[H-GEN] RH7.1 Update Problem

[Scott Pullen]

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David Duffy wrote:

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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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David,

You can also change the Update Agent config and tell it not to skip the
kernel updates in there.  Depends how much control you want and/or hassle
changing the settings back if you don't want to update the kernel everytime
it changes.

Cheers,

Scott.



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