Fw: Samba install problem

[Paul Howarth]

Freedom Web Services wrote:
>> 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.

That's because there isn't one :-)

You may well have an i686 kernel currently:

$ rpm -qa --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}\n' kernel\*

The latest kernel update should always be available here:
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/updates/5/i386/

Get the one that's the same arch as your current kernel.

Paul.