Fedora 31: upgrade

JaredBusch

just kicked it off on my laptop.

JaredBusch

Note, because of the kernel 5.3.X issues, I first removed 5.3.7 and then disabled DNF from updating the kernel.

edit /etc/dnf/dnf.conf and add an exclude line.

exclude=kernel*

As root:

dnf upgrade --refresh -y && dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade -y && dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=31 -y && dnf system-upgrade reboot

JaredBusch

New upgrade screen on reboot, press escape to see the package spew.

JaredBusch

And done.

New log in screen

JaredBusch

time to see what happens with kernel 5.3.X

JaredBusch

Works perfectly @scottalanmiller

JaredBusch

So many repos...

Doing my desktop now.

scottalanmiller

@JaredBusch said in Fedora 31: upgrade:

Works perfectly @scottalanmiller

I'm scared to test mine, lol. Since I fly out in 48 hours!

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller said in Fedora 31: upgrade:

@JaredBusch said in Fedora 31: upgrade:

Works perfectly @scottalanmiller

I'm scared to test mine, lol. Since I fly out in 48 hours!

Disable the kernel upgrade, delete the existing 5.3.X kernel, and then update to 31.

Then you can install a kernel or not as you want. After you are updated to 31.

JaredBusch

@scottalanmiller there is nothign wrong with the 5.2 kernel.
So put this last line, without the semicolon, in your /etc/dnf/dnf.conf

[main]
gpgcheck=1
installonly_limit=3
clean_requirements_on_remove=True
; exclude=kernel*

Then remove the kernel so you can't boot to it (assuming 5.3.7):

sudo dnf remove kernel*5.3.7-200.fc30.x86_64

reboot to be sure it all comes up normal.

sudo reboot

Then do the normal upgrade to 31.

sudo su -
dnf upgrade --refresh -y && dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade -y && dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=31 -y && dnf system-upgrade reboot

Then you can comment that exclude out and do a normal update.

sudo dnf upgrade -y --refresh

And if it fails to log in still, so what. just select the 5.2 kernel again like you do now.