<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.3.2"> </HEAD> <BODY> Hi Just have a look in: /boot/grub/grub.conf and the top kerna showing should boot. You will need to be root to change this. Here is mine: ******************************************************************* boot=/dev/hda default=0 timeout=5 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz hiddenmenu title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.681_FC3) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.681_FC3.img title Fedora Core (2.6.9-1.667) root (hd0,0) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.667 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.9-1.667.img ************************************************************************ I assume you are using grub. cheers Bob On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 16:56 +0100, M. wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> Mathew, Steve, Thanks for your replies. I am not at all offended or anything by asking if I rebooted. You see, I work as IT professional (MS-Windows) and usually that is my first question, too. :-) But to return to the subject, I did reboot and when I press a key during startup I can choose between kernels 667 and 667smp. My system boots using grub and I searched for a grub.conf file or something similar, but that didn't yield any result. Interestingly enough though, I do have a lilo.conf.anaconda file which lists kernel 667 and 667smp. So, I reckoned, what if I just modify this file by copying those lines and pasting them, replacing everything that says 667 by 681? Too bad, the boot list simply shows 667 and 667smp and not the ones I had just added. That is another thing, BTW, I don't quite understand the relationship between lilo.conf.anaconda and grub. Do they have any relationship at all? So, short of recompiling the kernel (which is a hell of a task for someone who has no knowledge of Unix/Linux) or waiting for a next kernel update, is there anything I can do either to force the kernel rpm-file to reinstall or to modify the kernel boot list (which files, please). Thanks again, Maurice. -----Original Message----- From: <A HREF="mailto:fedora-desktop-list-bounces@redhat.com">fedora-desktop-list-bounces@redhat.com</A> [mailto:<A HREF="mailto:fedora-desktop-list-bounces@redhat.com">fedora-desktop-list-bounces@redhat.com</A>] On Behalf Of Steve Thacker Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 5:57 PM To: Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop Subject: [mail] Re: Kernel issues yes--try rebooting and look at the "Kernel choise Sreen"--first one to show on boot--it will give you a choise of which version of kernel to boot to. Some--not all however--grub loaders are setup to use the latest kernel, just make sure you read fast and use the arrow keys to select the latest kernel displayed, then hit the enter key. After booting and loging on--etc--go to (I use KDE gui) System Settings then boot configuration--make sure grub is setup to boot to the "latest" version of kernel (but make sure that this kernel WORKS ok with your particular setup for a day or so). this help??? If you didn't load this particular "tool" when you installed Fedora Core 3--it is still possible to do the same from the grub boot screen---read fast--edit grub boot--etc................steve Matthew Miller wrote: > On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 11:02:40AM +0100, M. wrote: > >>package and starts the installer, the installer says kernel 681smp is >>already installed. Just to double-check I searched on the Internet and >>found this command "uname -r", which confirms I am running kernel >>667smp. How do I force a reinstall or an update of the kernel to >>version 681smp? > > > Hopefully this is a silly question, but have you rebooted? > -- Fedora-desktop-list mailing list <A HREF="mailto:Fedora-desktop-list@redhat.com">Fedora-desktop-list@redhat.com</A> <A HREF="http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list">http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list</A> </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>