I ran 11.1 security update today, now the system will not recognize most of my hardware, will not enter X, how can I recover or revert back? I have hardwired and cannot get the network card to work,errors at boot indicate a problem with modules…this all occurred after rebooting from today’s update??
I believe the issue is greater than a single driver, looking at the log I see module errors for iptables too. I do not see a backup kernel (and did not look at what the prior kernel version was before update). Basically a rock solid system, ran today’s security update – then boom – no network, no X…it appears the update did not complete or ? Can I revert back, what are my options? Thanks for your help!
Passing thought about your data before repairing the installation: Mount the Linux home partition using a Live CD or the openSUSE install DVD and copy the /home data to a usb or some other storage location. Then fix the openSUSE, maybe useful in the worst case scenario.
I found it odd that the previous version of the kernel was not available to fallback, so I went to the src directory and performed a “make clean”, “make”, “make modules_install”, then was able to boot back to the previous state with the previous kernel version. Finally, used Yast to update (or complete the update).
A thought/suggestion, I “assumed” the update had completed after several minutes, so I then shutdown using the graphic KDE icon – should there not be a hook to check to see if an update is still in process and warn the user it has not yet been completed? I suspect a premature shutdown was the cause after observing how long the update had taken the second go around.