FC6 Personal Notes

Kernel Fix Script

• The latest kernel-fix.sh (v 0.2) available at FC6 Common Bugs and Issues page

Links

• FC6 Installation Notes

Lists

• File:ThomasChung FC6 fc6-rpm-list.txt FC6 RPM List]

Replacing i586 with i686 Kernel

• List of kernel rpm pkgs with arch info:

$ rpm -qa --queryformat="%{n}-%{v}-%{r}.%{arch}.rpm\n" | grep kernel
kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i586.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i386.rpm
kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i586.rpm

• Replace i586 arch kernel rpm pkgs and files with i686 arch kernel rpm pkgs and files:

$ sudo rpm -ivh kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686.rpm kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686.rpm --replacepkgs --replacefiles
Preparing...                ########################################### [100%] 
1:kernel-devel           ########################################### [ 50%] 
2:kernel                 ########################################### [100%] 

• Verify if you have i686 arch kernel rpm pkgs:

$ rpm -qa --queryformat="%{n}-%{v}-%{r}.%{arch}.rpm\n" | grep kernel
kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686.rpm
kernel-headers-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i386.rpm
kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686.rpm

• Please note, kernel-headers should be i386 arch rpm pkg.

Bugs

• Bugzilla Bug 211941: Anaconda picks i586 kernel on some i686 systems
• Bugzilla Bug 183336: missing Network Device Control in Applications->System Tools menu

Work-around in FC6
1. Open "Menus & Layout" from System > Preferences
2. Choose System Tools and Check "Network Device Control"
3. Close "Menus & Layout"