On Sunday 27 June 2004 09:12, Graham wrote:
Thanks for pointing me at the kernel. I note that following installation and online update, the laptop and a third machine both report the kernel to be 2.6.4-52 whereas the troublesome machine is 2.6.5-7.75. Only the latter is unable to see the camera, and the network looks healthy on both the others. Does the odd-number minor version imply a risky kernel, and if so how do I get a sensible one back without reinstalling the system?
-- GT
Simply installing the kernel and kernel source rpms from the installation media should do the trick. Also if you boot with Lilo rather than grub then run lilo as root before rebooting. I think if you want to do this with YaST then you need to remove the current kernel first then run YaST again to install the original one. Otherwise force it over with rpm.
Funny I have never seen a SuSE box jump a minor kernel version via online updates. My 9.0 box for example as always been 2.4.21-xxx with xxx changing every time there is a kernel update. Also I have never seen a SuSE kernel with a . in the revision level. That said I haven't played with 9.1 yet so things may have changed.