updates crash?

[jagguy]

My fedora worked fine until i installed update (65)
I installed updates and had to quite half way through which wasnt a ompter error. When booting up again I have 2 fedoras to chose from now and the latest fails to connect to the internet.

What do i do?

[sideways]

chose the old one in the grub menu. Make it the default by editing /etc/grub.conf (as root) and changing the default to 1.

When you update the kernel you need to update kernel modules such as network drivers, graphic drivers.s etc. This can be a pain, so better to stick with a working kernel, add this line to /etc/yum.conf
exclude=kernel*

[jagguy]

Did i need to insatll these updates in the firstb place?

[sideways]

Did i need to insatll these updates in the firstb place?

No, but I tend to like to keep up-to-date apart from crucial components like the kernel.

Best, advice, if you have a stable working system , keep it like that

su -
chkconfig --del yum-updatesd
service yun-updatesd stop

Now just use pirut (the gui add/remove software app) to enhance your install, or run 'yum update' as and when required, put the 'exclude' line in yum.conf to prevent important components being affected.

[jagguy]

I can connect to internet now on new kernel. What to do about updates? nothing appears or popups saying more updates but i didnt do them all from last time as i turned off the pc

Should i unintall this kernel and try again?

[sideways]

run 'yum check-update' in a terminal, if anything is available run 'yum update' to install.

Use the exclude line in /etc/yum.conf to exclude kernel etc (since I assume you don't want another kernel update)

[jagguy]

What exactly do i type to exclude a new kernel because i am new to linux.

>Use the exclude line in /etc/yum.conf to exclude kernel etc (since I assume you don't want >another kernel update)

[sideways]

you put exclude=kernel* as the last line in /etc/yum.conf

[jagguy]

hi,

Thanks for the info.

I know with new updates i had to reinstall the drivers wireles card,radeon card etc.

How can i detect what drivers are installed eg lpsci -i?

I have to turn on the wireless card 'activate' manually so why is this?