After installing packages updates OpenMandriva no longer boots correctly. When attempting to use the latest kernel it stops displaying anything at all when GRUB passes control to Linux. That however might be my fault as I installed a custom Plymouth theme. HOWEVER when running a slightly older kernel SDDM doesn’t start.
After some tinkering I have managed to reach a console and found that running “dnf upgrade” results in:
Hello, another user reported a similar issue with upgrading in this thread, I have linked the solution, but best give the thread a read over to ensure it is the same issue:
I am not one to scream RTFM, but @RyanMcCoskrie , you have been here since Jan 6. In all that time, you have not read anything about how to manage your system. OpenMandriva is a unique Distro. It is not like any other AND it is a rolling distro.
I’m not even going to ask if you have a good backup of your home folder.
I advise against using the KDE Discover app, or whatever Gnome uses, or the Mint app store, or whatever you have.
In the OM-Welcome app you will find a system upgrade program. Use that if you don’t want to use the terminal. Otherwise, open a terminal and run sudo dnf clean all;dnf clean all;sudo dnf distro-sync --refresh --allowerasing
Make sure you read the thread underneath the solution post in the other thread as there is an extra step needed which I explained there.
Although I downloaded all the files in the link Bero gave, I think the only ones really needed are
icu-data-76.1-2-omv2590.x86_64.rpm and lib64icuuc-76.1-2-omv2590.x86_64.rpm
But if it asks for others, you can find them at the same link.
You’ll need to boot into a live flash drive session which should be able to access the hard drive OM is installed on. Then place the files somewhere in the home drive for easy navigation to from console boot.
After replacing the files it’s likely that other programs still won’t work, but DNF should be working at that point and you can distro-sync to complete the upgrade properly.
