Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Kernel v3.1.6-1.2 (cooker only)

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> 2012/1/5 Franck Bui <[email protected]>:
> > Alexander Kazancev <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >>
> >> Is kernel-generic has some features and improverments, like you
> >> kernel-desktop and what reason using PAE and HIGHMEM64G for 32-bit
> >> kernel?
> >
> > Because kernel-desktop targets modern HW, not 10 year old ones. So
> > people using a kernel desktop on contemporary 32-bits machines (the
> > very
> > common case) can use more than 4Go and the no-exec bit.
> >
> >>
> >> Now we have a ugly situation on 2011, like user install initial
> >> mandriva ISO with 2.6.38 kernel (it's no PAE in desktop version)
> >> and
> >
> > Hmm... I thought that old desktop kernel was targeting the i686
> > micro-architecture with PAE enabled but that was mistake. For some
> > reasons it has been decided to not use PAE even if the i686 has the
> > support...
> >
> > Well, even if it's not nice, if the number of users is very low
> > (and I
> > suspect it is) then we could simply ask them to use install the
> > kernel-generic package manually ?
> 
> Thats a very bad suggestion, this should be a priority to fix..
> 
> 
> Now why isnt possible to install a previous kernel version?
> 
> ]$ LC_ALL=C sudo rpm -Uvh
> kernel-desktop-3.1.2-1.1-mdv2012.0.x86_64.rpm
> Preparing...
>                ########################################### [100%]
> error: Install/Erase problems:
>         package kernel-desktop-3.1.6-1.2.x86_64 (which is newer than
> kernel-desktop-3.1.2-1.1.x86_64) is already installed
> 
> This in fact seams to be a rpm related issue, can you speak with Per
> Oyvind so that this can be fixed.

Nope, this is normal rpm behavior, try:

LC_ALL=C sudo rpm -ivh --replacepkgs kernel-desktop-3.1.2-1.1-mdv2012.0.x86_64.rpm

Stef