Stuck after failed upgrade due to power outage

Hello there,

This morning I decided to upgrade my workstation to F34 since F35 is almost out and I had left it behind after using my laptop for a while. I had a power outage, and even if it was under UPS it got stuck at 13%.

I rebooted successfully, but when trying to restart the upgrade process (I thought I’d double check again with dnf --refresh upgrade) it started throwing Couldn't resolve hostname for... multiple repos. It seems that my DNSs or something else got messed up.

What I tried so far:

One unexpected detail: Selinux complained multiple times. In particular when I tried the last operation, calling out systemd-tmpfile, systemd-logind, systemd-resolve but possibly also earlier on sssd, mdadm, rpcbind.

I think I need some help here :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks for checking my question and, in advance, for any hint you might provide

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Sorry to hear of that inconvenient power failure during upgrade. What are the odds? (As it turns out, external issues during upgrades are one of the big reasons we all see the messages to be sure you have a full backup before starting.)
Your screenshot shows up a bit fuzzy, difficult to read, but what is not at all fuzzy is that your DNS lookups fail due to the issues with systemd-resolved service. If the issue is with SELinux, you can temporarily disable it (see /etc/selinux/config and consider setting SELINUX=disabled), and change back when you complete your upgrade. You should reboot after changing that config.
But if that’s not helping, then we’ll need to revisit your DNS resolver configuration. Can you show the errors and your /etc/resolv.conf info?
Thanks

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If you think it might be an selinux issue that can be checked by temporarily disabling selinux using “sudo setenforce 0” and once again trying the action that fails.

That image shows a problem with restarting systemd-resolved.service. To slow it down do a stop, wait 10-30 seconds or more, then a start

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Thanks for your hints guys @mhdave and @computersavvy, possibly they brought me a step forward: DNF seems to be able to contact the repos, even if Firefox still cannot access the internet.

Now what I am facing is this:


(Hope the definition now is better)
It should be this error “The operation would result in removing the following protected packages: kernel-core” so googling I found this post.

By checking on the two commands suggested at the link (fpaste and rpm) I noticed a very odd thing: the system believes it is already an F34. It did not even go past 15% of the upgrade, yet it does.

My problem seems to be different from the OP, since I should have booted with my latest kernel. Anyway, the output from the two commands is below.

fpaste --sysinfo --printonly

gives

=== fpaste 0.4.2.0 System Information ===
* OS Release (lsb_release -ds):
     "Fedora release 34 (Thirty Four)"
     
* Kernel (uname -r ; cat /proc/cmdline):
     5.14.11-100.fc33.x86_64
     BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,msdos1)/vmlinuz-5.14.11-100.fc33.x86_64 root=/dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-root ro resume=/dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-swap rd.lvm.lv=fedora_localhost-live/root rd.luks.uuid=luks-a9930e8e-216f-48a9-b485-5467d68f22b5 rd.lvm.lv=fedora_localhost-live/swap rhgb quiet
     
* Desktop(s) Running (without results: "ps -eo comm= | grep -E '(gnome-session|startkde|startactive|xfce.?-session|fluxbox|blackbox|hackedbox|ratpoison|enlightenment|icewm-session|od-session|wmaker|wmx|openbox-lxde|openbox-gnome-session|openbox-kde-session|mwm|e16|fvwm|xmonad|sugar-session|mate-session|lxqt-session|cinnamon|lxdm-session)' "):
     N/A

* Desktop(s) Installed (ls -m /usr/share/xsessions/ | sed 's/\.desktop//g' ):
     plasma
     
* SELinux Status (sestatus):
     SELinux status:                 disabled
     
* SELinux Errors (without results: "selinuxenabled && journalctl --since yesterday |grep avc: | grep -Eo comm="[^ ]+" | sort |uniq -c |sort -rn"):
     N/A

* CPU Model (grep 'model name' /proc/cpuinfo | awk -F: '{print $2}' | uniq -c |
     sed -re 's/^ +//' ):
     8  AMD FX(tm)-8350 Eight-Core Processor
     
* 64-bit Support (grep -q ' lm ' /proc/cpuinfo && echo Yes || echo No):
     Yes
     
* Hardware Virtualization Support (grep -Eq '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo && echo Yes || echo No):
     Yes
     
* Load average (uptime):
      23:04:28 up 6 min,  4 users,  load average: 0,49, 0,57, 0,31
     
