Installing older Kernel (was: Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv-kmdl and lirc-kmdl for 2.6.14-1.1637 missing)

[Brad Fuller]

Brad Fuller wrote:

> Brad Fuller wrote:
>
>> Brad Fuller wrote:
>>
>>> Darren Coleman wrote:
>>>
>>>>This is good advice.
>>>>
>>>>I have learnt through previous trial-and-error to stop blindly using "yum
>>>>update" to upgrade the kernel until I am sure ivtv-kmdl has been updated for
>>>>the new kernel. :)
>>>>
>>>>Daz
>>>>    
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
>>>>>bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Jos Hoekstra
>>>>>Sent: 13 November 2005 09:05
>>>>>To: Discussion about mythtv
>>>>>Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] ivtv-kmdl and lirc-kmdl for 2.6.14-1.1637
>>>>>missing
>>>>>
>>>>>As usual we should give Axel a bit of time to get everything together,
>>>>>he 's doing a great job building everything so we don't have to.
>>>>>Paying back with a bit of patience is the least we can do ;)
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>Jos
>>>>>    
>>>>>
>>> Thanks all for replies.
>>> I honestly didn't know that I was using a kernel that was so new! I 
>>> was just going through Jarod's guide.
>>> Ok, what kernel is safe?
>>>
>>> BTW, Axel sent this FYI:
>>>
>>>--
>>>ivtv is in the repo, but the generated links on the webpage broke since
>>>Nov. 5th. Thanks for reproting! Either add /all/ in the link or use
>>>smart/apt/yum etc.
>>>
>>>Finally alsa-driver is broken on 2.6.14, too. I'll upload 1.0.10rc3
>>>later today.
>>>
>>>On the long run I'll try to focus with v4l/ivtv/mythtv bits on RHEL4,
>>>and try to convince Jarod to rebase his guide (although 99% is the
>>>same as FC4). FC4 is upgrading the kernel far too often, including
>>>major upgrades and broken ones, too. And I'd like a more stable
>>>platform for productive systems, including PVRs.
>>> -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net ---
>>>
>> When I do:
>> yum list kernel*
>>
>> There are no other kernel's available but the ones I have installed 
>> (2.6.14-1.1637_FC4 and the old 2.6.11-1.1369_FC4)
>> How can I go back a version with yum? (say 1532, seems appropriate?)
>
> oh... I did try to manually install the 1532 kernel with rpm, but rpm 
> complained that I had a newer kernel and refused to install.
>
> I don't know about kernels and versions AFA: can you install a kernel 
> with rpm and then just update grub.conf to pick which one to boot 
> with?  Will all kernels still be available IF you install them with 
> 'rpm" rather than 'yum' or 'apt-get'?
>
> Put another way, does yum and apt-get have some magic of installing 
> multiple kernels (in their unique dirs) that rpm does not?
>
> Better would be if I could yum install kernel at some older level, but 
> none seem to be available on the fedora sites. (per my last msg)
>
> thanks for the help,
> brad

before you ask, yes, I used rpm -i not -U to install the older kernel rpm
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