I just updated Cento5 and it speeded up the machine (64-Bit) and took care of bounce outs with Firefox. It updated some 254 packages and now running Firefox 3 Beta 5.
It also corrected video screen resolution problems with my Nvidia Video Adapter. Dennis n5vrp On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 2:18 PM, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have at home a PC (only a 700MHz P3 with 265mb RAM) running > > Centos 5 so that I can familiarise myself with the OS without any > > fears of messing up the remote Gateway PC on GB7WF. > > > > Today when I switched it on, there was 165 updates so I let it > > download and install them, after a while a message came up saying > > to reboot so I did and now it won't start up, it gets to a point > > very quickly saying "Kernel Panic - not syncing: Fatal Exception: > > and goes no further. > > > > I can boot it up by manually selecting Centos (2.6.18-53.1.21.el5) > > and all seems well. The version it wants to boot up on and fails is > > (2.6.18-92.1.1.el5) > > > > So when I connected to WF's Gateway PC tonight to have a look I see > > the same 165 updates are waiting to be downloaded and installed. > > > > I'm now worried that if I let the Gateway PC update it will crash > > as well, admittedly my PC is a lower specification and not running > > the G2 software, but is that the problem ? as the Gateway PC is > > 2.7GHz with 760mb RAM. > > > > Anyone else had problems with the updates ? and is there anyway of > > rolling back the updates ? > > > > Cheers, > > Mike G1ZRN. > > > > Well, despite re-installing Centos 5 on my test PC, the updates still > cause it to fail as stated above. So until I hear differently I will > not be allowing the updates to be installed on the Gateway PC. > > Mike G1ZRN. > > > -- Regards, Dennis, N5VRP [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] I-Square Reflector Dstar User / D-Gate Provider ARRL Member Cactus-Intertie Member AMSAT Member, President's Club 73's from SATX [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
