M. wrote:
Hello all,
I'm very much a newbie to Linux (running Fedora FC3 for 10 days) and
there is an issue I have run into. The biggest problem I have is that
for some reason my kernel doesn't update properly. My Fedora box is dual
PPro running kernel 667smp, but I know kernel 681smp is out there for
download and install. I run the GUI version of up2date and I always
download and install all patches that are made available.
For some reason kernel 681smp didn't install. So fine, I downloaded the
rpm-package for kernel 681smp manually with FireFox, choosing the option
to run it with the default application, but when FireFox has downloaded
the package and starts the installer, the installer says kernel 681smp
is already installed. Just to double-check I searched on the Internet
and found this command "uname -r", which confirms I am running kernel
667smp.
How do I force a reinstall or an update of the kernel to version 681smp?
to find out what kernel version (or versions) are installed use "rpm -q
kernel".
"uname -r" will give the version of the kernel which is currently
running, you may have more than one installed, the active one is
selected in the boot menu or in grub configuration.
next time when you upgrade the kernel i recommend to use yum - "yum
update kernel".
also, for keeping the system up to date with the latest patches, i
recommend using yum in crontab (yum as a service)