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Odd error updating kmod-ixgbe

PeteS
I was updating kernels on 4 servers today. On only one of them #yum -y update also needed update kmod-ixgbe and it produced a not so helpful error message (Google was no help with the error for this module). I checked the other 3 servers and they are already at the latest module version. What I'm trying to sort out is: 1- whether to go ahead with the reboot (I put that on hold for the moment) 2- what the report is actually telling happened I have listed packages and yum says it now the latest version. I have tried reinstalling it and get a similar message. Has anyone else seen this, or know anything the issue? Here are the results of the original update attemp: # yum -y update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, universal-hooks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * EA4: 208.74.123.62 * cpanel-addons-production-feed: 208.74.123.62 * cpanel-plugins: 208.74.123.62 * base: repo1.sea.innoscale.net * elrepo: elrepo.org * epel: d2lzkl7pfhq30w.cloudfront.net * extras: mirror.web-ster.com * updates: mirror.den01.meanservers.net Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:3.10.0-1160.66.1.el7 will be installed ---> Package kmod-ixgbe.x86_64 0:5.8.1-2.el7_9.elrepo will be updated ---> Package kmod-ixgbe.x86_64 0:5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo will be an update --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================== Installing: kernel x86_64 3.10.0-1160.66.1.el7 updates 50 M Updating: kmod-ixgbe x86_64 5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo elrepo 200 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================== Install 1 Package Upgrade 1 Package Total download size: 51 M Downloading packages: Delta RPMs disabled because /usr/bin/applydeltarpm not installed. (1/2): kmod-ixgbe-5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64.rpm | 200 kB 00:00:00 (2/2): kernel-3.10.0-1160.66.1.el7.x86_64.rpm | 50 MB 00:00:01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 26 MB/s | 51 MB 00:00:01 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : kernel-3.10.0-1160.66.1.el7.x86_64 1/3 Updating : kmod-ixgbe-5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64 2/3 Working. This may take some time ... Failed to install module ( Failed to install module ( Done. Cleanup : kmod-ixgbe-5.8.1-2.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64 3/3 Working. This may take some time ... Failed to install module ( Done. Failed to install module ( Failed to install module ( Verifying : kernel-3.10.0-1160.66.1.el7.x86_64 1/3 Verifying : kmod-ixgbe-5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64 2/3 Verifying : kmod-ixgbe-5.8.1-2.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64 3/3 Installed: kernel.x86_64 0:3.10.0-1160.66.1.el7 Updated: kmod-ixgbe.x86_64 0:5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo Complete! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the result of a reinstall: yum reinstall kmod-ixgbe.x86_64 Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, universal-hooks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * EA4: 208.74.123.62 * cpanel-addons-production-feed: 208.74.123.62 * cpanel-plugins: 208.74.123.62 * base: repo1.sea.innoscale.net * elrepo: elrepo.org * epel: d2lzkl7pfhq30w.cloudfront.net * extras: mirror.web-ster.com * updates: mirror.den01.meanservers.net Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package kmod-ixgbe.x86_64 0:5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo will be reinstalled --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================================================================================================================== Reinstalling: kmod-ixgbe x86_64 5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo elrepo 200 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================================================================================================================== Reinstall 1 Package Total download size: 200 k Installed size: 642 k Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: kmod-ixgbe-5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64.rpm | 200 kB 00:00:00 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : kmod-ixgbe-5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64 1/1 Working. This may take some time ... Failed to install module ( Done. Verifying : kmod-ixgbe-5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64 1/1 Installed: kmod-ixgbe.x86_64 0:5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo Complete! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here is the yum package listing: # yum list installed|grep kmod-ixgbe kmod-ixgbe.x86_64 5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo @elrepo

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  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator
    Hey there! I'm not 100% sure on this one since this isn't related to the cPanel software itself, but I also didn't find much about this on my end. The last references I could find for anything odd with kmod-ixgbe was back in 2020. If "rpm -qa | grep package_name" is showing it's on the latest version, I'd expect things to be working well after the reboot, but I'd make sure to perform that work during non-peak hours and have backups just in case.
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  • PeteS
    That was pretty much my take on it too, but I wanted to throw it out here in case there are others seeing it. I'm going to proceed as you suggested next week (after my weekend :) ) and will post back here if there are any issues. Otherwise, just assume it all went well.
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  • PeteS
    Followup: the reboot went fine, as expected. I still find nothing on the internet about this. I only happens on this one server which should be identical as far as the OS, to others I have running. (If you can link that 2020 article, I'd be interested.) For "fun" I did a reinstall after the reboot with the same result, though journald now yells about it... # yum reinstall kmod-ixgbe.x86_64 Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, universal-hooks Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * EA4: 208.100.0.204 * cpanel-addons-production-feed: 208.100.0.204 * cpanel-plugins: 208.100.0.204 * base: mirrors.sonic.net * elrepo: linux-mirrors.fnal.gov * epel: d2lzkl7pfhq30w.cloudfront.net * extras: repo1.sea.innoscale.net * updates: mirror.chpc.utah.edu Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package kmod-ixgbe.x86_64 0:5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo will be reinstalled --> Finished Dependency Resolution Dependencies Resolved ===================================================================================================================== Package Arch Version Repository Size ===================================================================================================================== Reinstalling: kmod-ixgbe x86_64 5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo elrepo 200 k Transaction Summary ===================================================================================================================== Reinstall 1 Package Total download size: 200 k Installed size: 642 k Is this ok [y/d/N]: y Downloading packages: kmod-ixgbe-5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64.rpm | 200 kB 00:00:15 Running transaction check Running transaction test Transaction test succeeded Running transaction Installing : kmod-ixgbe-5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64 1/1 Broadcast message from systemd-journald@aspen.timberhost.com (Sun 2022-06-05 00:46:57 PDT): dracut[21983]: Failed to install module ( Message from syslogd@aspen at Jun 5 00:46:57 ... dracut:Failed to install module ( Working. This may take some time ... Failed to install module ( Done. Verifying : kmod-ixgbe-5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo.x86_64 1/1 Installed: kmod-ixgbe.x86_64 0:5.12.5-1.el7_9.elrepo Complete!
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  • cPRex Jurassic Moderator
    I found this, but you need an account to read it: Reverting back to the built-in ixgbe module - Red Hat Customer Portal
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