CORRECTION - please see below....<br><br>On Jan 23, 2008 9:54 PM, MHR <<a href="mailto:mhullrich@gmail.com">mhullrich@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> 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><br>CORRECTION: /boot was updated, just not the grub.conf...
.<br><br>> Any constructive assistance would be appreciated.<br>> <br>> mhr<br>> <br><br>