Reboot Now Message - How to Clear - CentOS

Submitted by sonoracomm on Thu, 08/01/2019 - 11:37 Pro Licensee

Hi,

I have a CentOS 6 server that is fully updated, but Webmin always shows a warning (see attached) that a reboot is needed.

I had problems updating the Kernel, but it is updated now and the VM has been rebooted multiple times.

Any idea how I can clear this warning message?

Thanks,

G

p.s. I heard that on Ubuntu, you could delete the file /var/run/reboot-required but that file doesn't exist on CentOS?

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Submitted by RJM Web Design on Thu, 08/01/2019 - 12:53 Pro Licensee

what does needs-restarting -r return?

Submitted by sonoracomm on Thu, 08/01/2019 - 13:33 Pro Licensee

needs-restarting: error: no such option: -r

Running without the -r outputs nothing.

However, I found more to the story.

This CentOS 6 VM is running PV under Xen. Updating the kernel above 2.6.32-696 stops the VM from booting. I think it had to do with mitigating Meltdown and Spectre bugs.

I think the solution would be to change the VM from PV to HVM, but I have been unsuccessful in accomplishing this.

This may not be a Webmin issue at all...

Thanks,

G

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Submitted by RJM Web Design on Thu, 08/01/2019 - 13:39 Pro Licensee

Kind of strange that the -r flag doesn't work. I thought that was a standard flag. Maybe it's only for 7.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sat, 08/03/2019 - 20:28

Yeah, the -r flag is the problem. We'll release a Webmin update that includes a fix for this issue..

Submitted by Asawa on Wed, 08/07/2019 - 13:56

I'm having the same issue with Centos 7.6.1810, rebooting multiple times does not clear the Webmin dashboard "Warning! Recent package updates (such as a new kernel version) require a reboot to be fully applied.". Dashboard does show correct Kernel and CPU: Linux 3.10.0-957.27.2.el7.x86_64 on x86_64, any idea how to resolve this?

[root@ns1 ~]# needs-restarting -r

Core libraries or services have been updated:

systemd -> 219-62.el7_6.9

glibc -> 2.17-260.el7_6.6

kernel -> 3.10.0-957.27.2.el7

Reboot is required to ensure that your system benefits from these updates.

Submitted by ikirin on Tue, 08/06/2019 - 22:46

I'm having the same issue with Centos 7.6.1810, rebooting multiple times does not clear the Webmin dashboard "Warning!

Authentic theme version 19.38

[root@somick ~]# needs-restarting -r Core libraries or services have been updated: systemd -> 219-62.el7_6.9 glibc -> 2.17-260.el7_6.6 openssl-libs -> 1:1.0.2k-16.el7_6.1 dbus -> 1:1.10.24-13.el7_6 kernel -> 3.10.0-957.27.2.el7

Reboot is required to ensure that your system benefits from these updates.

More information: https://access.redhat.com/solutions/27943

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Submitted by RJM Web Design on Tue, 08/06/2019 - 23:07 Pro Licensee

Just a shot in the dark... For those having problems, is yum-utils up-to-date?

yum list installed | grep yum-utils

Should be 1.1.31-50.el7.

Submitted by sonoracomm on Wed, 08/07/2019 - 12:01 Pro Licensee

On my updated CentOS 6 system, the version is 1.1.30-42.el6_10.

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Submitted by RJM Web Design on Wed, 08/07/2019 - 12:49 Pro Licensee

I'm sorry. I should have clarified I was referring to CentOS 7.

Submitted by Asawa on Wed, 08/07/2019 - 14:16

@ikirin

I'm also running CentOS 7.6.1810

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[root@ns1 ~]# yum list installed | grep yum-utils

yum-utils.noarch 1.1.31-50.el7 @base

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Submitted by RJM Web Design on Wed, 08/07/2019 - 14:38 Pro Licensee

@Asawa

Yes, that's current. @base just refers to the repo.

It was just a shot in the dark. I'm running Virtualmin on Centos 7 7.6.1810 with no such issues, so it was worth a shot. I'm also running KernelCare, but I did a manual update and still don't have the warning described here.

Submitted by gacott on Wed, 08/07/2019 - 15:47

Same issue here as well, Centos 7.