Problems with F7: Wrong kernel type, prelink pegs my CPU

[Gilbert Sebenste]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Bill Davidsen wrote:

> Gilbert Sebenste wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> 
>>> Got two problems with my new install of F7.
>>> 
>>> I am using kernel-xen-2.6.20-2925.13.fc7. Problem: I *don't* want to use 
>>> Xen, I want to use the other kernel on my machine:
>>> 
>>> kernel-2.6.22.1-27.fc7
>>> 
>>> How do I fix that? Why did it do that on install?
>> 
>> Well, I just fixed that. I don't know why it did it, but I edited grub.conf 
>> to put the non-Xen kernels first. Then I blew away the Xen kernels, and all 
>> is well with that.
>> 
> No, all is not well, you could have just changed the value of the "default=" 
> line to boot what you want and preserve the ability to run a xen kernel if 
> you find later you need to. You jumped to the brute force solution just 13 
> minutes after asking the question.

I can always re-install by doing a yum install xen-kernel.

>>> Second, a program called "prelink" pegs my CPU. Is it necessary, and if 
>>> not, how do I turn it off besides doing a kill -9 on it?
>> 
> Let it run to completion. If you don't, some fixes may not work as expected. 
> Stopping part way through could leave system files in an inconsistent 
> (partially updates) state, that why a regular kill doesn't stop the program. 
> I assume by now you did something more drastic like deleting the 
> executable...

What "fixes"? Still, I will reboot and let it run. What does this program 
do? I've never seen it before.

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Gilbert Sebenste                                                     ********
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