All fixed now, thanks very much for help. For the record, rpm -i installs a new kernel as an option. The kernel problem (8254 timer not connected to IO-APIC) was caused by use of the acpi=ht boot option (necessary to allow restarts).
> > Thanks. Problems upgrading the kernel now... > > rpm -Uvh kernel-2.6.11-1.14_FC3.x86_64 replaces my existing kernel & > grub.conf options; and then fails to boot successfully. (*) So a reinstall > of my original FC3 distribution later, ... > > can you advise > - how to have rpm add the new kernel as an altnernative option > - whether the kernel-doc & kernel-smp rpms matter, and should be > installed before the basic kernel rpm (they don't seem to be required) > - or whether I'd be better to forget rpm for this, and get 2.6.11.8 directly > from www.kernel.org? > > Thanks very much again. > > James > > > (*) I had already successfully updated to: > > udev-039-10.FC3.7.x86_64 > policycoreutils-1.18.1-2.10.x86_64 > selinux-policy-targeted-1.17.30-2.96.noarch > > all from the FC3/upgrades/3/x86_64 tree. > > > > On 2 May 2005 at 9:49, Duncan Sands wrote: > > > > > Hi James, > > > > > drivers/usb/atm/usb_atm.c: unusable with this kernel! > > > > > > Does this ring any bells with anyone? I can't find any reference to this > > > as a problem > > > either in your archive, or in Bugzilla, looking for wider possible FC3 > > > issues. > > > > this is a known problem with 64 bits machines. The problem is that > > one of the data structures needs to be small enough to fit in a > > socket buffer control buffer. The control buffer has the same size > > on 32 and 64 bit machines, but the data structure gets bigger - too > > big! Anyway, it's fixed in more recent kernels. > > > > All the best, > > > > Duncan. > > > > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > > Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB > Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
