Presumably ( at least that's the case with the k_eide.rpm ) the package overwrites the existing kernel hierarchy. Thus, you'd use rpm -ihv --force k_laptop.rpm or rpm -Uhv --force k_laptop.rpm ( if the latter fails somewhere, you'll have an unbootable system, so I'd vote for the former. ) Regards, Tor Sigurdsson tosi@suse.starf.rhi.hi.is Network Administrator, Linux Administrator and RHCE On Thu, May 18, 2000 at 08:13:04PM +0200, Markus Faber wrote:

Hi List!

This is maybe a silly question, but after the latest mail from suse about the new security hole in kernel < 2.2.15 I downloaded the file k_laptop.rpm (which isn't mentioned in the mail and there is no md5sum either but I wanted to use apm..) and tried to update via yast - install packages -> failure. Then I tried to update using rpm (rpm -U k_laptop.rpm) -> failure.

Now I suspect I have to recompile my kernel with the provided file, is this correct? (using patch) I'm using suse 6.3, kernel 2.2.13

thanx in advance Markus Faber

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