[H-GEN] RH7.1 Update Problem

[David Duffy]

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>I 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...


Rob replied:
>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 :)

Perfect!  That's just the great advice I was looking for. :-)
Thanks for that - I will get in & do it now.
Regards...

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