Jim Perrin wrote: >> So where does yum keep its 'memory', so I can remove references to the >> plus kernel and get back to the regular kernel????? > > Either disable the centosplus repository, or exclude the kernel from > that repository. I have no idea how yumex handles this, as I'm pretty > much a console only type person. For general yum behavior, read 'man > yum.conf' and look at the contents of /etc/yum.repos.d/ Ah, disabled centosplus repository. yum update ran a long time downloading headers then failed: --> Processing Dependency: clamav-db = 0.88.4-1.el4.rf for package: clamav --> Processing Dependency: setup(fedora-usermgmt) for package: fedora-usermgmt --> Processing Dependency: instance(fedora-usermgmt) for package: fedora-usermgmt --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package fedora-usermgmt-setup.noarch 0:0.8-1 set to be updated ---> Package fedora-usermgmt-shadow-utils.noarch 0:0.8-1 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: clamav-db = 0.88.4-1.el4.rf for package: clamav --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: clamav-db = 0.88.4-1.el4.rf is needed by package clamav Now since I don't use clamav on this system, time to delete it....