* Memory usage (free -m):
                    total        used        free      shared  buff/cache   available
     Mem:           31993        2254       27298          62        2441       29266
     Swap:          20191           0       20191
     
* Top 5 CPU hogs (ps axuScnh | awk '$2!=4796' | sort -rnk3 | head -5):
            0       1 14.9  0.0 173312 13584 ?        Ss   22:57   1:01 systemd
         1000    3452 14.7  1.5 3732056 515680 ?      Sl   23:02   0:21 firefox
            0    1306 11.9  0.0 317316  6440 ?        Ssl  22:58   0:45 rngd
         1000    4766  4.5  0.3 2421044 117016 ?      Sl   23:03   0:02 thumbnail.so
         1000    2268  2.3  0.0 290932  8936 ?        Ss   22:58   0:08 kdeinit5
     
* Top 5 Memory hogs (ps axuScnh | sort -rnk4 | head -5):
         1000    3452 14.7  1.5 3732056 515680 ?      Sl   23:02   0:21 firefox
         1000    2390  1.6  0.8 3954052 294684 ?      Sl   22:58   0:05 plasmashell
         1000    3799  1.9  0.5 9020648 167296 ?      Sl   23:02   0:02 Web Content
         1000    3734  2.1  0.5 27971580 166540 ?     Sl   23:02   0:03 WebExtensions
         1000    2448  0.3  0.5 2880840 172644 ?      Sl   22:58   0:01 nextcloud
     
* Disk space usage (df -hT):
     File system                             Tipo      Dim. Usati Dispon. Uso% Montato su
     devtmpfs                                devtmpfs   16G     0     16G   0% /dev
     tmpfs                                   tmpfs      16G   16K     16G   1% /dev/shm
     tmpfs                                   tmpfs     6,3G  1,9M    6,3G   1% /run
     /dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-root ext4       69G   31G     35G  48% /
     tmpfs                                   tmpfs      16G  8,0K     16G   1% /tmp
     /dev/loop2                              squashfs   55M   55M       0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core18/1754
     /dev/loop0                              squashfs   94M   94M       0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/core/9066
     /dev/loop1                              squashfs  102M  102M       0 100% /var/lib/snapd/snap/raven/4
     /dev/sda1                               ext4      976M  306M    604M  34% /boot
     /dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-home ext4      373G  287G     68G  81% /home
     /dev/sdb1                               btrfs     7,3T  4,0T    3,3T  55% /run/media/giampaolo/giampaolo-ws
     tmpfs                                   tmpfs     3,2G  156K    3,2G   1% /run/user/1000
     /dev/dm-4                               ext4      3,6T  2,0T    1,5T  58% /run/media/giampaolo/G44-4Tbackup
     
* Block devices (blkid):
     /dev/sda1: UUID="2ce0804c-d541-4b46-94be-e4cf3f620d41" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="3dc3040c-01"
     /dev/sda2: UUID="a9930e8e-216f-48a9-b485-5467d68f22b5" TYPE="crypto_LUKS" PARTUUID="3dc3040c-02"
     /dev/sdc1: LABEL="giampaolo-ws" UUID="1690e979-2773-4cbe-af41-e028f89b969c" UUID_SUB="37d22457-00ef-490b-89c6-bceff2fdeda0" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="btrfs" PARTUUID="3df06bfe-c554-4096-b312-f5c119634a65"
     /dev/sdb1: LABEL="giampaolo-ws" UUID="1690e979-2773-4cbe-af41-e028f89b969c" UUID_SUB="292c5537-56a2-4909-81a5-d4062d8bef1d" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="btrfs" PARTUUID="becbe8b5-f00b-46e7-b481-495e2b243d59"
     /dev/mapper/luks-a9930e8e-216f-48a9-b485-5467d68f22b5: UUID="G2mCgk-n0z9-LYXa-5HY3-nAwO-pjAr-LJHEHU" TYPE="LVM2_member"
     /dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-root: UUID="bf5ee544-72f0-41fc-ac1b-66b8f12f9c32" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4"
     /dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-swap: UUID="1558e857-1c54-4668-82cd-f85f79bc8b23" TYPE="swap"
     /dev/zram0: LABEL="zram0" UUID="0eed3929-4c33-4654-9c59-1e8c33bd58d4" TYPE="swap"
     /dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-home: UUID="e2ae4e09-0fda-4dbb-82db-8f6ac36f8a66" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4"
     /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs"
     /dev/loop2: TYPE="squashfs"
     /dev/loop1: TYPE="squashfs"
     /dev/sdd1: UUID="c0d515d7-4219-4209-bf5f-8187211d6cf6" TYPE="crypto_LUKS" PARTUUID="e2e7f250-66a0-4b36-a4b6-a3a7e3482824"
     /dev/mapper/luks-c0d515d7-4219-4209-bf5f-8187211d6cf6: LABEL="G44-4Tbackup" UUID="9498f8d6-2ace-459e-be93-412fd55bf67e" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4"
     
