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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Kernel Update Goes Funny

On Wed, Jul 26, 2006 at 10:30:23AM -0400, Barry McLarnon wrote:

> Recently, I did a security update via the YOU updater that took the
> kernel version from 2.6.13-15.10-smp to 2.6.13-15.11-smp.  When I
> rebooted, however, none of my modules loaded.  The boot log showed
> that the kernel was looking in /lib/modules/2.6.13-15.10-smp/, which
> no longer exists.  Also, uname reports that the kernel version is
> still 2.6.13-15.10-smp, but vmlinuz and other files in /boot are all
> appear to be updated to 2.6.13-15.11.

It sounds like the update didn't run 'lilo' after upgrading the
kernel... assuming LILO is your bootloader.  If your bootloader is
GRUB, then I can't explain it.

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