Package Manager works just fine. BUT: After upgrading a kernel, you need to go in and fix /boot. Package Managere doesn't do that, and it will leave you pretty much broken.
Once you've fixed /boot, check /etc/lilo.conf for validity, and then run "lilo" to set the changes. Your next reboot should be fine after that. To the person who upgraded their kernel, and has not yet rebooted... Reboot the thing! The new kernel won't take effect until you do. Ric David .. wrote: > > Just a warning to those who like using the Mandrakes Package Manager. > When your run the check for new security patches and you see the option > to update your kernel. DON'T! > > Do NOT and I repeat, DO NOT upgrade your kernel via the package manager. > Learning from my 3 hr mistake! After the upgrade from -26 to -36, I lost > all networking, sound, video was crappy. You name it, I had problems > with. After trying for 3 hrs I was able to figure out what I needed to do. > > Get to the commandline, run: rpm -qa|grep -i kernel > Find out what verion of the kernel is currently installed and remove it > but using: rpm -e --nodeps <kernel version>, then reinstall the last > known kernal that was working for you, or grab it from your Mandrake CDs. > > Funny enough I got a phone call from a friend who had just install the > lastest kernel from the cooker and had the same problems. I was able to > help him out in a few minutes after learning from my mistake. But one > difference was that he had removed the kernel as explained above and > then ran the the CD as in the UPDATE mode, this was able to patchup his > system with the kernel from the CD as well. > > So fair warning, Don't run the update from package manager. You have > been warned. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- Ric Tibbetts Linux registration number: 55684 If you want to help advertise Linux - point your friends to http://counter.li.org/
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