On 1/11/20 4:27 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 1:26 PM pmkellly(a)frontier.com
> <pmkellly(a)frontier.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 1/11/20 2:18 PM, Chris Murphy wrote:
>>> On Sat, Jan 11, 2020 at 9:00 AM pmkellly(a)frontier.com
>>> <pmkellly(a)frontier.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This is in regard to machines running Fully updated F31 and getting
>>>> Kernel tainted errors and tpm2-abrmd errors on a recurring basis.
>>>
>>> Is this a 5.4 kernel? And does the Computer have Secure Boot enabled?
>>> Could be this:
>>>
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1777072#c2
>>>
>>> Reported to be fixed in 5.4.7. If you're using that you'll need to
be
>>> more specific about what's causing the taint.
>>> sudo journalctl -b | grep -i taint
>>>
>>> And tpm stuff is a known bug
>>>
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1769215
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I'm not running secure boot. I'm running kernel 5.4.8 since first thing
>> this morning. Here's the grep result:
>>
>> grep -i taint Taint-TMP-Journal.txt
>> Jan 10 12:54:38 localhost.localdomain kernel: CPU: 0 PID: 9713 Comm:
>> tpm2-abrmd Not tainted 5.4.8-200.fc31.x86_64 #1
>>
>> I was getting the kernel tainted error right along with 5.4.7. I've been
>> using that PC today just to see what happens. I just checked and I
>> haven't gotten any more of the kernel tainted errors, but I'm still
>> getting the tpm2 errors. I just checked the screen shots I made of the
>> Details pages in Problem Reporter and it shows I was running
>> 5.4.8-200.fc31_x86-64. The taint error is "E - Unsigned module has been
>> loaded".
>
> Anything out of tree or unsigned taints the kernel. This might have a
> better chance of finding out what's causing it:
>
> journalctl -b | grep -i -B4 taint
>
> Usually the message right before the message "tainting kernel" will
> say what module and what the issue is, or maybe it's on the same line.
>
>
NEWS!!!:
I think this might have been a leftover from 5.4.7.
This morning after I did the upgrade that got me to 5.4.8 I did a
restart and when I looked, I found the kernel tainted error, but as I
have been using that PC all day that error has not reoccurred. I just
did another restart and then I ran:
journalctl -b | grep -i -B4 taint
and got no response at all. Could it be that during the restart I did
this morning right after the upgrade that there was at some point enough
of 5.4.7 around to cause the error, but the id had been changed to 5.4.8?
The tpm2-abrmd errors are continuing at a frantic pace. there is
constant hard disk activity. I'm guessing from the errors being logged
about every 3 seconds. I verified that secure boot is not enabled in the
UEIF/BIOS.
Is there a way to turn off tpm2-abrmd or tpm2 in general or will things
I need break? I've been thinking that I should revert the users PCs to
F30. Any advice or thoughts are welcome.
Have a Great Day!
Pat (tablepc)