* PCI devices (lspci -nn):
     00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD9x0/RX980 Host Bridge [1002:5a14] (rev 02)
     00:02.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890/RD9x0/RX980 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI Express GFX port 0) [1002:5a16]
     00:04.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890/RD9x0/RX980 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI Express GPP Port 0) [1002:5a18]
     00:05.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890/RD9x0/RX980 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI Express GPP Port 1) [1002:5a19]
     00:09.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890/RD9x0/RX980 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI Express GPP Port 4) [1002:5a1c]
     00:0a.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890/RD9x0/RX980 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI Express GPP Port 5) [1002:5a1d]
     00:0b.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890/RD990 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI Express GFX2 port 0) [1002:5a1f]
     00:0d.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RD890/RD9x0/RX980 PCI to PCI bridge (PCI Express GPP2 Port 0) [1002:5a1e]
     00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1002:4391] (rev 40)
     00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
     00:12.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
     00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
     00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
     00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 SMBus Controller [1002:4385] (rev 42)
     00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) [1002:4383] (rev 40)
     00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 LPC host controller [1002:439d] (rev 40)
     00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge [1002:4384] (rev 40)
     00:14.5 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller [1002:4399]
     00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1002:43a0]
     00:15.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB700/SB800/SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) [1002:43a1]
     00:15.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2) [1002:43a2]
     00:15.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB900 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 3) [1002:43a3]
     00:16.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI0 Controller [1002:4397]
     00:16.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB EHCI Controller [1002:4396]
     00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 0 [1022:1600]
     00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 1 [1022:1601]
     00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 2 [1022:1602]
     00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 3 [1022:1603]
     00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 4 [1022:1604]
     00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD] Family 15h Processor Function 5 [1022:1605]
     02:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller [1b21:0612] (rev 01)
     03:00.0 SATA controller [0106]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1062 Serial ATA Controller [1b21:0612] (rev 01)
     04:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller [1b21:1042]
     07:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Pitcairn PRO [Radeon HD 7850 / R7 265 / R9 270 1024SP] [1002:6819]
     07:00.1 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Oland/Hainan/Cape Verde/Pitcairn HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 7000 Series] [1002:aab0]
     09:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller [1106:3403] (rev 01)
     0a:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller [10ec:8168] (rev 09)
     0b:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller [1b21:1042]
     0c:00.0 USB controller [0c03]: ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM1042 SuperSpeed USB Host Controller [1b21:1042]
     
* USB devices (lsusb):
     Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
     Bus 013 Device 002: ID 0480:0900 Toshiba America Inc MQ04UBF100
     Bus 013 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 012 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 011 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 010 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
     Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
     Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1050:0110 Yubico.com Yubikey NEO(-N) OTP
     Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1a40:0101 Terminus Technology Inc. Hub
     Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     Bus 004 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
     Bus 004 Device 002: ID 051d:0002 American Power Conversion Uninterruptible Power Supply
     Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
     Bus 009 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0003 Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
     Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
     
