Re: Weird yum/kernel problem

Hi Anders; apologies for missing your post earlier. You and Brian both sugg=
ested 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=92t th=
e 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 b=
it slow to update, so I=92m very aware of the risk of mismatched latest ver=
sions). By manually rebuilding, I can see that the build failed while I=92m=
 still in a running system, and I can usually repair and reboot to the prec=
eding system when it fails. Since I=92m usually doing this remotely, that=
=92s 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