on 5-6-2008 2:49 PM lannyma@gmail.com spake the following:
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! Lanny
rpm -qa kernel*
[lanny@compaq1300 ~]$ 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 [lanny@compaq1300 ~]$ uname -a Linux compaq1300.HOMELAN 2.6.18-8.el5 #1 SMP Thu Mar 15 19:57:35 EDT 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [lanny@compaq1300 ~]$
Ralph: Thank you for the rpm command and the syntax! That confirms what I have been seeing the past few days, that no updates are available! The kernel-headers for the latest kernel is there, along with the latest kernel. However, it is not shown in the GRUB menu when I boot the box, and, the box boots the old kernel. My knowledge of Linux, obviously, is very limited. How can I correct this, so the box will boot the latest kernel? TIA! Lanny
It sounds like the last kernel upgrade didn't finish the %post% scripts. The easiest thing to try would be to rpm -e the new kernel and try a yum upgrade again. Another thing to check... Is there a symlink from /boot/grub/menu.lst to /boot/grub/grub.conf? I have had that on my systems since time began and maybe it is a requirement for things to work right. Just a guess.