[Yum] Weird yum/kernel problem

[Bob McKay]

Hi Anders; apologies for missing your post earlier. You and Brian both suggested dkms, but the problem with dkms is that if it fails, the system will just fail to reboot - which means physically going to the lab to fix things, and would be a disaster if I am overseas. So I think sticking with manual building is necessary. Thanks for the point about devel; but it isn’t the cause of the problem - I always wait to rebuild until kernel headers and devel for the new kernel are available (the local mirrors are sometimes a bit slow to update, so I’m very aware of the risk of mismatched latest versions). By manually rebuilding, I can see that the build failed while I’m still in a running system, and I can usually repair and reboot to the preceding system when it fails. Since I’m usually doing this remotely, that’s a really important plus.

Anders Blomdell said...

Use appropriate scripts in /etc/kernel/postinst.d or /etc/kernel/postinst.d/dkms
and kernel modules can be rebuilt right after a new kernel is installed
(of course you need kernel-devel).

/Anders