On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 10:04 -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Rick Bilonick wrote: > > I'm running FC6. There are two kernels installed: > > > > [root@localhost ~]# rpm -qva | grep ^kernel > > kernel-2.6.22.1-32.fc6 > > kernel-headers-2.6.22.1-32.fc6 > > kernel-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6 > > > > The problem is, wireless doesn't work with the newer kernel (2.6.22.1-32 > > - something to do with a conflict between wireless-tools and wireless > > extensions and versions which I could not resolve) but it does work with > > the older kernel (2.6.20-1.2962) and all the previous kernels. There is > > a newer kernel available: 2.6.22.2-42. I would like to install > > 2.6.22.2-42 and keep 2.6.20-1.2962. Yumex wants to remove 2962. I've > > tried to remove 32 but when I try this it wants to remove the > > kmod-ndiswrapper that goes with 2962 (because of dependencies - which > > seems weird to me). Is there some way to do this with yumex or yum? Is > > it possible to have all three kernels installed? (I used to be able to > > have many kernels installed in previous versions of FC, not just two.) > > I've also tried unchecking the kernel-module plugin for yumex but this > > seems to have no effect. > > > > Any advice would be appreciated. I would like to try the new kernel to > > see if wireless will work but I don't want to lose a working kernel. > > > > Rick B. > > > This is strange - normally yum will not remove the running kernel > when adding a new kernel. Because I do not reboot this machine very > often, I have had kernels installed and removed that were never > booted, because I was still using the older version because I had > not rebooted. > > You may be able to get around the dependency bug by using rpm > instead of yum to remove the kernel. (rpm -e kernel-2.6.22.1-32 or > rpm -e --nodeps kernel-2.6.22.1-32) > > Mikkel > -- I ran into the same problem when I tried to use yum. I solved the problem by getting yumex to keep 3 kernels (instead of just two). Unfortunately, the wireless bcm4318 driver will not work on the newer 2.6.22 kernels. Thanks. Rick B.
