Reboot after you update the kernel for the changes to take effect
On 4/26/05, mbeltran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mbeltran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a trouble with centOS 4
>
> The process kswapd0 eat almost all my memory space, and also this process
> get almost 100 percent of cpu, and the box go slow
>
> I have read that this problem is fix when the kernel is upgrade but I do not
> know hot to update my kernel. when I type yum list \kernel* I get the
> following list:
>
> [xxx@xxxxxx]# yum list \kernel*
> Setting up Repos
> addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
>
> base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
>
> update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00
>
> extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
>
> Reading repository metadata in from local files
> addons : ################################################## 2/2
> base : ################################################## 1404/1404
> update : ################################################## 80/80
> extras : ################################################## 25/25
> Installed Packages
> kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL
> installed
> kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL installed
>
> kernel-utils.i386 1:2.4-13.1.48
> installed
> Available Packages
> kernel.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update
>
> kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update
>
> kernel-devel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update
>
> kernel-devel.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update
>
> kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update
>
> kernel-hugemem.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update
>
> kernel-hugemem-devel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update
> kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update
>
> kernel-smp.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update
>
> kernel-smp-devel.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update
>
> kernel-smp-devel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update
>
> kernel-sourcecode.noarch 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update
>
> I know that i have to update kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL and kernel-smp.i686
> 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL but I am not sure what are the steps or instructions that I
> should follow to get it
>
> Regards
> Mario
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