updating kernel -- help!
 

A newbie has a question:

I tried updating the kernel by downloading the rpm for 2.4.22-1.2140, and did

rpm -Uvh on that file (unfortunately I did not use -ivh).

Is that all that's necessary to update the kernel? From uname -a, it seems I'm still running the old kernel.

Also, the network card has ceased to work since; when I try to activate it, I get the error:

modprobe: Can't open dependencies file /lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptl/modules.dep (No such file or directory)
interface 'etho0' not found
3c59x device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization

2.4.22-1.2115 is the old kernel version.

...Help?

I didn't know you could upgrade the kernel via rpm. Which distro?

I would say that the -Uvh option was the correct one, since that that would upgrade while deleting older, unecessary files.

I still say you have to upgrade the kernel the traditional way with make menuconfig. Maybe you can explain the rpm method to me.

umm, then I probably did it wrong :(

I'm running Fedora and I downloaded the kernel rpm from here:

http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pu...pdates/1/i386/

... what's the correct way to do it? Any guide that I can refer to?

Thanks!

Try this out:
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yum -y update
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Walk away and watch lots of TV. Come back and check during commercials to see if it's done.

Reboot your computer when it is finished.

Hey,

I've decided to reinstall Fedora for now and leave the kernel stuff till a bit later (namely, after I've read up more about it :) )

Thanks for your hep!