* DRM Information (journalctl -k -b | grep -o 'kernel:.*drm.*$' | cut -d ' ' -f 2- ):
     [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
     [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (PITCAIRN 0x1002:0x6819 0x174B:0xE221 0x00).
     [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=2048M, BAR=256M
     [drm] RAM width 256bits DDR
     [drm] radeon: 2048M of VRAM memory ready
     [drm] radeon: 2048M of GTT memory ready.
     [drm] Loading pitcairn Microcode
     [drm] Internal thermal controller with fan control
     [drm] radeon: dpm initialized
     [drm] Found VCE firmware/feedback version 50.0.1 / 17!
     [drm] GART: num cpu pages 524288, num gpu pages 524288
     [drm] PCIE gen 2 link speeds already enabled
     [drm] PCIE GART of 2048M enabled (table at 0x00000000001D6000).
     [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
     [drm] ring test on 0 succeeded in 3 usecs
     [drm] ring test on 1 succeeded in 1 usecs
     [drm] ring test on 2 succeeded in 1 usecs
     [drm] ring test on 3 succeeded in 6 usecs
     [drm] ring test on 4 succeeded in 5 usecs
     [drm] ring test on 5 succeeded in 2 usecs
     [drm] UVD initialized successfully.
     [drm] ring test on 6 succeeded in 21 usecs
     [drm] ring test on 7 succeeded in 4 usecs
     [drm] VCE initialized successfully.
     [drm] ib test on ring 0 succeeded in 0 usecs
     [drm] ib test on ring 1 succeeded in 0 usecs
     [drm] ib test on ring 2 succeeded in 0 usecs
     [drm] ib test on ring 3 succeeded in 0 usecs
     [drm] ib test on ring 4 succeeded in 0 usecs
     [drm] ib test on ring 5 succeeded
     [drm] ib test on ring 6 succeeded
     [drm] ib test on ring 7 succeeded
     [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
     [drm] Connector 0:
     [drm]   DP-1
     [drm]   HPD4
     [drm]   DDC: 0x6530 0x6530 0x6534 0x6534 0x6538 0x6538 0x653c 0x653c
     [drm]   Encoders:
     [drm]     DFP1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY2
     [drm] Connector 1:
     [drm]   HDMI-A-1
     [drm]   HPD1
     [drm]   DDC: 0x6550 0x6550 0x6554 0x6554 0x6558 0x6558 0x655c 0x655c
     [drm]   Encoders:
     [drm]     DFP2: INTERNAL_UNIPHY2
     [drm] Connector 2:
     [drm]   DVI-D-1
     [drm]   HPD5
     [drm]   DDC: 0x6570 0x6570 0x6574 0x6574 0x6578 0x6578 0x657c 0x657c
     [drm]   Encoders:
     [drm]     DFP3: INTERNAL_UNIPHY1
     [drm] Connector 3:
     [drm]   DVI-I-1
     [drm]   HPD6
     [drm]   DDC: 0x6580 0x6580 0x6584 0x6584 0x6588 0x6588 0x658c 0x658c
     [drm]   Encoders:
     [drm]     DFP4: INTERNAL_UNIPHY
     [drm]     CRT1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC1
     [drm] fb mappable at 0xC05E1000
     [drm] vram apper at 0xC0000000
     [drm] size 33177600
     [drm] fb depth is 24
     [drm]    pitch is 15360
     [drm:si_dpm_set_power_state [radeon]] *ERROR* si_restrict_performance_levels_before_switch failed
     radeon 0000:07:00.0: [drm] fb0: radeon frame buffer device
     [drm] Initialized radeon 2.50.0 20080528 for 0000:07:00.0 on minor 0
     [drm] amdgpu kernel modesetting enabled.
     
* Xorg modules (grep LoadModule /var/log/Xorg.0.log ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log | cut -d \" -f 2 | xargs):
     glx radeon ati modesetting fbdev vesa fbdevhw fb dri2 glamoregl ramdac libinput
     
* GL Support (glxinfo | grep -E "OpenGL version|OpenGL renderer"):
     OpenGL renderer string: AMD PITCAIRN (DRM 2.50.0, 5.14.11-100.fc33.x86_64, LLVM 12.0.1)
     OpenGL version string: 4.5 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 21.1.8
     
* Xorg errors (without results: "grep '^\[.*(EE)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log | cut -d ':' -f 2- "):
     N/A

* Kernel buffer tail (dmesg | tail):
     [   57.476802] logitech-hidpp-device 0003:046D:407B.0005: HID++ 4.5 device connected.
     [   71.173309] usb 1-5.4: USB disconnect, device number 5
     [   80.044383] usb 1-5.4: new full-speed USB device number 6 using ehci-pci
     [   80.236312] usb 1-5.4: New USB device found, idVendor=1050, idProduct=0110, bcdDevice= 3.18
     [   80.236316] usb 1-5.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
     [   80.236319] usb 1-5.4: Product: Yubikey NEO OTP
     [   80.236320] usb 1-5.4: Manufacturer: Yubico
     [   80.238217] input: Yubico Yubikey NEO OTP as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:12.2/usb1/1-5/1-5.4/1-5.4:1.0/0003:1050:0110.0008/input/input36
     [   80.289771] hid-generic 0003:1050:0110.0008: input,hidraw4: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Yubico Yubikey NEO OTP] on usb-0000:00:12.2-5.4/input0
     [  270.093976] EXT4-fs (dm-4): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null). Quota mode: none.
     
