Hi; On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 23:55 -0400, William Case wrote: > Hi Tim; > > > On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 13:05 +0930, Tim wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 12:30 -0400, William Case wrote: > > > When I originally installed the new "*.26.3* kernel. the oldest kernel > > > was not removed as usual. (Perhaps the full installation was not > > > completed??) > > > > How many kernels do you have installed? rpm -q kernel > > > Normally I usually have two kernels installed. > > However; > $ rpm -q kernel > kernel-2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64 > kernel-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.x86_64 > kernel-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.x86_64 > > > You normally should have more that one, new ones are installed as well > > as older ones, and older ones only removed when there are too many. I > > think the current default is two, but I've changed mine to keep about > > five installed. That allows for debugging, and easy reversion back to > > an older kernel should a newer one have problems (it's just a boot > > choice, rather than having to install something). > > > Yes, I know. I only mentioned the lack of removal of the third kernel > because it might be indicative of an incomplete or improper install. > > yum-complete-transaction says everything was completely installed > however. > > I was thinking of booting into kernel-2.6.25.14-108.fc9.x86_64; removing > kernel-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.x86_64 and re-installing that kernel unless > someone has a better solution or can tell me why I am getting the > "driver referenced before assignment" warning at boot. Before I screw everything up here can I be reassured that it is all right to erase the nvidia driver? # rpm -e kernel-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.x86_64 error: Failed dependencies: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.26.3-29.fc9.x86_64 is needed by (installed) kmod-nvidia-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.x86_64-173.14.12-2.fc9.x86_64. I am currently running in kernel 2.6.25.14-108.fc9.x86_64. -- Regards Bill Fedora 9, Gnome 2.22.3 Evo.2.22.3.1, Emacs 22.2.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
