On 27/10/18 17:42, Yasha Karant wrote: > Using yumex, rather than doing a full update to SL 7.5 production, I > attempted to update over the network the kernel, firmware, and libgcc, > allowing yumex (essentially yum) to establish the needed dependencies > (other applications, etc., that also needed to be updated). The > resulting kernel will not boot, but merely hangs. If one waits long > enough, the "progress bar" at the bottom of the screen does show the > typical blue/white progression, but that is all. When I reboot and > manually select the previous kernel, the system reboots. I am using > MATE for a "control" GUI, although as the system never gets to the login > screen, MATE should not be "active". It appears that yumex (yum) does > not fully resolve all required dependencies. What other components must > I update? > > At one time, SL (EL) allowed one to do an update from local media during > the boot from local installation media (e.g., a USB stick flash drive) > -- this no longer directly is supported. As I do not have the time to > extract from the previous source how this was accomplished, and have not > found a script (or GUI version thereof) that accomplishes the same task, > I attempted a minimal update using yumex. > > Yasha Karant > Re-sending, with addition, to list: I don't have your constraints on web access, but I have no current issues with yumex. There was some strangeness earlier in 7x upgrades that may now have been fixed. See the list archives, 2018 May 15 https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1805&L=SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS&F=&S=&P=13374 or https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A1=ind1805&L=SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS#15 And have you tried yumex again under the old kernel? I don't know what video card you are using; is it nvidia? Have you enabled rpmfusion-nonfree-updates (or some other repo with nvidia drivers?) John P