kernel-desktop-3.11.3-1.1 update anomally

English Install/Boot/Login
1

hi,

FWIW

updated this week-end to
kernel-desktop-3.11.3-1.1.gb1e6ec5.x86_64
from
kernel-desktop-3.11.2-1.1.g4c1fc5a.x86_64

on openSUSE12.3

after update on 1st PC the only option from grub2 was ‘memory test’
/boot did not have a file
initrd

only solution found was to install
kernel-desktop-3.7.10-1.16.1.x86_64,
using original -12.3 dvd --install update,
leaving all repos enabled except Tumbleweed which was selected as disabled

after successful reboot
kernel-desktop-3.11.3-1.1.gb1e6ec5.x86_64
installed without problem
nb: left kernel-desktop-3.7.10-1.16.1.x86_64 installed

encountered similar situation when updating laptop,
except booted into emergency cmd line demanding root password,
similar recovery applied

during update on 2nd PC, installed both
kernel-desktop-3.11.3-1.1.gb1e6ec5.x86_64 and
kernel-desktop-3.7.10-1.16.1.x86_64
at the same time, update went ok

on openSUSE 13.1 RC2
no problems found updating

cheers

2

FWIW

openSUSE 12.3
no problems encountered updating kernel after
deleting package btrfsprogs

cheers

3

Observation

openSUSE12.3
initrd for a new kernel does not build if btrfs 0.20-10.2 is installed from …/Tumbleweed/…
initrd for a new kernel does build if btrfs 0.19-49.1.1 is installed from …/12.3/repo/oss/…

openSUSE13.1 Beta 1
initrd for a new kernel does build if btrfs 0.20-5.3 is installed from …/factory/repo/oss/…

4

Known issue in Tumbleweed, but has nothing to do with the kernel.
See here for more information and a fix:
http://forums.opensuse.org/english/get-technical-help-here/alternative-distributions-based-opensuse/tumbleweed/490826-kernel-install-error-2.html#post2589745

5

CORRECTION “in the above read btrfsprogs for btrfs”

6

@wolfi323

thx for the info and help given,

your referenced thread had been followed

installing
hp-g7.2248sg<20130930><~> btrfsprogs-0.20-10.2.x86_64
from Tumbleweed left an unbootable
system/machine, and warranted a mention/warning

with the updates shown below, installing a new kernel was not a problem
(build of initrd)
hp-g7.2248sg<20130920><~> btrfsprogs-0.20-8.1.x86_64
hp-g7.2248sg<20130921><~> btrfsprogs-0.20-8.1.x86_64
hp-g7.2248sg<20130926><~> btrfsprogs-0.20-9.1.x86_64
hp-g7.2248sg<20130927><~> btrfsprogs-0.20-10.1.x86_64

cheers