Fedora 43 Kernel Build Issues

Robert · 2025-10-15T15:38:14.195Z

Think we must be doing something wrong in akmods F43. Can't reproduce the error reinstalling the kernel from Koji

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 3:38 PM

FROM quay.io/fedora-ostree-desktops/silverblue:43


ARG KERNEL_VERSION=6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64

RUN dnf remove -y kernel{,-core,-modules,-modules-core,-modules-extra,-tools,-tools-libs}
RUN rm -rf /usr/lib/modules/*
RUN KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH=$(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | cut -d '-' -f 1) && \
    KERNEL_RELEASE=$(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | cut -d '-' -f 2 | rev | cut -d '.' -f 2- | rev) && \
    ARCH=$(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | rev | cut -d '.' -f 1 | rev) && \
    dnf install -y \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-core-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-modules-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-modules-core-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-modules-extra-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm
RUN dnf versionlock add $(rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\n' kernel*)

FROM quay.io/fedora-ostree-desktops/silverblue:43


ARG KERNEL_VERSION=6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64

RUN dnf remove -y kernel{,-core,-modules,-modules-core,-modules-extra,-tools,-tools-libs}
RUN rm -rf /usr/lib/modules/*
RUN KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH=$(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | cut -d '-' -f 1) && \
    KERNEL_RELEASE=$(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | cut -d '-' -f 2 | rev | cut -d '.' -f 2- | rev) && \
    ARCH=$(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | rev | cut -d '.' -f 1 | rev) && \
    dnf install -y \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-core-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-modules-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-modules-core-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-modules-extra-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm
RUN dnf versionlock add $(rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\n' kernel*)

FROM quay.io/fedora-ostree-desktops/silverblue:43


ARG KERNEL_VERSION=6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64

RUN dnf remove -y kernel{,-core,-modules,-modules-core,-modules-extra,-tools,-tools-libs}
RUN rm -rf /usr/lib/modules/*
RUN KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH=$(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | cut -d '-' -f 1) && \
    KERNEL_RELEASE=$(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | cut -d '-' -f 2 | rev | cut -d '.' -f 2- | rev) && \
    ARCH=$(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | rev | cut -d '.' -f 1 | rev) && \
    dnf install -y \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-core-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-modules-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-modules-core-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-modules-extra-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm
RUN dnf versionlock add $(rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\n' kernel*)

FROM quay.io/fedora-ostree-desktops/silverblue:43


ARG KERNEL_VERSION=6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64

RUN dnf remove -y kernel{,-core,-modules,-modules-core,-modules-extra,-tools,-tools-libs}
RUN rm -rf /usr/lib/modules/*
RUN KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH=$(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | cut -d '-' -f 1) && \
    KERNEL_RELEASE=$(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | cut -d '-' -f 2 | rev | cut -d '.' -f 2- | rev) && \
    ARCH=$(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | rev | cut -d '.' -f 1 | rev) && \
    dnf install -y \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-core-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-modules-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-modules-core-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm \
    https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/kernel/$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH/$KERNEL_RELEASE/$ARCH/kernel-modules-extra-$KERNEL_MAJOR_MINOR_PATCH-$KERNEL_RELEASE.$ARCH.rpm
RUN dnf versionlock add $(rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\n' kernel*)

The above Containerfile works

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 3:43 PM

Is anyone else able to reproduce the install failure? The workflow spans two repos and it's not trivial to track down how it works

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antheas•10/15/25, 3:49 PM

would help to have the full error message

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antheas•10/15/25, 3:49 PM

github actions cuts it

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antheas•10/15/25, 3:49 PM

well dnf does

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 3:49 PM

I think it's "Invalid cross-device link"

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 9:06 PM

@bsherman

Installing the kernel from the RPMs bundled in the akmods OCI causes builds to fail in postinstall scripts.
Installing the kernel directly from Koji (i.e. the above) works.

I don't understand the magic in akmods enough to know why this may be happening

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 9:07 PM

Failed build log:
https://github.com/ublue-os/main/actions/runs/18515584599/job/52765149589?pr=1155#step:5:510

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 9:08 PM

It happens to all F43 images, and no other F42/F41 images have the issue

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:08 PM

ok, so the failure happens in a bluefin/aurora using the akmods provided kernel/kmods?

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:08 PM

oh, i see

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 9:08 PM

In ublue-os/main currently, though I would assume any that use kernel-cache

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 9:08 PM

We've not got to the bluefin/aurora part yet

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:08 PM

hmm... odd. i'd forgotten we used kernel-cache kernels in main

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:09 PM

so the problem is when it runs dracut

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:26 PM

i'm setting up to reproduce this

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 9:27 PM

What are you doing differently than the above?
Are you 'rpmrebuild'ing it? Whatever that does...

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:28 PM

i'm just wanting to run it local, because
1) it's faster to iterate, even for just adding extra debug output
2) sometimes it seems different output is available local, though unlikely in this case

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:29 PM

the way main/akmods work now is you run the devcontainer, then you can run exactly the same commands as run in the CI

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:29 PM

so that's solid

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:32 PM

what is

kernel-0

kernel-0

kernel-0

kernel-0 package?

