Kernel security-upgrade question -- which patch to use?
Folks, I'm somewhat new to SuSE's kernel upgrade approach, so when I go the 9.0 patch website and saw several upgrade to the kernel ...2.4.21-192 to be precise ... do I only need to install the kernel source patch (I'm running a Pentium 4)? Or must I install all the patches I see currently listed under security upgrades? All the patches dated Feb 18 2004 seem to deal with the same problems, so that implies the different patches for different processors? Or they all address the same problem from different directions? I'm so confused... ;-) Best regards, Pete -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts Science correspondent | The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in Home: 508-520-3139 pspotts@alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com | www.peterspotts.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In a previous message, "Peter N. Spotts"
I'm somewhat new to SuSE's kernel upgrade approach[snip] I'm so confused... ;-)
Just run YOU (YaST Online Update) - this will download the current kernel for you, all compiled and ready to go. YOU is in the YaST2 Software section (run YaST from the SuSE menu or access it via the KDE Control Centre). HTH John -- John Pettigrew Headstrong Games john@headstrong-games.co.uk Fun : Strategy : Price http://www.headstrong-games.co.uk/ Board games that won't break the bank Knossos: escape the ever-changing labyrinth before the Minotaur catches you!
On Friday 27 February 2004 14:14 pm, Peter N. Spotts wrote:
Folks,
I'm somewhat new to SuSE's kernel upgrade approach, so when I go the 9.0 patch website and saw several upgrade to the kernel ...2.4.21-192 to be precise ... do I only need to install the kernel source patch (I'm running a Pentium 4)? Or must I install all the patches I see currently listed under security upgrades? All the patches dated Feb 18 2004 seem to deal with the same problems, so that implies the different patches for different processors? Or they all address the same problem from different directions? I'm so confused... ;-)
If you use the Online Update system from YaST>Software then it will sort itself out for you - i.e. it will work out which package(s) you need, download them and install them all in one operation. HTH Dylan -- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Benjamin Franklin
Many thanks... Pete -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peter N. Spotts Science correspondent | The Christian Science Monitor One Norway Street, Boston MA 02115 Office: 617-450-2449 | Office in Home: 508-520-3139 pspotts@alum.mit.edu | www.csmonitor.com | www.peterspotts.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
participants (3)
-
Dylan -
John Pettigrew -
Peter N. Spotts