Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-07 Thread Ralph Angenendt
MHR wrote: On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ rpm -qa kernel* kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 kernel-2.6.18-8.el5 kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 How can I correct this, so the box will boot the latest kernel? TIA! Lanny As root,

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-07 Thread Ralph Angenendt
MHR wrote: On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Lanny Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 15:48 -0700, MHR wrote: snip As root, go to the directory where the rpms are located (you can use 'find' for this if you don't alreayd know) and run: Mark: Syntax for the find

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-07 Thread MHR
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Ralph Angenendt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erm. man find is one of the most hideous manual pages on a linux system (man tar comes close) - so a bit help from your side would have been nice. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I have never found this

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-07 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Mhr wrote on Wed, 7 May 2008 09:53:23 -0700: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I have never found this particular man page to be bad enough not to consult when needed, even for the first time (like I did, lo these many eons ago, when it was even harder to read than now) and the effort

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-07 Thread MHR
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Kai Schaetzl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would always use locate for that task, much faster, much easier. Not being familiar with 'locate,' I found its man page rather intimidating at first glance. I'll have to study it a little more carefully, but I should

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-07 Thread Kai Schaetzl
mail.gmail.com X-Rcpt-To: centos@centos.org Mhr wrote on Wed, 7 May 2008 14:04:55 -0700: Not being familiar with 'locate,' I found its man page rather intimidating at first glance. I'll have to study it a little more carefully, but I should also note that I ran locate to find my kernel rpms

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-06 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 03 May 2008, Kai Schaetzl maillists AT conactive.com wrote: Message: 9 ?Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 16:31:50 +0200 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lanny Marcus wrote on Sat, 3 May 2008 07:28:10 -0500: Linux compaq1300.HOMELAN 2.6.18-8.el5 Ok. I just asked because you never mentioned you had

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-06 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Lanny Marcus wrote: If there is some place I can check in a yum database or RPM database on her box, to verify the kernel version that's really installed (probably the original one), please let me know where that is. Thanks much! Lanny rpm -qa kernel* And: pup is a frontend to yum is a

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-06 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 16:11 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: If there is some place I can check in a yum database or RPM database on her box, to verify the kernel version that's really installed (probably the original one), please let me know where that is. Thanks much!

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-06 Thread Bob Taylor
On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 09:25 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 16:11 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: If there is some place I can check in a yum database or RPM database on her box, to verify the kernel version that's really installed (probably the

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-06 Thread lannyma
On 5/6/08, Ralph Angenendt ra+centos AT br-online.de wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: If there is some place I can check in a yum database or RPM database on her box, to verify the kernel version that's really installed (probably the original one), please let me know where that is. Thanks much!

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-06 Thread MHR
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ rpm -qa kernel* kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 kernel-2.6.18-8.el5 kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 How can I correct this, so the box will boot the latest kernel? TIA! Lanny As root, go to the directory

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-06 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 15:48 -0700, MHR wrote: snip As root, go to the directory where the rpms are located (you can use 'find' for this if you don't alreayd know) and run: rpm -ivh kernel-headers-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 kernel-2.6.18-8.el5 kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 Mark: Syntax for the find

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-06 Thread MHR
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Lanny Marcus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 15:48 -0700, MHR wrote: snip As root, go to the directory where the rpms are located (you can use 'find' for this if you don't alreayd know) and run: rpm -ivh

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-04 Thread Lanny Marcus
On 03 May 2008, Kai Schaetzl maillists AT conactive.com wrote: Message: 9 Date: Sat, 03 May 2008 16:31:50 +0200 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lanny Marcus wrote on Sat, 3 May 2008 07:28:10 -0500: Linux compaq1300.HOMELAN 2.6.18-8.el5 Ok. I just asked because you never mentioned you had actually

Re: Subject: [CentOS] yum update did not update kernel on one box

2008-05-03 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Lanny Marcus wrote on Sat, 3 May 2008 07:28:10 -0500: Linux compaq1300.HOMELAN 2.6.18-8.el5 Ok. I just asked because you never mentioned you had actually checked. Just a kernel missing when you update is not proof ;-) I see that you have priority protections in place. Disable all your extra