avoiding new kernel hijacks

avoiding new kernel hijacks

[Jude DaShiell]

Line 3 of /etc/system-config/kernel has a yes in it that makes kernel 
hijacks possible, change that to no and you prevent speakup kernel from 
being replaced as default in future.  The 0 entry is the default kernel in 
menu.list or grub.conf and it's what will be used to boot without user 
intervention.  At least in fc3, you could also include exclude=kernel* in 
/etc/yum.conf to prevent kernel updates from being installed too.  I'm 
sure debian can do this too but haven't researched that so won't write out 
of turn.  Anyone running fc3 really should visit http://www.fedoranews.com 
and have a look at the faq file on repositories.  The reason it's called 
fedora core in the first place is other packages useable are being 
archived on other repositories and can be downloaded if you get the right 
contents in a /etc/yum.conf file.  That site has a yum.conf file available 
for download that includes lots more repositories.

Re: avoiding new kernel hijacks

[Janina Sajka]

Thanks, Jude. I think I'll have to document this in the next edition of
the HOWTO.

Jude DaShiell writes:
> Line 3 of /etc/system-config/kernel has a yes in it that makes kernel 
> hijacks possible, change that to no and you prevent speakup kernel from 
> being replaced as default in future.  The 0 entry is the default kernel in 
> menu.list or grub.conf and it's what will be used to boot without user 
> intervention.  At least in fc3, you could also include exclude=kernel* in 
> /etc/yum.conf to prevent kernel updates from being installed too.  I'm 
> sure debian can do this too but haven't researched that so won't write out 
> of turn.  Anyone running fc3 really should visit http://www.fedoranews.com 
> and have a look at the faq file on repositories.  The reason it's called 
> fedora core in the first place is other packages useable are being 
> archived on other repositories and can be downloaded if you get the right 
> contents in a /etc/yum.conf file.  That site has a yum.conf file available 
> for download that includes lots more repositories.
> 
> 
> 
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Re: avoiding new kernel hijacks

[Sean McMahon]

I've never had my debian kernel with speakup get replaced by a non-speakup
kernel. That is good fyi however.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 10:42 PM
Subject: avoiding new kernel hijacks


> Line 3 of /etc/system-config/kernel has a yes in it that makes kernel
> hijacks possible, change that to no and you prevent speakup kernel from
> being replaced as default in future.  The 0 entry is the default kernel in
> menu.list or grub.conf and it's what will be used to boot without user
> intervention.  At least in fc3, you could also include exclude=kernel* in
> /etc/yum.conf to prevent kernel updates from being installed too.  I'm
> sure debian can do this too but haven't researched that so won't write out
> of turn.  Anyone running fc3 really should visit http://www.fedoranews.com
> and have a look at the faq file on repositories.  The reason it's called
> fedora core in the first place is other packages useable are being
> archived on other repositories and can be downloaded if you get the right
> contents in a /etc/yum.conf file.  That site has a yum.conf file available
> for download that includes lots more repositories.
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Speakup mailing list
> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup

Re: avoiding new kernel hijacks

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.

You shouldn't have it replaced in Debian.  You do realize his
information is specific to Fedora, right?

          Kenny
	  
On Mon, Jun 13, 2005 at 11:31:55AM -0700, Sean McMahon wrote:
> I've never had my debian kernel with speakup get replaced by a non-speakup
> kernel. That is good fyi however.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel@shellworld.net>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 10:42 PM
> Subject: avoiding new kernel hijacks
> 
> 
> > Line 3 of /etc/system-config/kernel has a yes in it that makes kernel
> > hijacks possible, change that to no and you prevent speakup kernel from
> > being replaced as default in future.  The 0 entry is the default kernel in
> > menu.list or grub.conf and it's what will be used to boot without user
> > intervention.  At least in fc3, you could also include exclude=kernel* in
> > /etc/yum.conf to prevent kernel updates from being installed too.  I'm
> > sure debian can do this too but haven't researched that so won't write out
> > of turn.  Anyone running fc3 really should visit http://www.fedoranews.com
> > and have a look at the faq file on repositories.  The reason it's called
> > fedora core in the first place is other packages useable are being
> > archived on other repositories and can be downloaded if you get the right
> > contents in a /etc/yum.conf file.  That site has a yum.conf file available
> > for download that includes lots more repositories.
> >
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Speakup mailing list
> > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca
> > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
> 
> 
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