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Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote:

kernel-default-5.14.21-150400.24.49.3.x86_64 came out a day or so ago
[leap 15.4] and I have been installing it on various machines.-a The AMD machines with Radeon Graphics are perfectly happy with it but my
10-year-old Acer Laptop [intel graphics] freezes 3.6 seconds into the
boot process.

The last message before it stops is
fb0: switching to i915 from EFI VGA

The obvious workaround is to boot the previous kernel and that works
just fine.

I see others have had the problem over the last year, but theirs appear
to be with brand new Intel Graphics systems and that does not describe
my laptop. https://superuser.com/questions/1761864/leap-15-4-boot-hangs-on-fbo-switching-to-i915-from-efi-vga
is an example.

One last comment on this subject.
I have a system where /boot is only large enough for two kernels
(actually, 3 would fit easily but the update process refuses to try) so
I have to remove the older kernel once I can see that the newer one is
working fine. Normally I go there and remove it using yast -> software

software management -> versions.

Since the previous installed kernel had been retracted, I decided to ssh
into the machine and mark the retracted kernel with "-" to uninstall it.
Of course it uninstalled both the old broken-with-intel-graphics kernel
along with the new one. Luckily everything I needed was in memory and I
could simply install the three current "kernel-default*" packages again.

We live and learn.
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On 2023-04-04 17:55, Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote:

One last comment on this subject.
I have a system where /boot is only large enough for two kernels
(actually, 3 would fit easily but the update process refuses to try) so
I have to remove the older kernel once I can see that the newer one is working fine.-a Normally I go there and remove it using yast -> software

software management -> versions.

You could try to remove "plymouth" package, it is big and goes into
initrd. However, boot will be in text mode.

It might be enough bytes to make the 3 kernels fit.

Since the previous installed kernel had been retracted, I decided to ssh into the machine and mark the retracted kernel with "-" to uninstall it.
Of course it uninstalled both the old broken-with-intel-graphics kernel along with the new one.-a Luckily everything I needed was in memory and I could simply install the three current "kernel-default*" packages again.

We live and learn.

kernel is a multiversion package. If you tick the top one, it deletes
them all. You have to do it in the "version" tab in yast.
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Cheers, Carlos.

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Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2023-04-04 17:55, Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote:

One last comment on this subject.
I have a system where /boot is only large enough for two kernels
(actually, 3 would fit easily but the update process refuses to try)
so I have to remove the older kernel once I can see that the newer one
is working fine.-a Normally I go there and remove it using yast ->
software -> software management -> versions.

You could try to remove "plymouth" package, it is big and goes into
initrd. However, boot will be in text mode.

It might be enough bytes to make the 3 kernels fit.

You made that suggestion several months ago and I tried it, it did not
help. There is easily enough room in /boot for three kernels, it is the update process being anal. Two kernels take around 50% of /boot so four kernels would probably not work.

Since the previous installed kernel had been retracted, I decided to
ssh into the machine and mark the retracted kernel with "-" to
uninstall it.
Of course it uninstalled both the old broken-with-intel-graphics
kernel along with the new one.-a Luckily everything I needed was in
memory and I could simply install the three current "kernel-default*"
packages again.

We live and learn.

kernel is a multiversion package. If you tick the top one, it deletes
them all. You have to do it in the "version" tab in yast.

Yes, I saw that. I had thought I was just removing the Retracted
Installed Packages but when it listed the six packages it had removed it
was obvious that I had no kernel left.
Using the Version tab is what I normally do.
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On 2023-04-05 13:05, Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote:

Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2023-04-04 17:55, Don Spam's Reckless Son wrote:

One last comment on this subject.
I have a system where /boot is only large enough for two kernels
(actually, 3 would fit easily but the update process refuses to try)
so I have to remove the older kernel once I can see that the newer
one is working fine.-a Normally I go there and remove it using yast ->
software -> software management -> versions.

You could try to remove "plymouth" package, it is big and goes into
initrd. However, boot will be in text mode.

It might be enough bytes to make the 3 kernels fit.

You made that suggestion several months ago and I tried it, it did not help.-a There is easily enough room in /boot for three kernels, it is the update process being anal.-a Two kernels take around 50% of /boot so four kernels would probably not work.

Maybe temporary files while initrd archives are created.

Since the previous installed kernel had been retracted, I decided to
ssh into the machine and mark the retracted kernel with "-" to
uninstall it.
Of course it uninstalled both the old broken-with-intel-graphics
kernel along with the new one.-a Luckily everything I needed was in
memory and I could simply install the three current "kernel-default*"
packages again.

We live and learn.

kernel is a multiversion package. If you tick the top one, it deletes
them all. You have to do it in the "version" tab in yast.

Yes, I saw that.-a I had thought I was just removing the Retracted
Installed Packages but when it listed the six packages it had removed it
was obvious that I had no kernel left.
Using the Version tab is what I normally do.

Lucky you noticed before rebooting ;-)
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Cheers, Carlos.

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