suggestion

[Gerry Tool]

On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 15:18, Gene C. wrote:
> I just used up2date to get and install all of the updates available including 
> the kernel.  This is the first time I have had up2date update the kernel.
> 
> When up2date completed, I noticed that both the old and new kernels were still 
> installed (good) and that the new kernel was now the default (surprised by 
> this but I believe it is the correct thing to do).
> 
> However, when I went through the up2date panels, there was no message of 
> anything warning/telling me that I will need to reboot to actually have the 
> new kernel take effect.  While there may be other installed packages which 
> will not really take effect without a reboot, the kernel is the most obvious 
> and glaring.  I really thing some "reminder" would be useful about the reboot 
> being needed.  I will put this bugzilla if you desire.

I updated the kernel and then ran up2date again.  It gave me a message 

Your system is currently running kernel-2.4.22-1.2061.nptl, but the
newest installed kernel is kernel-2.4.22-1.2082.nptl. It is recommended
that you reboot at the first opportunity to test this new kernel. 

Gerry