Cockpit wants me to downgrade kernel

[rrahl0]

this is completely self inflicted. the newer kernels don’t have a repo attached.

[Kvitskjegg]

–allow-vendor-change is not set in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf

[Sauerland]

@Sauerland

Please post using Code-Tags for the output:
grep -i multiversion /etc/zypp/zypp.conf

This is not shown.

[Kvitskjegg]

bjarte@localhost:~> grep -i multiversion /etc/zypp/zypp.conf
##      provides:multiversion(kernel)   - all packages providing 'multiversion(kernel)'
multiversion = provides:multiversion(kernel)
## Defining directory which may contain additional multiversion definitions.
## one valid multiversion list entry per line. Empty lines and lines starting
## ------------------------- [/etc/zypp/multiversion.d/example file begin] -----------------------
## provides:multiversion(kernel)
## ------------------------- [/etc/zypp/multiversion.d/example file end] -----------------------
## Default value: {configdir}/multiversion.d
# multiversiondir = /etc/zypp/multiversion.d
## above multiversion variable is set. Packages can be specified as
## Default: Do not delete any kernels if multiversion = provides:multiversion(kernel) is set
multiversion.kernels = latest,latest-1,running
bjarte@localhost:~> 

[OrsoBruno]

@Kvitskjegg

multiversion.kernels = latest,latest-1,running

This is not consistent with your system keeping a dozen kernels as detailed in your post #12 so there is something odd in your system. Please check:

bruno@LT-B:~> systemctl status purge-kernels
○ purge-kernels.service - Purge old kernels
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/purge-kernels.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)
  Condition: start condition unmet at Sun 2026-02-08 15:35:23 CET; 23min ago
             └─ ConditionPathExists=/boot/do_purge_kernels was not met

feb 08 15:35:23 LT-B systemd[1]: Purge old kernels was skipped because of an unmet condition check (ConditionPathExists=/boot/do_purge_kernels).
bruno@LT-B:~>

@Kvitskjegg

–allow-vendor-change is not set in /etc/zypp/zypp.conf

Just to be sure that the zypper settings are as installed you may check:

bruno@LT-B:~> cat /etc/zypp/zypp.conf | grep VendorChange
# solver.allowVendorChange = false
# solver.dupAllowVendorChange = false
bruno@LT-B:~> ls /etc/zypp/vendors.d/
00-openSUSE.conf
bruno@LT-B:~> cat /etc/zypp/vendors.d/00-openSUSE.conf
[main]
vendors=openSUSE,SUSE,SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/>

bruno@LT-B:~>

If something reads different, please post here.

EDIT: correct output for Leap 16.0 (different on Tumbleweed)

[OrsoBruno]

WAIT A MOMENT, looks like purge-kernels-service might not be installed by default in Leap 16.0. Please check zypper se -i purge-kernels-service and if not installed I recommend installing it (but, as always, it’s your system and your choice… ).

See also bug 1256481

[Kvitskjegg]

you re right, it was not installed on my system, thank you.

[Wolfheri]

Depending on the packages that Kvitskjegg installs from all these repositories, it might be possible for him to create a simple _aggregate to collect them in his project without having to rebuild them.

The OBS web interface offers to link a package but not to aggregate, even though that would be useful.