86_64 the output of uname -r though, is, 5.10.19-200.fc33.x86_64 That would be very odd. It would be saying you have only one kernel installed but the kernel you're running isn't listed. I d

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Francisco Tissera
Hello, rpm -q kernel's output is, kernel-5.10.20-200.fc33.x86_64 the output of uname -r though, is, 5.10.19-200.fc33.x86_64 Best regards. Francisco. On 3/9/21 11:07 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: On 3/9/21 3:32 AM, dileepa.tissera dileepa.tissera wrote: Interesting thing is, although I installed

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Francisco Tissera
Hello George, Below the output of the 3 commands you requested. ls -l /boot/vm* -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 11698160 Mar  3 11:14 /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-133a2487cda 040dbbe9609f0ab827def -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 10538096 Feb 26 17:36 /boot/vmlinuz-5.10.19-200.fc33.x86 _64 -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root roo

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/9/21 3:32 AM, dileepa.tissera dileepa.tissera wrote: Interesting thing is, although I installed 5.10.20, the only available version in the grub menu is 5.10.19, strange. What does "rpm -q kernel" show? ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedora

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread George N. White III
On Tue, 9 Mar 2021 at 07:32, dileepa.tissera dileepa.tissera < audiogamer2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Samuel, > > > > Thank you. > > Interesting thing is, although I installed 5.10.20, the only available > version in the grub menu is 5.10.19, strange. > It is easy in the stream of messages to m

RE: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread dileepa . tissera dileepa . tissera
Hello Samuel, Thank you.Interesting thing is, although I installed 5.10.20, the only available version in the grub menu is 5.10.19, strange.Best regards.Francisco.From: Samuel SiebSent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 11:31 AMTo: Community support for Fedora usersSubject: Re: A question about switching

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/9/21 1:43 AM, Francisco Tissera wrote: Oh dear, all right, will see if i can get access to the grub menu, being blind, i guess I'll have to set the grub timeout to maybe 15 seconds, just to get it right. Is there a way to remove the old kernel, if i miraculusly manage to select the lates

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Francisco Tissera
hello Samuel, Oh dear, all right, will see if i can get access to the grub menu, being blind, i guess I'll have to set the grub timeout to maybe 15 seconds, just to get it right. Is there a way to remove the old kernel, if i miraculusly manage to select the latest kernel, or is it unsafe?

Re: A question about switching kernels

2021-03-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 3/8/21 10:55 PM, Francisco Tissera wrote: Just a few minutes ago, i updated my system, and found out that from kernel version 5.10.19, there was an upgrade to 5.10.20, which I gladly did. Well, when i, after rebooting, typed uname -r, I found out that i was still using kernel 5.10.19, inst

A question about switching kernels

2021-03-08 Thread Francisco Tissera
Hello everyone, Just a few minutes ago, i updated my system, and found out that from kernel version 5.10.19, there was an upgrade to 5.10.20, which I gladly did. Well, when i, after rebooting, typed uname -r, I found out that i was still using kernel 5.10.19, instead of 20. Is there a way