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:32 PM

https://github.com/ublue-os/main/actions/runs/18515584599/job/52765149589?pr=1155#step:5:505

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antheas•10/15/25, 9:33 PM

kernel-0...:versionsomething

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antheas•10/15/25, 9:33 PM

or not

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antheas•10/15/25, 9:33 PM

hm

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:33 PM

yeah, that's new... not in F42

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:35 PM

oh, it's just the

kernel

kernel

kernel

kernel package's internal name

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:48 PM

hmm... i wonder if would work to bypass the

kernel-install

kernel-install

kernel-install

kernel-install as run by the rpm install scriptlet?

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:51 PM

that at least let me discover we want packages not in F43

No match for argument: mesa-libxatracker
No match for argument: pipewire-libs-extra

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 9:53 PM

Both of those IMO are non-critical and can be disabled for F43

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:53 PM

agreed, i've made the packages.json \change for local testing

RRobert Both of those IMO are non-critical and can be disabled for F43

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:53 PM

do you have a link handy for the fedora kernel package source? i'd like to read the scriptlet for kernel install

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:54 PM

blah

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bsherman•10/15/25, 9:54 PM

>>> Running %triggerin scriptlet: systemd-0:258-1.fc43.x86_64
>>> Finished %triggerin scriptlet: systemd-0:258-1.fc43.x86_64
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Failed to connect to audit log, ignoring: Invalid argument
>>>
Transaction failed: Rpm transaction failed.

>>> Running %triggerin scriptlet: systemd-0:258-1.fc43.x86_64
>>> Finished %triggerin scriptlet: systemd-0:258-1.fc43.x86_64
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Failed to connect to audit log, ignoring: Invalid argument
>>>
Transaction failed: Rpm transaction failed.

>>> Running %triggerin scriptlet: systemd-0:258-1.fc43.x86_64
>>> Finished %triggerin scriptlet: systemd-0:258-1.fc43.x86_64
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Failed to connect to audit log, ignoring: Invalid argument
>>>
Transaction failed: Rpm transaction failed.

>>> Running %triggerin scriptlet: systemd-0:258-1.fc43.x86_64
>>> Finished %triggerin scriptlet: systemd-0:258-1.fc43.x86_64
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Failed to connect to audit log, ignoring: Invalid argument
>>>
Transaction failed: Rpm transaction failed.

Bbsherman do you have a link handy for the fedora kernel package source? i'd like to read ...

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 9:56 PM

$ dnf download --source kernel
$ rpm2cpio <rpm>
$ <untar and open tar.gz

$ dnf download --source kernel
$ rpm2cpio <rpm>
$ <untar and open tar.gz

$ dnf download --source kernel
$ rpm2cpio <rpm>
$ <untar and open tar.gz

$ dnf download --source kernel
$ rpm2cpio <rpm>
$ <untar and open tar.gz

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 9:56 PM

There's probably ways to do that in 1 command, but meh

Bbsherman do you have a link handy for the fedora kernel package source? i'd like to read ...

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antheas•10/15/25, 9:56 PM

https://github.com/bazzite-org/kernel-bazzite/blob/bazzite-6.17/kernel.spec

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antheas•10/15/25, 9:57 PM

this spec is mostly there

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 9:57 PM

Didn't link to the Bazzite one as I didn't know how much you changed it

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antheas•10/15/25, 9:57 PM

did not touch the post scripts

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antheas•10/15/25, 9:58 PM

although wyd the post script that blows up is rpm-ostree?

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 9:58 PM

There's a /usr/lib/kernel/install.d script on all systems which gives custom scripts needed during kernel installs

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 9:58 PM

That calls rpm-ostree kernel-install

RRobert That calls rpm-ostree kernel-install

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bsherman•10/15/25, 10:02 PM

right, of course the new problem is later...

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antheas•10/15/25, 10:02 PM

whats the problem now?

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bsherman•10/15/25, 10:04 PM

Running %triggerin scriptlet: systemd-0:258-1.fc43.x86_64
>>> Finished %triggerin scriptlet: systemd-0:258-1.fc43.x86_64
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Failed to connect to audit log, ignoring: Invalid argument
>>>
Transaction failed: Rpm transaction failed.

possibly something else, but this is the last output

RRobert There's a /usr/lib/kernel/install.d script on all systems which gives custom scr...

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bsherman•10/15/25, 10:11 PM

maybe we shim
/usr/lib/kernel/install.d/{05-rpmostree.install,50-dracut.install} so they do nothing... as we shouldn't need either of those to function at kernel install time in container image, because we later run dracut ourselves

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bsherman•10/15/25, 10:11 PM

i'll try that, then commit to branch, see you see anything with the other issues, because I'm not seeing it

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bsherman•10/15/25, 10:57 PM

@Robert i pushed the merge from my local and oh

you've been fixing it too

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RobertOP•10/15/25, 10:57 PM

I'm trying... But the webui isn't the best...
If you have it sorted, feel free to force push

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