Yesterday I did an upgrade and kernel-5-18-15-200.fc36 was installed. When I rebooted I got a lot of text on a black screen and then everything stopped. I can safely boot into the previous kernel with no problem. I tried reinstalling and still the same problem. I have never encountered something like this and I’m lost. Read through the doc’s but really didn’t understand them and worried about screwing everything up. 
Any help or suggestions is greatly appreciated.
john
Can you look at dnf history for the most recent update and post the output here in the Preformatted text tags </> so we can see what was actually upgraded?
dnf history info 142
Transaction ID : 142
Begin time : Thu 04 Aug 2022 07:39:10 AM PDT
Begin rpmdb : 8509365fdc1ed2d726361456da281cdf6ebd195b53edb9ea2b35690949615995
End time : Thu 04 Aug 2022 07:40:20 AM PDT (70 seconds)
End rpmdb : 5b48f0c9576afdd47b75b161c4c5d94a83e6b130b054893745fbee8c80af7b82
User : John B Spence <john>
Return-Code : Success
Releasever : 36
Command Line : upgrade --refresh
Comment :
Packages Altered:
Install kernel-5.18.15-200.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Install kernel-core-5.18.15-200.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Install kernel-modules-5.18.15-200.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Install kernel-modules-extra-5.18.15-200.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgrade coreutils-9.0-7.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded coreutils-9.0-5.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade coreutils-common-9.0-7.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded coreutils-common-9.0-5.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade firefox-103.0.1-1.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded firefox-103.0-1.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade google-noto-fonts-common-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-fonts-common-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-naskh-arabic-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-naskh-arabic-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-armenian-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-armenian-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-canadian-aboriginal-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-canadian-aboriginal-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-cherokee-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-cherokee-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-ethiopic-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-ethiopic-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-georgian-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-georgian-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-gurmukhi-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-gurmukhi-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-hebrew-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-hebrew-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-lao-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-lao-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-math-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-math-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-mono-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-mono-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-sinhala-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-sinhala-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-thaana-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-thaana-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-sans-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-sans-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade google-noto-serif-vf-fonts-20201206-10.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded google-noto-serif-vf-fonts-20201206-9.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade grub2-common-1:2.06-45.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded grub2-common-1:2.06-42.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32-1:2.06-45.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded grub2-efi-ia32-1:2.06-42.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot-1:2.06-45.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded grub2-efi-ia32-cdboot-1:2.06-42.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-1:2.06-45.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded grub2-efi-x64-1:2.06-42.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade grub2-efi-x64-cdboot-1:2.06-45.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded grub2-efi-x64-cdboot-1:2.06-42.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade grub2-pc-1:2.06-45.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded grub2-pc-1:2.06-42.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade grub2-pc-modules-1:2.06-45.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded grub2-pc-modules-1:2.06-42.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade grub2-tools-1:2.06-45.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded grub2-tools-1:2.06-42.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade grub2-tools-efi-1:2.06-45.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded grub2-tools-efi-1:2.06-42.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade grub2-tools-extra-1:2.06-45.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded grub2-tools-extra-1:2.06-42.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade grub2-tools-minimal-1:2.06-45.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded grub2-tools-minimal-1:2.06-42.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade langpacks-core-en-3.0-25.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded langpacks-core-en-3.0-23.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade langpacks-core-font-en-3.0-25.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded langpacks-core-font-en-3.0-23.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade langpacks-en-3.0-25.fc36.noarch @updates
Upgraded langpacks-en-3.0-23.fc36.noarch @@System
Upgrade less-590-5.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded less-590-3.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade libevdev-1.13.0-1.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded libevdev-1.12.1-1.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade python3-rpm-4.17.1-3.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded python3-rpm-4.17.1-2.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade rpm-4.17.1-3.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded rpm-4.17.1-2.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade rpm-build-libs-4.17.1-3.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded rpm-build-libs-4.17.1-2.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade rpm-libs-4.17.1-3.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded rpm-libs-4.17.1-2.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade rpm-plugin-selinux-4.17.1-3.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded rpm-plugin-selinux-4.17.1-2.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit-4.17.1-3.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded rpm-plugin-systemd-inhibit-4.17.1-2.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade rpm-sign-libs-4.17.1-3.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded rpm-sign-libs-4.17.1-2.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Upgrade xdg-desktop-portal-1.12.6-1.fc36.x86_64 @updates
Upgraded xdg-desktop-portal-1.12.5-1.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Reason Change Box2D-2.4.1-7.fc36.x86_64 @anaconda
Removed kernel-5.18.10-200.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Removed kernel-core-5.18.10-200.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Removed kernel-modules-5.18.10-200.fc36.x86_64 @@System
Removed kernel-modules-extra-5.18.10-200.fc36.x86_64 @@System
as requested, thanks for the help
john
What I see there that may be related is a lot of grub packages, a lot of rpm packages, the kernel upgrade, and some coreutils packages.
My first step would be to sudo dnf reinstall coreutils* grub2* rpm* kernel*5.18.15* and then reboot to see if it is fixed. The reinstall cannot hurt anything and may fix the issue.
Thanks for your help. I did what you suggested and no difference at all. Is it possible to undo the history that did the upgrade and then do another upgrade? BTW I have 3 tower servers running fedora server version, all with the new kernel and no problems at all. Didn’t think to check that before. At least it narrows to this computer.
john
Just for your info, I removed the kernel and then did a upgrade and got a new kernel (5.18.16-200.fc36.x86_64). now when I do “dnf info kernel” the 5.18.15 version is gone and the computer reboots just fine.
Thanks again for your help and suggestions.
john