On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 23:08 -0400, Barry K. Myrvold wrote: > Any help would be appreciated: > I have not been able to install new kernels. When I run yum update, all > new packages from the various repositories install successfully, except > yum has been stalling on the installation of updated kernels. > For example, I recently ran 'yum update' but it stalled while installing > kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5. After a while I gave up and hit Crl-C > shutting yum down. > I then downloaded the rpm and attempted to install it to the same effect > - it stalled at some point during the installation process. I hit > Ctrl-C and got the following mesage: > error: %post(kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.i686) scriptlet failed, signal 2 > > Now, the computer can't decided whether that kernel is installed or not > - see below: > [barry@localhost Desktop]$ sudo rpm -ivh > kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.i686.rpm > Preparing... ########################################### > [100%] > package kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 is already installed > [barry@localhost Desktop]$ sudo rpm -e kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.i686.rpm > error: package kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.i686.rpm is not installed > IOT rpm -e a file use the package name (i.e without .rpm extension at minimum.) try this: sudo rpm -e kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 > Here's rpm -q kernel-smp: > kernel-smp-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 > kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5 > kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 > > and grub.conf looks like this (no 2122 kernel!): > # grub.conf generated by anaconda > # > # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file > # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that > # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. > # root (hd0,0) > # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda3 > # initrd /initrd-version.img > #boot=/dev/sda > default=1 > timeout=5 > splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz > #hiddenmenu > title Memtest86 v3.2 > kernel /memtest86-3.2 > title Fedora Core (2.6.16-1.2111_FC5smp) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5smp ro root=LABEL=/ > initrd /initrd-2.6.16-1.2111_FC5smp.img > title Fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp) > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet > initrd /initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5smp.img > I'm not sure of this, but, as a guess I believe grubby uses the grub sections as a template when a kernel is installed. Just for giggles try moving your Memtest86 & its associated kernel line to the bottom of the list. The only other thing I can think of, check how full your /boot partition is. (use df command) if it is short take a look in there and see if there is a bunch of stuff you don't need in there. HTH Scott > Not sure if this information is relevant, but here's lspci (the machine > is a relatively dated Dell Precision dual Pentium III/1000 GH) > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host > bridge (rev 03) > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP > bridge (rev 03) > 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) > 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) > 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) > 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) > 00:0d.0 PCI bridge: Hint Corp HB6 Universal PCI-PCI bridge > (non-transparent mode) (rev 15) > 00:0e.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus > Controller (rev 01) > 00:10.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. Adaptec AAR-1210SA SATA > HostRAID Controller (rev 02) > 00:11.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] > 00:13.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03) > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti > 4200 AGP 8x] (rev a1) > 02:08.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41) > 02:08.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 41) > 02:08.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 02) > 02:0c.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB23 > IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) > 03:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 04) > 03:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port > (rev 04)03:09.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire > Port (rev 04) > 03:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AHA-2940U2/U2W / 7890/7891 > > Thanks, > Barry > > > > >
