[CLUE-Tech] kernel upgrade trouble

[Kevin Fenzi]

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>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Friedman <Jason.Friedman at janus.com> writes:

Jason> I'm trying to upgrade my RedHat 7.3 kernel: $ rpm -Uvh
Jason> modutils-* error: failed dependencies: libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) is
Jason> needed by modutils-2.4.18-2

Jason> $ rpm -Uvh kernel-*2.4.18-18* Preparing...
Jason> ########################################### [100%] 1:kernel
Jason> ########################################### [ 50%]
Jason> /sbin/mkkerneldoth: /boot/kernel.h: cannot overwrite existing
Jason> file All of your loopback devices are in use!  depmod:
Jason> /lib/i686/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by
Jason> depmod) 2:kernel-debug
Jason> ########################################### [100%]
Jason> /sbin/mkkerneldoth: /boot/kernel.h: cannot overwrite existing
Jason> file All of your loopback devices are in use!  depmod:
Jason> /lib/i686/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3' not found (required by
Jason> depmod)

Jason> $ ll /lib/i686/libc.so.6 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Nov 26 22:30
Jason> /lib/i686/libc.so.6 -> libc-2.2.5.so

Jason> $ rpm -q glibc glibc-2.2.5-42


Jason> I've got the most recent glibc I can find for RedHat i686, and
Jason> I'm doing this upgrade because of the security concerns listed
Jason> on RedHat's website.

Are you sure you have the 7.3 kernel update and not the 8.0 one? 

- -rw-rw-r--    1 2220     235      12762747 Nov 15 12:19 7.3/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.18-18.7.x.i686.rpm

not: 

- -rw-rw-r--    1 2220     235      13633551 Nov 15 12:19 8.0/en/os/i686/kernel-2.4.18-18.8.0.i686.rpm

The 8.0 update won't work on a 7.3 system. 

also, for kernel updates it's suggested you install them, not
upgrade. This allows you to boot back in your old working kernel if
something doesn't work right with the new one. Use 'rpm -ivh' instead
of 'rpm -Uvh'

kevin
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