Hi all,

I am a newbie to Linux and Mandrake who is learning quickly!!!!

Can anyone tell me how to uninstall a kernel after you have installed one??? (That I decided I don't want)

Thanks for the help!

Peppercorn

it should be located in /boot.

its usually called something like "vmlinuz".

But WARNING (WARNING), thats pretty dangerous. Make sure you know what your doing.

Yea OK.

There are a few there and it is'nt clear which one to delete. I know enough to know not to delete one of these unless I know what I'm doing which I don't yet.

Is there a command that I can type via a teminal which will delete it???

Thanks again

yes but do you have a new kernel in place and working yet?

Yes I have a Kernel working.

But I want to delete a kernel that is'nt compatable with my system. But I don't know how!!

maybe if you explained what's actually happening in a suitable amount of detail, we'd feel more confident telling you how to remove kernels... It currently sounds like you're about to destroy your system....

OK then,

I installed a multimedia kernel from Mandrakes site. I am running Mandrake 9.1
Upon reboot into the new kernel I cannot get into the Xserver. I can through the original one though.
That's my problem!
Alternatively, I need answers as to WHY the X Server won't boot up with the new Multimedia Kernel. I am using Nvidia open GL drivers as well which I thought worth mentioning because I d/l another multimedia kernel that was'nt specifically designed to work with those drivers.
But this new kernel didn't give any reason why it would'nt or could'nt start X. Just that X could'nt start.
can you give me an answer to ANY of my probs???

Thanks in advance,

Peppercorn

When you say it can't start x - does it boot into console mode?

boot with your new kernel that doesn't get X then run the NVidia installer. after that finishes you should be able to reboot and get X.

Since you say you can already boot the new kernel then the instructions for removing the old kernel would be.

rm /boot/vmlinux-x.x.xx (replace this with the kernel you wish to remove)

you may also want to remove other files in /boot the match the kernel's version number (ex. System.map-x.x.xx) but it's not a bad idea to leave the config-x.x.xx file since you may want to use it later

then you could also remove the lilo or grub entry. If I remember right mandrake has a gui tool you can do that with.

OK

This site is better for help than the Mandrake official site allow me to say!!

Thanks for the help and effort!

I will try and install the Nvidia driver with the other kernels first and see how I go, then. I'll get back to you.

Thanks again.

Hey I booted into the new kernel and the GUI didn't start as usual and gave me a bash prompt. ( Is that what you call it?)

I tried to install the Nvidia driver and it gave me this message.
"Unable to find the kernel header files for the currently run kernel"

Any ideas?????

Thanks

install that kernels source. to compile drivers for a kernel you need to have that kernel's source installed

I'm sorry, but I don't know how to do that!

go back to the mandrake site and get the kernel source rpm for your kernel the name would be start something like kernel-source- then your kernel's version number after your download that run rpm -ivh kernel-source- your version number. the rpm switches are just of the top of my head so you may wish to check them