On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 16:47 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sun, 2006-09-24 at 13:52, Ric Moore wrote: > > > > > > Can yum automatically defer updating the kernel until the > > > in-use modules are also available in matching versions? > > > > That would be sweet. FYI, when yum updated the kernel, there was no > > nvidia driver out, so it blew up. I use the hell outa graphics here and > > whatever substitutes for the nvidia driver ain't up to the load. So, I > > removed the new kernel, re-installed the older one, re-installed the > > drivers, it burped once or twice and then settled in, while creating a > > new ulcer. I've wasted the entire weekend on this and that bind thing. > > Yum shouldn't have removed the running kernel, so recovery > should have been a matter of hitting a key during reboot, > selecting the old kernel with the down-arrow key, and > hitting enter. Still, it would be nice if it didn't > break the system in the first place when it should be > moderately easy to detect that a new kernel isn't > going to work yet. Yeah, I went into yum and configured it to save 3 kernels, which is what I did back when, only it was that way just now. <sigh> -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
