Hello - I've been running Proxmox 7.x in my home lab for a while without issue. I attempted an upgrade to 8 and can no longer boot. I get the error:
Attempting to fix this myself, I used Grub advanced to boot into 5.15.158-1-pve, and this kernel loads. I can access the 8.2.4 UI.
Now trying to fix this issue I read to try and run apt install proxmox-kernel-helper, however as you can see below this gives errors as well.
Without having a deep understanding of how GRUB works with multiple kernel versions, I'm at a loss as to how to get 6.8.8.4 functioning.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated!
EDIT: If this helps any...
Attempting to fix this myself, I used Grub advanced to boot into 5.15.158-1-pve, and this kernel loads. I can access the 8.2.4 UI.
Now trying to fix this issue I read to try and run apt install proxmox-kernel-helper, however as you can see below this gives errors as well.
Without having a deep understanding of how GRUB works with multiple kernel versions, I'm at a loss as to how to get 6.8.8.4 functioning.
Any assistance is greatly appreciated!
Bash:
root@pve:~# apt install proxmox-kernel-helper
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
proxmox-kernel-helper is already the newest version (8.1.0).
proxmox-kernel-helper set to manually installed.
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
dctrl-tools g++-10 glib-networking glib-networking-common glib-networking-services libatk1.0-data
libllvm11 libproxy1v5 librest-0.7-0 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 libsoup2.4-1 libsoup2.4-common
libstdc++-10-dev libtiff5 libwebp6 libxnvctrl0 pve-headers pve-headers-5.15.149-1-pve
pve-headers-5.15.158-1-pve pve-kernel-5.15.131-1-pve pve-kernel-5.15.131-2-pve telnet
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
4 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-4-pve-signed (6.8.8-4) ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms 6.8.8-4-pve /boot/vmlinuz-6.8.8-4-pve
dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.8.8-4-pve.
Sign command: /lib/modules/6.8.8-4-pve/build/scripts/sign-file
Signing key: /var/lib/dkms/mok.key
Public certificate (MOK): /var/lib/dkms/mok.pub
applying patch linux-2.6.34-dev_pm_info-runtime_auto.patch...patching file conftest.sh
applying patch 0009-backport-pci-dma-changes-from-470.129.06.patch...patching file nvidia/nv.c
applying patch bashisms.patch...patching file conftest.sh
applying patch use-kbuild-compiler.patch...patching file Makefile
applying patch use-kbuild-flags.patch...patching file Kbuild
patching file nvidia/nvidia.Kbuild
patching file Makefile
patching file nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset.Kbuild
applying patch conftest-verbose.patch...patching file Kbuild
applying patch cc_version_check-gcc5.patch...patching file conftest.sh
applying patch nvidia-use-ARCH.o_binary.patch...patching file nvidia/nvidia.Kbuild
applying patch nvidia-modeset-use-ARCH.o_binary.patch...patching file nvidia-modeset/nvidia-modeset.Kbuild
applying patch conftest-prefer-arch-headers.patch...patching file conftest.sh
Building module:
Cleaning build area...
unset ARCH; env NV_VERBOSE=1 make -j40 modules KERNEL_UNAME=6.8.8-4-pve.......(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 6.8.8-4-pve (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/nvidia-current/470.141.03/build/make.log for more information.
Error! One or more modules failed to install during autoinstall.
Refer to previous errors for more information.
dkms: autoinstall for kernel: 6.8.8-4-pve failed!
run-parts: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms exited with return code 11
Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-4-pve-signed.postinst line 20.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-4-pve-signed (--configure):
installed proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-4-pve-signed package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-kernel-6.8:
proxmox-kernel-6.8 depends on proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-4-pve-signed | proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-4-pve; however:
Package proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-4-pve-signed is not configured yet.
Package proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-4-pve is not installed.
Package proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-4-pve-signed which provides proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-4-pve is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-kernel-6.8 (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-default-kernel:
proxmox-default-kernel depends on proxmox-kernel-6.8; however:
Package proxmox-kernel-6.8 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-default-kernel (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of proxmox-ve:
proxmox-ve depends on proxmox-default-kernel; however:
Package proxmox-default-kernel is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing package proxmox-ve (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
proxmox-kernel-6.8.8-4-pve-signed
proxmox-kernel-6.8
proxmox-default-kernel
proxmox-ve
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)EDIT: If this helps any...
Bash:
root@pve:~# update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.8.8-4-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-6.8.8-4-pve
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.158-2-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.158-2-pve
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.158-1-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.158-1-pve
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.149-1-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.149-1-pve
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.131-2-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.131-2-pve
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.131-1-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.131-1-pve
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.15.74-1-pve
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-5.15.74-1-pve
Found memtest86+x64 image: /boot/memtest86+x64.bin
Bash:
root@pve:~# pve7to8 --full
= CHECKING VERSION INFORMATION FOR PVE PACKAGES =
Checking for package updates..