* Last few reboots (last -x -n10 reboot runlevel):
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   5.14.11-100.fc33 Sat Oct 16 22:58   still running
     reboot   system boot  5.14.11-100.fc33 Sat Oct 16 22:57   still running
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   5.14.11-100.fc33 Sat Oct 16 22:20 - 22:56  (00:36)
     reboot   system boot  5.14.11-100.fc33 Sat Oct 16 22:19 - 22:56  (00:37)
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   5.14.11-100.fc33 Sat Oct 16 21:54 - 22:18  (00:24)
     reboot   system boot  5.14.11-100.fc33 Sat Oct 16 21:53 - 22:18  (00:25)
     reboot   system boot  5.14.11-100.fc33 Sat Oct 16 21:49 - 21:50  (00:00)
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   5.14.11-100.fc33 Sat Oct 16 21:46 - 21:48  (00:02)
     reboot   system boot  5.14.11-100.fc33 Sat Oct 16 21:46 - 21:48  (00:02)
     runlevel (to lvl 5)   5.14.11-100.fc33 Sat Oct 16 14:26 - 16:33  (02:06)
     
     wtmp begins Wed Sep 18 03:27:54 2019
     
* DNF Repositories (dnf repolist):
     id repo                      nome repo
     charlesproxy                 Charles Proxy Repository
     docker-ce-stable             Docker CE Stable - x86_64
     fedora                       Fedora 33 - x86_64
     fedora-cisco-openh264        Fedora 33 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64
     fedora-modular               Fedora Modular 33 - x86_64
     pgdg-common                  PostgreSQL common RPMs for Fedora 33 - x86_64
     pgdg10                       PostgreSQL 10 for Fedora 33 - x86_64
     pgdg11                       PostgreSQL 11 for Fedora 33 - x86_64
     pgdg12                       PostgreSQL 12 for Fedora 33 - x86_64
     pgdg13                       PostgreSQL 13 for Fedora 33 - x86_64
     pgdg14                       PostgreSQL 14 for Fedora 33 - x86_64
     pgdg96                       PostgreSQL 9.6 for Fedora 33 - x86_64
     rpmfusion-free               RPM Fusion for Fedora 33 - Free
     rpmfusion-free-updates       RPM Fusion for Fedora 33 - Free - Updates
     skype-stable                 skype (stable)
     teams                        teams
     updates                      Fedora 33 - x86_64 - Updates
     updates-modular              Fedora Modular 33 - x86_64 - Updates
     
* DNF Extras (dnf -C list extras):
     Ultima verifica della scadenza dei metadati: 0:27:15 fa il sab 16 ott 2021, 22:37:17.
     Pacchetti extra
     Postbird.x86_64                         0.8.2-80                   @@commandline
     atom.x86_64                             1.40.1-0.1                 @@commandline
     bind-export-libs.x86_64                 32:9.11.14-2.fc30          @updates     
     clang-resource-filesystem.x86_64        12.0.1-1.fc34              @updates     
     draw.io.x86_64                          13.7.9-326                 @@commandline
     f34-backgrounds-base.noarch             34.0.1-1.fc34              @fedora      
     fedora-logos.noarch                     34.0.4-1.fc34              @updates     
     fipscheck-lib.x86_64                    1.5.0-7.fc31               @fedora      
     flash-player-ppapi.x86_64               32.0.0.344-release         @@commandline
     fslint.noarch                           2.46-7.fc31                @fedora      
     glibc-doc.noarch                        2.33-20.fc34               @updates     
     hunspell-filesystem.x86_64              1.7.0-9.fc34               @fedora      
     iscan.x86_64                            2.30.1-1.usb0.1.ltdl7      @@commandline
     iscan-data.noarch                       1.36.0-1                   @@commandline
     iscan-plugin-perfection-v370.x86_64     1.0.0-2                    @@commandline
     libblockdev-vdo.x86_64                  2.24-2.fc31                @updates     
     libqrtr-glib.x86_64                     1.0.0-1.fc34               @updates     
     mkfontscale.x86_64                      1.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     pam_krb5.x86_64                         2.4.13-14.fc31             @fedora      
     plasma-discover-packagekit.x86_64       5.22.5-1.fc34              @updates     
     proj-data-at.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-au.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-be.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-br.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-ca.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-ch.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-de.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-dk.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-es.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-eur.noarch                    7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-fi.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-fo.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-fr.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-is.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-jp.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-nc.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-nl.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-nz.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-pt.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-se.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-sk.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-uk.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     proj-data-us.noarch                     7.2.1-2.fc34               @fedora      
     veracrypt.x86_64                        1.24.12-1                  @@commandline
     zoom.x86_64                             5.0.413237.0524-1          @@commandline
     
