Failing upgrade from version 7-200 fc43

pg-tips · April 18, 2026, 2:57pm

Can you ls /boot/efi again, to check that the mv command worked?

lucascowman58101919 · April 18, 2026, 3:18pm

it did when i checked it

udo ls /boot/efi
253d517cf4e1494d80c3550b6fa6ede8_disabled EFI FSCK0000.REC FSCK0001.REC mach_kernel System ‘System Volume Information’

pg-tips · April 18, 2026, 3:22pm

Thanks, so we have to look for other reasons why the kernel postinstall script tries to write to /boot/efi

Can you try:

dnf list --installed "kernel-uki*"

If those packages somehow got installed, that’s another reason why the system might be trying to right to /boot/efi.

lucascowman58101919 · April 18, 2026, 3:23pm

its just says no listed packages

dnf list --installed “kernel-uki*”
No matching packages to list

pg-tips · April 18, 2026, 3:33pm

I think this exhausts my troubleshooting sorry, I can’t immediately think of what other factors can cause this.

Can you show the output of kernel-install ? This has relevant information and it may help someone troubleshoot.

lucascowman58101919 · April 18, 2026, 3:39pm

kernel-install
Machine ID: 253d517cf4e1494d80c3550b6fa6ede8
Kernel Image Type: pe
Layout: other
Boot Root: /boot
Entry Token Type: machine-id
Entry Token: 253d517cf4e1494d80c3550b6fa6ede8
Entry Directory: /boot/253d517cf4e1494d80c3550b6fa6ede8/6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64
Kernel Version: 6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64
Kernel: /usr/lib/modules/6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64/vmlinuz
Initrds: (unset)
Initrd Generator: (unset)
UKI Generator: (unset)
Plugins: /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/10-devicetree.install
/etc/kernel/install.d/20-grub.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-depmod.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-dracut.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/51-dracut-rescue.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/55-set-boot-entry.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/60-kdump.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/90-loaderentry.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/90-uki-copy.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/92-crashkernel.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/92-tuned.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/95-kernel-hooks.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/99-grub-mkconfig.install
Plugin Environment: LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8
KERNEL_INSTALL_VERBOSE=0
KERNEL_INSTALL_IMAGE_TYPE=pe
KERNEL_INSTALL_MACHINE_ID=253d517cf4e1494d80c3550b6fa6ede8
KERNEL_INSTALL_ENTRY_TOKEN=253d517cf4e1494d80c3550b6fa6ede8
lines 1-30

vekruse · April 18, 2026, 3:40pm

You could make it even stronger: using install in this case would install all the kernel-debug as well as kernel-uki packages, which could create additional problems.

vekruse · April 18, 2026, 3:42pm

Hit the space bar to get the rest of thelines, which would also provide useful information.

lucascowman58101919 · April 18, 2026, 3:43pm

(unset)
Plugins: /usr/lib/kernel/install.d/10-devicetree.install
/etc/kernel/install.d/20-grub.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-depmod.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/50-dracut.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/51-dracut-rescue.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/55-set-boot-entry.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/60-kdump.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/90-loaderentry.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/90-uki-copy.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/92-crashkernel.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/92-tuned.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/95-kernel-hooks.install
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/99-grub-mkconfig.install
Plugin Environment: LC_COLLATE=C.UTF-8
KERNEL_INSTALL_VERBOSE=0
KERNEL_INSTALL_IMAGE_TYPE=pe
KERNEL_INSTALL_MACHINE_ID=253d517cf4e1494d80c3550b6fa6ede8
KERNEL_INSTALL_ENTRY_TOKEN=253d517cf4e1494d80c3550b6fa6ede8
KERNEL_INSTALL_BOOT_ROOT=/boot
KERNEL_INSTALL_LAYOUT=other
KERNEL_INSTALL_INITRD_GENERATOR=
KERNEL_INSTALL_UKI_GENERATOR=
KERNEL_INSTALL_STAGING_AREA=/tmp/kernel-install.staging.XXXXXX
Plugin Arguments: add|remove
6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64
/boot/253d517cf4e1494d80c3550b6fa6ede8/6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64
/usr/lib/modules/6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64/vmlinuz
[INITRD…]

theresx the rest

vekruse · April 18, 2026, 3:54pm

This looks normal, except that the kernel version is 6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64.

I would like the list of

The contents of the file /etc/default/grub
The output of the command rpm -qa 'kernel*' (with qoutes around “kernel*”)

lucascowman58101919 · April 18, 2026, 3:56pm

GRUB_TIMEOUT=60
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=“$(sed ‘s, release .*$,g’ /etc/system-release)”
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=true
GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=“gfxterm”
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=“”
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=“true”
GRUB_ENABLE_BLSCFG=false
GRUB_THEME=/home/lewiscowan/Documents/Particle-sidebar-grub-themes/1080p/Particle-sidebar/theme.txt
GRUB_FONT=“/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2”

rpm -qa ‘kernel*’
kernel-core-6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-modules-core-6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-modules-6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-modules-extra-6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-devel-6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-core-6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-modules-core-6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-modules-6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-modules-extra-6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-devel-6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-6.19.11-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-headers-6.19.6-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-srpm-macros-1.0-27.fc43.noarch
kernel-core-6.19.12-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-modules-core-6.19.12-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-modules-6.19.12-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-modules-extra-6.19.12-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-6.19.12-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-devel-6.19.12-200.fc43.x86_64

vekruse · April 18, 2026, 4:03pm

That option is not really supported and hasn’t for a long time. You will need to run sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg every time you get a new kernel update.

This can be troublesome if you want UEFI secure boot.

lucascowman58101919 · April 18, 2026, 4:07pm

sorry but what is uefi secuyre boot as i disabled secure bott in bios but when i tried to access uefi firmware settings in bootloader my computer bricked its self and i had to reseat ssd to fix it

what should i do from here in that case?

vekruse · April 18, 2026, 4:22pm

Leave that as is.

Then run

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

lucascowman58101919 · April 18, 2026, 5:04pm

Generating grub configuration file …
Found theme: /home/lewiscowan/Documents/Particle-sidebar-grub-themes/1080p/Particle-sidebar/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-6.18.7-200.fc43.x86_64.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-0-rescue-253d517cf4e1494d80c3550b6fa6ede8
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-0-rescue-253d517cf4e1494d80c3550b6fa6ede8.img
Found Windows Boot Manager on /dev/nvme0n1p1@/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings …
done

madmaxmadmax · April 18, 2026, 5:18pm

dnf repoquery -l kernel-core | grep vmlinuz-6.19.*

lucascowman58101919 · April 18, 2026, 5:31pm

madmaxmadmax · April 18, 2026, 5:44pm

sudo grubby --info=ALL | grep -E "^kernel|^index"

lucascowman58101919 · April 18, 2026, 6:28pm

i gotno output from that command

madmaxmadmax · April 18, 2026, 10:12pm

Try sudo grubby --set-default /boot/vmlinuz-6.19.12-200.fc43.x86_64 after that reboot and see it’s pick up new kernel.

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