Kernel & Package update problems

emilsoft · #1 24th August 2004, 02:11 AM

Hey everyone, I have searched this forum and to my knowledge this hasn't posted here before, if it has please point me to the solution.

I just downloaded and installed Fedora Core 2 on my PC, then I used the RedHat Network's Up2date software to download all the updates (including the kernel update) and install them. After the download and the installation finished it told me everything was installed successfully, so I closed the Window and restarted my system. The new Kernel appeared in my boot menu, I selected it and hit enter. The boot process went fine, just like with the old kernel (if not faster), but when I logged in, all the icons had lost their customized Redhat/Fedora style icons and reverted to their default icons, and also the wallpaper was gone (black desktop instead). I opened the start menu and all the icons from there were gone too... tried launching some applications such as Mozilla etc... it gave me an error saying the link was broken.

Frustrated, I restarted the system, this time choosing the old kernel image, again the system booted fine, but when I logged in the same problem was there.

What caused this and how can I fix it?

BTW... it was a fresh install of Fedora Core 2.

Thanks.

imdeemvp · #2 24th August 2004, 02:29 AM

do you have any log messages that you can post?

and so far everytime i upgrade to a new kernel everything works just fines except for a driver here and there that needs to be reinstall but other than that no problems

emilsoft · #3 24th August 2004, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by imdeemvp

do you have any log messages that you can post?

and so far everytime i upgrade to a new kernel everything works just fines except for a driver here and there that needs to be reinstall but other than that no problems

To tell you the truth I get no error messages what so ever.. except that every single link/image/icon in GNOME is broken.. meaning I can't launch any applications, neither with the new kernel nor with the old one.

dragon · #4 1st September 2004, 01:53 PM

emilsoft,

I don't think your problem was caused by the kernel upgrade. It's more likely to be an update to Gnome.

View the up2date log file (/var/log/up2date or /var/log/up2date.1, .2 etc) and see which packages were updated. This will tell you which packages were updated and may help point out why the links have become broken.

Cheers,

Dragon