RE: FC3->FC4 upgrade hangs whilst installing kernel-smp package

From: Callahan, Michael (MichaelCallahan_at_templeinland.com)
Date: 06/15/05

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    To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 23:14:23 -0500

    I get the same "No volume control elements and/or devices found" after a
    fresh install, but not after an upgrade from FC3. I have not found the
    cause yet.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Colin Paul Adams [mailto:colin@colina.demon.co.uk]
    Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:05 PM
    To: For users of Fedora Core releases
    Subject: Re: FC3->FC4 upgrade hangs whilst installing kernel-smp package

    >>>>> "Colin" == Colin Paul Adams <colin@colina.demon.co.uk> writes:

        Colin> There WAS a slightly older version of the 2.6.9 smp kernel
        Colin> installed (two versions in all - no UP kernel), and the FC4
        Colin> smp kernel had been written to disk.

        Colin> I physically deleted (I can't boot my FC3 kernel fully at
        Colin> the moment - it hangs somewhere in the system tasks startup
        Colin> phase, so I could do any rpm -e commands) the FC4 kernel
        Colin> and the redundant FC3 kernel from disk.

        Colin> This time the install proceeds, not attempting to install
        Colin> the kernel at all - so I think what must have been
        Colin> happening was it was trying to upgrade the kernel twice (is
        Colin> that likely)? So I suspect I shall end up without a 2.6.11
        Colin> kernel installed.

    This indeed seems to have been the case.

    I was ALMOST able to complete the install. The process hung with remaining
    time at two minutes, whilst attempting to install (or having just completed)
    fonts-xorg-truetype.

    But now I was able to reboot with the FC3 kernel sucessfully, and do an rpm
    -e nodeps on two kernel-smp packages marked as installed (one was the FC4
    kernel, another was an older 2.6.9 kernel) but not physically present.

    Then I rebooted the FC4 Install option (i.e. I restarted the upgrade
    process), and kernel-smp, firefox, fonts-xorg-truetype, and a handfull of
    tiny packages, were all upgraded, and the post-installation now ran
    sucessfully.

    So my conclusion from all this, is that before I upgrade my production
    system, I should ensure that rpm -q kernel-smp shows only one entry, that of
    the current running kernel.

    When I login to GNOME, I get a dialog box displaying an error message:

    No volume control elements and/or <something - I can't read my
    scribble> found.

    What does this mean? Is it harmless? How can I make it go away for next time
    I login? 

    --
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire
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