yum update induces instability

[Dan Burcaw]

On Tue, 2003-09-02 at 21:19, Stefan Jeglinski wrote:
> How do I downgrade after using yum to upgrade? Do I just rpm -e 
> --nodeps and go back to the rpms on the CD?

rpm --oldpackage -Uvh

> I performed several yum updates today. Frankly, I didn't write them 
> all down, I guess I should have, but I figured the process was safe. 
> In particular, I recall an entire set of XFree updates.
> 
> After running YDL 3.0 for 3 weeks now with nary a single problem, the 
> yum updates have left me with an almost unusable box: *three* hard 
> lockups (can't even ssh in) in the roughly 75 min since I did the 
> updates. Too much of a coincidence, I'm afraid. And wholly 
> unacceptable I might add. If I wanted OS9 or Win98, I would have 
> installed them.
> 
> I'm familiar with the Microsoft solution (reinstall and lose 
> everything). Does YDL offer anything better? I don't think it's 
> really due to yum per se as much as perhaps an incompletely-tested 
> set of updates.

Feel free to provide more specific data. The XFree86 update is
identical to what shipped in YDL 3 plus a) imstt drive not compiled in
previously b) nvidia ddc patch used for PB 17".  Said XFree86 update has
been shipping on pre-install machines for sometime now with no problem.