Re: gnome-software and release upgrade?

On 6/9/26 3:56 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> On 6/8/26 11:00 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>> On 6/8/26 9:45 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>>> On 6/4/26 3:30 AM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>>>> On 6/3/26 4:41 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
>>>>> On 6/3/26 3:16 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
>>>>>> I just noticed that "gnome-software" has a release upgrade
>>>>>> option.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyone successfully use it?
>>>>>
>>>>> That's been around for a long time.  It does the dnf offline 
>>>>> upgrade and yes, it works.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you!
>>>
>>>
>>> I used gnome software to upgrade a lady from 38 to 40.  She
>>> is getting a kernel panic.
>>
>> Was the upgrade complete?
>> Is it crashing at boot or while running?
>>
> 
> The upgrade did its thing at boot, then it rebooted.
> The kernel panic happened just after the grub kernel
> selection.
> 
> I did ran the gnome software upgrade remotely.  I
> have noticed on my own machines certain grub kernels
> do the same thing.  I would tell her to select
> a different kernel, but she has tremors in her
> hands and can barely type her password.  She also
> gets upset when she has to read me error messages
> to me.  (Q. What did it say.  A. I donot know.)

It turned out to be a bad fc40 kernel.  Booting into fc38's
got me running again.  I changed grubs rime out to 15 seconds
from 5 seconds so he shaking hands could get to it in time.
I also set grug.cfg to remember the last kernel booted.

Then I proceeded to up grade from 40 to 42.  Then 42 to 44.

Interesting, the "secure boot not enabled, press any key"
error on 38 and 40 vanished.
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