PASS: all packages up-to-date
Checking proxmox-ve package version..
PASS: already upgraded to Proxmox VE 8
Checking running kernel version..
WARN: unexpected running and installed kernel '5.15.158-1-pve'.
= CHECKING CLUSTER HEALTH/SETTINGS =
PASS: systemd unit 'pve-cluster.service' is in state 'active'
PASS: systemd unit 'corosync.service' is in state 'active'
PASS: Cluster Filesystem is quorate.
Analzying quorum settings and state..
WARN: non-default quorum_votes distribution detected!
FAIL: 1 nodes are offline!
INFO: configured votes - nodes: 3
INFO: configured votes - qdevice: 0
INFO: current expected votes: 3
INFO: current total votes: 2
WARN: total votes < expected votes: 2/3!
WARN: cluster consists of less than three quorum-providing nodes!
Checking nodelist entries..
PASS: nodelist settings OK
Checking totem settings..
PASS: totem settings OK
INFO: run 'pvecm status' to get detailed cluster status..
= CHECKING HYPER-CONVERGED CEPH STATUS =
SKIP: no hyper-converged ceph setup detected!
= CHECKING CONFIGURED STORAGES =
PASS: storage 'hdd-data2' enabled and active.
PASS: storage 'local' enabled and active.
PASS: storage 'pbs' enabled and active.
SKIP: storage 'pve2-ssd-data1' disabled.
SKIP: storage 'pve2-ssd-data2' disabled.
PASS: storage 'ssd-data1' enabled and active.
PASS: storage 'ssd-data2' enabled and active.
PASS: storage 'ssd-data3' enabled and active.
PASS: storage 'ssd-data4' enabled and active.
PASS: storage 'synology-entertainment' enabled and active.
PASS: storage 'synology-proxmox' enabled and active.
INFO: Checking storage content type configuration..
PASS: no storage content problems found
PASS: no storage re-uses a directory for multiple content types.
= MISCELLANEOUS CHECKS =
INFO: Checking common daemon services..
PASS: systemd unit 'pveproxy.service' is in state 'active'
PASS: systemd unit 'pvedaemon.service' is in state 'active'
PASS: systemd unit 'pvescheduler.service' is in state 'active'
PASS: systemd unit 'pvestatd.service' is in state 'active'
INFO: Checking for supported & active NTP service..
PASS: Detected active time synchronisation unit 'chrony.service'
INFO: Checking for running guests..
WARN: 22 running guest(s) detected - consider migrating or stopping them.
INFO: Checking if the local node's hostname 'pve' is resolvable..
INFO: Checking if resolved IP is configured on local node..
PASS: Resolved node IP '192.168.3.3' configured and active on single interface.
INFO: Check node certificate's RSA key size
PASS: Certificate 'pve-root-ca.pem' passed Debian Busters (and newer) security level for TLS connections (4096 >= 2048)
PASS: Certificate 'pve-ssl.pem' passed Debian Busters (and newer) security level for TLS connections (2048 >= 2048)
INFO: Checking backup retention settings..
PASS: no backup retention problems found.
INFO: checking CIFS credential location..
PASS: no CIFS credentials at outdated location found.
INFO: Checking permission system changes..
INFO: Checking custom role IDs for clashes with new 'PVE' namespace..
PASS: no custom roles defined, so no clash with 'PVE' role ID namespace enforced in Proxmox VE 8
INFO: Checking if LXCFS is running with FUSE3 library, if already upgraded..
PASS: systems seems to be upgraded and LXCFS is running with FUSE 3 library
INFO: Checking node and guest description/note length..
PASS: All node config descriptions fit in the new limit of 64 KiB
PASS: All guest config descriptions fit in the new limit of 8 KiB
INFO: Checking container configs for deprecated lxc.cgroup entries
PASS: No legacy 'lxc.cgroup' keys found.
INFO: Checking if the suite for the Debian security repository is correct..
NOTICE: found unusual suites that are neither old 'bullseye' nor new 'bookworm':
found suite / at in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-runtime.list:1
found suite / at in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nvidia-container-runtime.list:3
Please ensure these repositories are shipping compatible packages for the upgrade!
NOTICE: found no suite mismatches, but found at least one strange suite
INFO: Checking for existence of NVIDIA vGPU Manager..
PASS: No NVIDIA vGPU Service found.
INFO: Checking bootloader configuration...
SKIP: System booted in legacy-mode - no need for additional packages
INFO: Check for dkms modules...
/sbin/dkms: line 2497: echo: write error: Broken pipe
WARN: dkms modules found, this might cause issues during upgrade.
= SUMMARY =
TOTAL: 47
PASSED: 34
SKIPPED: 4
WARNINGS: 6
FAILURES: 1
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root@pve:~#
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