Sbs Bofh wrote:
I've just been asked to have a look at a SuSE 9.3 machine which hasn't been rebooted in 188 days.
It seems to have lost the ability to mount filesystems (sorry for the poor description), although the machine is running and appears otherwise healthy.
~ # tail /var/log/messages Nov 10 07:56:56 box1 modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.11.4-20a-smp/modules.dep: No such file or directory
Kernel update without reboot. The standard config excludes kernel updates via YOU. If you configured automatic updates and you have included the kernel updates you have set yourself up for automatic trouble. (^-^)
If I go to yast2 and check for updates it seems some were applied ten days ago - I would imagine that includes kernel updates, but the machine obviously wasn't rebooted after patching.
Is there a detailed log file of what's been applied via yast online update?
I do not delete the updates after they are applied and they are stored in /var/lib/YaST2/you/mnt/i386/update/9.2/patches. Also check /var/lib/YaST2/you/youlog for the applied changes.
Could it be that a kernel update has been done and the machine simply needs a reboot, or is this a sign of something far more serious?
I think it was a kernel update. Though I would have the rescue cd at hand just in case. (^-^) Sandy -- List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com