[GH-ISSUE #10985] Logs flooded with Ollama errors #69301

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opened 2026-05-04 17:43:52 -05:00 by GiteaMirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @jcubic on GitHub (Jun 5, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/10985

What is the issue?

I don't use Ollama anymore. I think that last time I used it a few weeks ago to test something. But my logs are flooded with errors that look like this:

cze 05 06:16:23 jcubic ollama[195547]: Couldn't find '/usr/share/ollama/.ollama/id_ed25519'. Generating new private key.
cze 05 06:16:23 jcubic ollama[195547]: Error: could not create directory mkdir /usr/share/ollama: permission denied
cze 05 06:16:23 jcubic systemd[1]: ollama.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
cze 05 06:16:23 jcubic systemd[1]: ollama.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
cze 05 06:16:23 jcubic audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=ollama comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed'

And it crashes my system. I don't turn off my computer at night, I only make the LCD on my laptop turn off. Today I was not able to wake it up. It was the second time when it happened.

I'm using Fedora 42 (just updated from 41 where Ollama was installed) with Dell Inspiron 15 5570 i7-8550U laptop.

I deleted Ollama, not sure if it will fix the crash, but the last log (above) before the crash suggest that it was caused with recurring errors from Ollama.

Please let me know if this issue with Ollama or something with Fedora update, or if they can do something about this.

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AMD

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Originally created by @jcubic on GitHub (Jun 5, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/issues/10985 ### What is the issue? I don't use Ollama anymore. I think that last time I used it a few weeks ago to test something. But my logs are flooded with errors that look like this: ``` cze 05 06:16:23 jcubic ollama[195547]: Couldn't find '/usr/share/ollama/.ollama/id_ed25519'. Generating new private key. cze 05 06:16:23 jcubic ollama[195547]: Error: could not create directory mkdir /usr/share/ollama: permission denied cze 05 06:16:23 jcubic systemd[1]: ollama.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE cze 05 06:16:23 jcubic systemd[1]: ollama.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. cze 05 06:16:23 jcubic audit[1]: SERVICE_STOP pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:init_t:s0 msg='unit=ollama comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed' ``` And it crashes my system. I don't turn off my computer at night, I only make the LCD on my laptop turn off. Today I was not able to wake it up. It was the second time when it happened. I'm using Fedora 42 (just updated from 41 where Ollama was installed) with Dell Inspiron 15 5570 i7-8550U laptop. I deleted Ollama, not sure if it will fix the crash, but the last log (above) before the crash suggest that it was caused with recurring errors from Ollama. **Please let me know if this issue with Ollama or something with Fedora update, or if they can do something about this.** ### OS Linux ### GPU AMD ### CPU AMD ### Ollama version _No response_
GiteaMirror added the bug label 2026-05-04 17:43:52 -05:00
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@rick-github commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2025):

cze 05 06:16:23 jcubic ollama[195547]: Error: could not create directory mkdir /usr/share/ollama: permission denied

The update may have erased the contents of /usr/share, which is where the ollama home directory was created when ollama was installed. Since ollama is only officially supported on Feodra 42 or later, the previous installation may not have matched the general guidelines for package installation on Fedora, so got broken in the upgrade.

<!-- gh-comment-id:2954230053 --> @rick-github commented on GitHub (Jun 8, 2025): ``` cze 05 06:16:23 jcubic ollama[195547]: Error: could not create directory mkdir /usr/share/ollama: permission denied ``` The update may have erased the contents of `/usr/share`, which is where the ollama home directory was created when ollama was installed. Since ollama is only [officially supported](https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/ollama/) on Feodra 42 or later, the previous installation may not have matched the general guidelines for package installation on Fedora, so got broken in the upgrade.
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Reference: github-starred/ollama#69301