From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ip15.shellworld.net ([64.49.204.174] helo=server2.shellworld.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DgylM-0002B2-00 for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 01:42:32 -0400 Received: from server2.shellworld.net (jdashiel@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server2.shellworld.net (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j5B5gV99014678 for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 05:42:31 GMT (envelope-from jdashiel@shellworld.net) Received: from localhost (jdashiel@localhost) by server2.shellworld.net (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id j5B5gVYP014675 for ; Sat, 11 Jun 2005 01:42:31 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: server2.shellworld.net: jdashiel owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 01:42:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Jude DaShiell To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: avoiding new kernel hijacks X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 05:42:32 -0000 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.