Fw: Samba install problem

Freedom Web Services info at freedomwebservices.net
Fri Jun 9 14:56:56 UTC 2006


> On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 22:12 +0100, Freedom Web Services wrote:
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Paul Howarth" <paul at city-fan.org>
>> To: "Freedom Web Services" <info at freedomwebservices.net>; "For users of
>> Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 9:58 PM
>> Subject: Re: Samba install problem
>>
>>
>> > On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 21:54 +0100, Freedom Web Services wrote:
>> >> > On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 18:42 +0100, Freedom Web Services wrote:
>> >> >> I have downloaded and installed the 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 kernal update
>> >> >> but
>> >> >> unfornatunatly this does not solve the problem.  The eciadsl-doctor
>> >> >> program
>> >> >> still shows that the n_hdlc module is not found, it also reports 
>> >> >> that
>> >> >> I
>> >> >> am
>> >> >> using the 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 kernal, how can this be when I have 
>> >> >> just
>> >> >> installed the updated kernal with no problems?  Am I missing
>> >> >> something?
>> >> >
>> >> > You won't be using the 2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 kernel until you've 
>> >> > rebooted.
>> >> >
>> >> > Paul,
>> >>
>> >> I have rebooted a couple of times plus the computer was off overnight!
>> >
>> > What's the output of:
>> >
>> > $ rpm -qa kernel\*
>> kernel-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
>>
>> > $ uname -a
>> Linux linux 2.6.15-1.2054_FC5
>>
>> > $ cat /etc/sysconfig/kernel
>> UPDATEDEFAULT=yes
>> DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel
>>
>> > $ cat /etc/grub.conf
>> default=0
>> timeout=5
>> splashimage=(hdo,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
>> hiddenmenu
>> title fedora Core (2.6.15-1.2054_FC5)
>>     root (hd0,0)
>>     kernel /vmlinux-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 
>> rhgb
>> quiet
>> initrd /initrd-2.6.15-1.2054_FC5.img
>>
>> By the looks of it the kernel has not been updated, strange as it 
>> installed
>> with no problems!
>
> The only explanation I can think of for this is that you downloaded and
> installed the SRPM (.src.rpm) instead of the binary RPM for your
> system's architecture (e.g. .i386.rpm or .x86_64.rpm).
>

The kernel I downloaded was kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5.i586.rpm, I tried this 
one as I could not find an i386 one.

Many Thanks
Garry. 




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