On Feb 26, 2012, at 2:44 AM, Morten Stevens wrote: > On 26.02.2012 03:55, Doug Henderson wrote: >> On Feb 25, 2012, at 3:15 AM, Morten Stevens wrote: >>> >>> Try it without ksplice. (yum update and reboot) >> >> I don't know if I'll be permitted to do that in a production >> environment - possibly a test one. >> I'll need to get some opinions from our Ops people as to if/how they >> might want to go about it. >> >>> Which kernel is running exactly? >> >> 2.6.18-274.3.1.el5 > > That is probably the problem. The current RHEL 5.8 kernel is 2.6.18-308.el5. > There are many changes between 2.6.18-274 (EL 5.7) and 2.6.18-308 (EL 5.8). > So I do not know if it is a good idea to apply ksplice patches between minor > 5.x releases. > > Best regards, > > Morten
Thanks Morten, We'll install the latest kernel on a test machine tomorrow and see how things go - we'll probably also attempt to reinstall the patch (if appropriate) and see if it still breaks things. Doug
