Once upon a time Monday 16 August 2004 1:48 pm, Seth Bardash wrote: > > Needed to run 32 bit apps. You do realise you can still run 32 bit apps with the 64 bit os installed dont you? if you look at the X86_64 tree you will see for instance libstdc++-3.4.1-7.i386.rpm 20-Jul-2004 06:45 262k libstdc++-3.4.1-7.x86_64.rpm 20-Jul-2004 06:56 269k it has the 32 bit libraries as well as the 64 bit ones > This bug makes it impossible to keep a graphical login on this > machine and puts a user in an untenable position after an update.. have you tired using vesa drivers? you should still get x with that which version kernel are you using that is causing the problem is there anything in the x log to indicate what is locking up? > 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) i know yum installs new kernels and doesnt upgrade them by defualt i did it today. it will only overwrite the existing kernel if you configure it to > Inexperienced users could completely hose the system and need to > either reinstall the O/S or reinstall the release kernel... It should still be there > Shadows of recent Windows XP updates keep going through my > mind..... hmm ok
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