Thanks for the information. I'll try and switch back
to the older kernel.
Where
are new kernels announced? How do you monitor or know that if you do a yum
upgrade that it will upgrade to a new kernel.
Kirk
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Fedora Announce List shows all new packages released: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-announce-listWhen I do a 'yum update' it will ask to confirm the update, I say N if I see any major changes like new kernels or ivtv versions etc.
I do wait 3-4 WEEKS minimum before updating a
Also, at least in my setup of FC4, if you log on as root and read your
email, you will see daily messages that describe which packages are
available for updates. You can also use /etc/yum.conf to automatically
exclude named packages, for example mine looks like this:
$ less /etc/yum.conf
[main]
I'm assuming you didn't remove your older kernel or kernel modules. The easiest way to go back is to edit /boot/grub/grub.conf and change the default= parameter to your older kernel. 0 is the first kernel listed in grub.conf
, 1 is the 2nd, etc. So if your grub.conf looks like the
