-----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dennis Gilmore Sent: Monday, August 16, 2004 12:28 PM To: seth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; For users of Fedora Core releases Subject: Re: Updating from standard 32 bit smp FC2 install tokernel-smp-2.6.7-1.494.2.2.i686.rpm breaks X Once upon a time Monday 16 August 2004 1:20 pm, Seth Bardash wrote: > Just entered this in bugzilla: > > Description of problem: > > Did standard 32 bit FC2 install on a dual opteron 246 system based > on > the Arima HDAMA-SATA (ATO2161) motherboard with 2GB of Memory (4 x >Any reason why you did not use the 64 bit release on the machine? not an >ideal fix but you ould change the x driver to vesa and see if that works >Dennis Needed to run 32 bit apps. This bug makes it impossible to keep a graphical login on this machine and puts a user in an untenable position after an update.. Simply stated the update breaks the O/S (kernel) and requires a reload if yum is used to update the kernel. I used rpm -ivh so I could boot the old kernel and take out the update (after using yum the first time, blindly trusting it would work correctly and finding the system only usable in run level 3) Inexperienced users could completely hose the system and need to either reinstall the O/S or reinstall the release kernel... Shadows of recent Windows XP updates keep going through my mind..... ;-) Seth Bardash Integrated Solutions and Systems 1510 North Gate Road Colorado Springs, CO 80921 http://www.integratedsolutions.org Phone: 719-495-5866 Fax: 719-495-5870 Supplier of AMD, Intel and SPARC Servers and Systems running Windows, Linux, Solaris and VxWorks. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.736 / Virus Database: 490 - Release Date: 8/9/2004
