Hi I have a trouble with centOS 4 The process kswapd0 eat almost all my memory space, and also this process get almost 100 percent of cpu, and the box go slow I have read that this problem is fix when the kernel is upgrade but I do not know hot to update my kernel. when I type yum list \kernel* I get the following list: [xxx at xxxxxx]# yum list \kernel* Setting up Repos addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files addons : ################################################## 2/2 base : ################################################## 1404/1404 update : ################################################## 80/80 extras : ################################################## 25/25 Installed Packages kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL installed kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL installed kernel-utils.i386 1:2.4-13.1.48 installed Available Packages kernel.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-devel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-devel.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-hugemem.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-hugemem-devel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-smp.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-smp-devel.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-smp-devel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-sourcecode.noarch 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update I know that i have to update kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL and kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL but I am not sure what are the steps or instructions that I should follow to get it Regards Mario
yum update should do it for you. Mike -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of mbeltran at americatel.com.sv Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 12:47 PM To: centos at centos.org Subject: [CentOS] how to update kernel Hi I have a trouble with centOS 4 The process kswapd0 eat almost all my memory space, and also this process get almost 100 percent of cpu, and the box go slow I have read that this problem is fix when the kernel is upgrade but I do not know hot to update my kernel. when I type yum list \kernel* I get the following list: [xxx at xxxxxx]# yum list \kernel* Setting up Repos addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files addons : ################################################## 2/2 base : ################################################## 1404/1404 update : ################################################## 80/80 extras : ################################################## 25/25 Installed Packages kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL installed kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL installed kernel-utils.i386 1:2.4-13.1.48 installed Available Packages kernel.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-devel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-devel.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-hugemem.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-hugemem-devel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-smp.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-smp-devel.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-smp-devel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update kernel-sourcecode.noarch 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update I know that i have to update kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL and kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL but I am not sure what are the steps or instructions that I should follow to get it Regards Mario _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS at centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Reboot after you update the kernel for the changes to take effect On 4/26/05, mbeltran at americatel.com.sv <mbeltran at americatel.com.sv> wrote:> Hi > > I have a trouble with centOS 4 > > The process kswapd0 eat almost all my memory space, and also this process > get almost 100 percent of cpu, and the box go slow > > I have read that this problem is fix when the kernel is upgrade but I do not > know hot to update my kernel. when I type yum list \kernel* I get the > following list: > > [xxx at xxxxxx]# yum list \kernel* > Setting up Repos > addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 > > base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > > update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 > > extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 > > Reading repository metadata in from local files > addons : ################################################## 2/2 > base : ################################################## 1404/1404 > update : ################################################## 80/80 > extras : ################################################## 25/25 > Installed Packages > kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL > installed > kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL installed > > kernel-utils.i386 1:2.4-13.1.48 > installed > Available Packages > kernel.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update > > kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update > > kernel-devel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update > > kernel-devel.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update > > kernel-doc.noarch 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update > > kernel-hugemem.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update > > kernel-hugemem-devel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update > kernel-smp.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update > > kernel-smp.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update > > kernel-smp-devel.i586 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update > > kernel-smp-devel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update > > kernel-sourcecode.noarch 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL update > > I know that i have to update kernel.i686 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL and kernel-smp.i686 > 2.6.9-5.0.5.EL but I am not sure what are the steps or instructions that I > should follow to get it > > Regards > Mario > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
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