Thanks for your tip on using up2date. The command dumped approc 130 *.hdr files in /var/spool/up2date. Is this a normal behavior? Does all these packages gets installed?
I issued the command below but ran into problems with dependencies. I have a dell 1400 mother board capable of 2 cpu but only have one installed. I downloaded kernel-smp-2.4.18-18.7.x and it still complains.
I don't know what I am doing wrong. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Scott
[root@ /root]# up2date -iu
Retrieving list of all available packages...
Removing installed packages from list of updates...
########################################
Removing packages marked to skip from list...
########################################
Getting headers for available packages...
########################################
Removing packages with files marked to skip from list...
########################################
Getting headers for skipped packages...
########################################
The following Packages were marked to be skipped by your configuration:
Name Version Rel Reason
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
kernel 2.4.18 18.7.xPkg name/pattern
kernel-headers 2.4.9 34 Pkg name/pattern
kernel-source 2.4.18 18.7.xPkg name/pattern
Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies...
There was a fatal RPM error. The message was:
To solve all dependencies for the RPMs you have selected, The following
packages you have marked to exclude would have to be added to the set:
Package Reason
===============================================
kernel-smp-2.4.18-18.7.x Pkg name/pattern
/var/spool/up2date
[root@ up2date]# ll kern*
-rw------- 1 root root 170123 Nov 27 14:31 kernel-2.4.18-18.7.x.i68
6.hdr
-rw------- 1 root root 132753 Nov 27 14:31 kernel-headers-2.4.9-34.
i386.hdr
-rw------- 1 root root 170227 Nov 28 12:47 kernel-smp-2.4.18-18.7.x
.i686.hdr
-rw------- 1 root root 779135 Nov 27 14:31 kernel-source-2.4.18-18.
7.x.i386.hdr
From: Jim Hayward <jimhayward@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: xfree86-list@redhat.com
To: xfree86-list@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Question for Mr. Harris on the XFree86-4.1.0-25 errata...Upgrading RH 7.1
Date: 27 Nov 2002 10:07:35 -0800
On Wed, 2002-11-27 at 09:35, scott Lee wrote:
> Hi Mike:
>
Well, I'm not Mike, but I can answer your questions. ;-)
>
> Question 1:
>
> Do I have to upgrade my kernel to kernel-2.4.18-18.7.x before I can upgrade
> XFree86-4.1.0-25?
>
Yes.
> Question 2:
>
> I can not find kernel-drm = 4.1.0 and on redhat or findrpm site. Is
> kernel-drm-2.4.18-6 a subsititute?
>
The kernel provides kernel-drm. It is not a separate package.
$ rpm -q --whatprovides kernel-drm
kernel-2.4.18-18.8.0
>
> Question 3:
>
> Do I have to upgrade all the rpm's below to upgrade my kernel to
> kernel-2.4.18-18.7.x before I can upgrade XFree86-4.1.0-25?
>
You cannot selectively apply updates. Because of package dependencies
you must apply all of the errata available for a specific release.
>
> Third command:
>
> [root@seabiscuit /root]# rpm -Uvh XFree86*.rpm Mesa*.rpm
> xinitrc-3.20-1.noarch.rpm kernel*.rpm
NEVER use -Uvh to apply a kernel update. Use -ivh kernel-<version>
> Question 4:
>
> Is there a simplier way to deal with this issue i.e. one
> cdrom (iso image) I can download to upgrade to XFree86-4.1.0-25 ?
> *************************************************************
>
Since you are not that familiar with how rpm works you should be using
up2date. It will automatically download and install the updates for you.
The 7.1 docs on up2date.
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.1-Manual/getting-started-guide/ch-rhn.html
Regards,
Jim H
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