Kernel issues

[Nicu Buculei]

M. wrote:
> Hello all,
>  
> I'm very much a newbie to Linux (running Fedora FC3 for 10 days) and 
> there is an issue I have run into. The biggest problem I have is that 
> for some reason my kernel doesn't update properly. My Fedora box is dual 
> PPro running kernel 667smp, but I know kernel 681smp is out there for 
> download and install. I run the GUI version of up2date and I always 
> download and install all patches that are made available.
>  
> For some reason kernel 681smp didn't install. So fine, I downloaded the 
> rpm-package for kernel 681smp manually with FireFox, choosing the option 
> to run it with the default application, but when FireFox has downloaded 
> the 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?

to find out what kernel version (or versions) are installed use "rpm -q 
kernel".
"uname -r" will give the version of the kernel which is currently 
running, you may have more than one installed, the active one is 
selected in the boot menu or in grub configuration.

next time when you upgrade the kernel i recommend to use yum - "yum 
update kernel".
also, for keeping the system up to date with the latest patches, i 
recommend using yum in crontab (yum as a service)