On top of my previously (just now) difficulties with yum, now I find that the 53.1.6 kernel is not installing properly.<br><br>When I run "yum update" to install it, the install hangs here:<br><br>Dependencies Resolved
<br><br>=============================================================================<br> Package Arch Version Repository Size <br>=============================================================================
<br>Installing:<br> kernel x86_64 2.6.18-53.1.6.el5 updates 15 M<br><br>Transaction Summary<br>=============================================================================<br>Install 1 Package(s)
<br>Update 0 Package(s) <br>Remove 0 Package(s) <br><br>Total download size: 15 M<br>Is this ok [y/N]: y<br>Downloading Packages:<br>(1/1): kernel-2.6.18-53.1 100% |=========================| 15 MB 03:26
<br>Running Transaction Test<br>Finished Transaction Test<br>Transaction Test Succeeded<br>Running Transaction<br> Installing: kernel ######################### [1/1] <br><br>If I kill this with ^C, it thinks it has installed the kernel, but the kernel is not in my
grub.conf. Rpm also thinks it is installed.<br><br>I can remove it with rpm -e, but then rpm -ivh won't install it either. It also hangs, at the same point.<br><br>Here's what I see when I type ^C:<br><br>error: %post(
kernel-2.6.18-53.1.6.el5.x86_64) scriptlet failed, signal 2<br><br>(Yes, I know, signal 2 is SIGINT, which is what ^C does.)<br><br>BUT rpm thinks it has installed the kernel even though the /boot partition has not been updated and the
grub.conf file also does not show it.<br><br>Any constructive assistance would be appreciated.<br><br>mhr<br><br>