Bug 5276 - Default boot no longer works
Summary: Default boot no longer works
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: 2
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2012-04-07 23:44 CEST by Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin
Modified: 2012-05-26 14:24 CEST (History)
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2012-04-07 23:44 CEST, Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin 		Details
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Description Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin 2012-04-07 23:44:37 CEST 
Created attachment 1944 [details]
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For the last few days (since kernel 3.3.1-2 has been released, IIRC), the default boot no longer works. I attached a screenshot which shows the problem: if I select the first item "Boot Mageia 2", I simply get what is in the black area (I mixed both screenshots into a single one, for simplicity) and nothing more happens. If I select the 3rd item "desktop586 3.3.1-2.mga2", then it boots correctly. I checked, and /boot/vmlinuz correctly points to /boot/vmlinuz-3.3.1-2, so I don't see why it fails.
Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-04-07 23:52:42 CEST 
seen in mageia-discuss 

>>Apr  5 07:32:10 Cedar1 bootloader-config[12407]: ERROR: /boot/initrd.img is not >>a symbolic link
>Yep, so your systems got hit by a bug in bootsplash package that got
>fixed in 3.3.8-1.mga2
>
>So if you recreated that symlink it should work ok after this...
Comment 2 Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin 2012-04-08 00:41:44 CEST 
If it got fixed in bootsplash-3.3.8-1.mga2, why didn't it recreate the missing symlink itself?

Anyway, adding this symlink fixed the problem.
Comment 3 Dave Hodgins 2012-04-08 02:00:51 CEST 
The cause of the problem got fixed.  It didn't fix it on systems where
the damage had already been done.  That's generally what happens with
cauldron.

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins

Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:10:11 CEST 
Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 5 Frédéric "LpSolit" Buclin 2012-05-26 14:24:58 CEST 
Fixed in Mageia 2.

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Version: Cauldron => 2
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
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