* Last 20 packages installed (rpm -qa --nodigest --nosignature --last | head -20):
     selinux-policy-minimum-34.21-1.fc34.noarch    sab 16 ott 2021, 11:51:08
     nss-sysinit-3.71.0-1.fc34.x86_64              sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:58
     nss-3.71.0-1.fc34.x86_64                      sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:58
     flatpak-selinux-1.10.5-1.fc34.noarch          sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:58
     java-11-openjdk-headless-11.0.12.0.7-4.fc34.x86_64 sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:55
     upower-0.99.13-1.fc34.x86_64                  sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:54
     ostree-2021.4-2.fc34.x86_64                   sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:54
     flatpak-libs-1.10.5-1.fc34.x86_64             sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:54
     PackageKit-1.2.4-2.fc34.x86_64                sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:53
     kernel-modules-5.14.11-200.fc34.x86_64        sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:47
     kernel-core-5.14.11-200.fc34.x86_64           sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:44
     udisks2-2.9.3-1.fc34.x86_64                   sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:40
     fwupd-1.5.12-1.fc34.x86_64                    sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:40
     systemd-udev-248.7-1.fc34.x86_64              sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:39
     libcanberra-0.30-24.fc34.x86_64               sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:39
     systemd-248.7-1.fc34.x86_64                   sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:38
     systemd-networkd-248.7-1.fc34.x86_64          sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:36
     polkit-0.117-3.fc34.1.x86_64                  sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:36
     rtkit-0.11-26.fc34.x86_64                     sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:35
     polkit-pkla-compat-0.1-19.fc34.x86_64         sab 16 ott 2021, 11:50:35
     
* EFI boot manager output (without results: "efibootmgr -v"):
     N/A

while

rpm -qa \*kernel\*

gives

kernel-srpm-macros-1.0-3.fc33.noarch
kernel-core-5.12.12-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-modules-5.12.12-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-5.12.12-200.fc33.x86_64
libreport-plugin-kerneloops-2.15.2-2.fc33.x86_64
abrt-addon-kerneloops-2.14.6-3.fc33.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.12.12-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-modules-extra-5.12.12-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-core-5.12.15-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-modules-5.12.15-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-5.12.15-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-modules-extra-5.12.15-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.12.15-200.fc33.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.14.9-100.fc33.x86_64
kernel-core-5.14.11-100.fc33.x86_64
kernel-modules-5.14.11-100.fc33.x86_64
kernel-5.14.11-100.fc33.x86_64
kernel-modules-extra-5.14.11-100.fc33.x86_64
kernel-devel-5.14.11-100.fc33.x86_64
kernel-headers-5.14.9-200.fc34.x86_64
kernel-srpm-macros-1.0-4.fc34.noarch
kernel-core-5.14.11-200.fc34.x86_64
kernel-modules-5.14.11-200.fc34.x86_64

I tried but ended up without the GUI altogether.
I suspect my only option has become redoing the machine from scratch.

You can continue to do some substantial investigation into repairing your damaged installation, but you may find that each time you fix one issue, you run into another that is even more strange.
Personally, I would be tempted to do a clean install, provided I had backups of my personal files and notes on the configuration changes I had done to personalize the system. Last time I had a system failure during an upgrade, I rebuilt from scratch, referencing notes I had previously taken on packages, groups and modules I had manually installed, revising them to make it simpler next time I needed to rebuild, and automating much of that manual configuration.
Good learning process, either way you go, but I wouldn’t want your frustration with fixing things keep you away from using your computer for what you really wanted it for!

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That’s what I intend to do @mhdave. This was already more than I could chew, otherwise I would have not flattened my GUI.
Fedora spoiled me in the past few years by being flawless :slight_smile: I’m even wondering if I should try Silverblue because I fear it might be more complex than I can handle (I use KDE, btw).