On 24 Feb 2003, seth vidal wrote: > So this has me positively baffled. > > In one section you get: > > Updating: kernel > > which would sound like it found a new kernel. > > Updating: kernel, athlon > Found best kernel arch: athlon > > Is this an athlon? yes > > Here is where it gets weird. > > When we get down to the part where it lists the stuff it's going to do: > [Update: pkgname] > > kernel is never listed. > and it should be > it should be listed as [Install: kernel] I see "Installing: kernel, athlon" in the new file at line 5163. Is that what you were looking for?? > > kernel-headers is - but not kernel. > and it REALLY should be. > > Could you try two things for me - run this output once more - but at -d 10 Ok, it is the same place as before: http://www.stnhbr.com/yum.output Wow, is that ever chatty!! Wish I understood it all. > and > > update to yum 0.9.4 and see if you can recreate the problem. [root@octopus root]# rpm -q yum yum-0.9.4-1_7x [root@octopus root]# Let me know what else you need. I am going to hold off updating this machine pending your analysis. I am afraid if I ignore the kernel and update it, it might "fix the problem" and we will not be able to tell what really happened. -- .............Tom "Nothing would please me more than being able to tdiehl@xxxxxxxxxxxx hire ten programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software." -- Bill Gates 1976 We are still waiting ....