Bug 11934

Summary: microcode_ctl-2* fails to start, 1.17-15 works okay
Product: Mageia Reporter: Dick Gevers <dvgevers>
Component: RPM PackagesAssignee: Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal CC: eatdirt
Version: Cauldron   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Source RPM: microcode_ctl-2.1-2.mga4 CVE:
Status comment:

Description Dick Gevers 2013-12-08 23:25:54 CET
Description of problem:

Both 2.1-2 and 2.1-1 give this problem:

# systemctl restart microcode_ctl.service 

Job for microcode_ctl.service failed. See 'systemctl status microcode_ctl.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.

# systemctl status microcode_ctl.service 
microcode_ctl.service - LSB: Update the Intel / AMD CPU microcode
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/microcode_ctl)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2013-12-08 22:15:36 UTC; 9s ago
  Process: 19059 ExecStop=/etc/rc.d/init.d/microcode_ctl stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 19065 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/microcode_ctl start (code=exited, status=127)

Dec 08 22:15:36 dvg.homepower systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Update the Intel / AMD CPU microcode...
Dec 08 22:15:36 dvg.homepower microcode_ctl[19065]: Applying Intel CPU microcode update: /etc/rc.d/init.d/microcode_ctl: line 71: /usr/sbin/microc...irectory
Dec 08 22:15:36 dvg.homepower microcode_ctl[19065]: [FAILED]
Dec 08 22:15:36 dvg.homepower systemd[1]: microcode_ctl.service: control process exited, code=exited status=127
Dec 08 22:15:36 dvg.homepower systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Update the Intel / AMD CPU microcode.
Dec 08 22:15:36 dvg.homepower systemd[1]: Unit microcode_ctl.service entered failed state.


But when I revert to 1.17-15 it works okay:

# systemctl restart microcode_ctl.service 

Job for microcode_ctl.service failed. See 'systemctl status microcode_ctl.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.

# systemctl status microcode_ctl.service 
microcode_ctl.service - LSB: Update the Intel / AMD CPU microcode
   Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/microcode_ctl)
   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2013-12-08 22:15:36 UTC; 9s ago
  Process: 19059 ExecStop=/etc/rc.d/init.d/microcode_ctl stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 19065 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/microcode_ctl start (code=exited, status=127)

Dec 08 22:15:36 dvg.homepower systemd[1]: Starting LSB: Update the Intel / AMD CPU microcode...
Dec 08 22:15:36 dvg.homepower microcode_ctl[19065]: Applying Intel CPU microcode update: /etc/rc.d/init.d/microcode_ctl: line 71: /usr/sbin/microc...irectory
Dec 08 22:15:36 dvg.homepower microcode_ctl[19065]: [FAILED]
Dec 08 22:15:36 dvg.homepower systemd[1]: microcode_ctl.service: control process exited, code=exited status=127
Dec 08 22:15:36 dvg.homepower systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Update the Intel / AMD CPU microcode.
Dec 08 22:15:36 dvg.homepower systemd[1]: Unit microcode_ctl.service entered failed state.


Processor is an Intel i7-950


Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
David Walser 2013-12-13 00:15:48 CET

Assignee: bugsquad => thierry.vignaud

Comment 1 Chris Denice 2013-12-19 00:02:00 CET
I confirm that on current cauldron.

Dec 18 18:56:55 grepon systemd[1]: microcode_ctl.service: control process exited, code=exited status=127
Dec 18 18:56:55 grepon systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Update the Intel / AMD CPU microcode.
Dec 18 18:56:55 grepon systemd[1]: Unit microcode_ctl.service entered failed state.
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CC: (none) => dirteat

Comment 2 Thierry Vignaud 2013-12-20 10:39:28 CET
Just fixed

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Whiteboard: (none) =>