Hi, I believe if you add the line: exclude=kernel* To your yum.conf, that should keep yum from updating any kernel packages... -Jeff On 5/28/04 8:24 AM, "jeb12@xxxxxxxx" <jeb12@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Howdy. I'm a bit of a newbie to linux/dulug. I'm running the Duke > distrib with yum. I'm using nvidia graphics and when yum updates the kernel I > have to rebuild the nvidia > unified driver (this is a known issue with the nvidia driver: updating the > kernel it's linked to breaks the driver). > > Is there a way to configure yum not to download packages that will modify > the kernel? Would the "installonlypkgs" command be the way to go about > this? > > Thanks for the help. > _______________________________________________ > Yum mailing list > Yum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/mailman/listinfo/yum >