Krikket said: >> Then you definitely want the kernel-source package: >> [whooper@kenny whooper]$ sudo /usr/sbin/up2date --dry-run kernel-source > > I got some different results, but equally educational. > > 1> I don't know how you got it to check locally for things... In my case > it checked the 'net at large. (I'm assuming the redhat.com...) Check the release notes. Sources for up2date are in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources. I have that machine checking a local mirror of the official repos. > 2> It found the kernal and source for 2.4.22.1-2125. I'm running kernal > 2.4.22-1.2115. If you want an old package then up2date or yum probably isn't what you want. http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/os/Fedora/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.i386.rpm Watch for line wrap. Better yet, pick a faster mirror. > I don't want to upgrade the kernal, because I've found > when I do, I get odd behavior with things lik the num-lock key. Even if > the kernal isn't running. (Okay, I discovered this on the desktop, not > the laptop... But isn't it even more likely to go wonky on the laptop?) Once again, "if it isn't in bugzilla, it doesn't exist". I see no complaints about numlock and the kernel. FWIW the latest updates-released kernel is -2135. >> Notice that be default the package is skipped so you must use "-f" with >> up2date. > > Thank you. I didn't know that! No problem. [snip] >> What output do you get when you run redhat-config-packages from a >> terminal? What version of redhat-config-packages are you running? > > Err, what's that, and how do I check? It's a fresh install (less than a > week old) and one of the first things I did was to run "yum update". (And > then I removed the kernal that was installed.)\ Go to a terminal (right click the desktop and select "New Terminal"). Then type: rpm -qa redhat-config-packages The original version of r-c-p had issues finding the CDs, but if you are updated it should be ok. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=109276 After that type: redhat-config-packages To actually run the program and watch the terminal for output when you get the errors. -- William Hooper
