[H-GEN] RH7.1 Update Problem

[Robert Kearey]

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David Duffy wrote:

> I have a RH7.1 system (kernel 2.4.2-2) that I want to update.
> Most of the other updates I've done via Up2date at the machine
> and via the Red Hat site have worked ok. When I run Up2date,
> it says that kernel 2.4.9 is being skipped due to my configuration.
> It also reports the XFree86-4.1.0-15 requires kernel-drm-4.1.0
> Does that mean that I need to upgrade the kernel some other way?
> Keep the explanation simple - I'm still very green with Linux !!
> Regards...

up2date comes set up out of the box to not do a kernel upgrade unless 
you actually say "yes, I really, really mean it". Having up2date clobber 
peoples' custom kernel stuff can be Bad, so we don't do it by default.

Yep, you can't have the latest XF86 unless you get the latest kernel, as 
it comes with the latest DRM stuff.

Just do an up2date -u -f if you want you kernel updated :)

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