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Chapter 23.
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Updating Your System
23.1. Driver update rpm packages
Occasionally, when a new piece of hardware is not yet supported in the kernel that you have installed,
Red Hat or a hardware vendor might make a driver update available. Although you can install driver
updates during the installation process (refer to
Chapter 7, Updating drivers during installation on Intel
and AMD systems
for Intel and AMD systems and
Chapter 13, Updating drivers during installation on
IBM POWER systems
for IBM POWER systems) we recommend that you do this only for devices that
are essential to carry out the installation. In all other cases, complete the installation first, and then add
support for the device with a driver update rpm package as described in this section.
Do not install a driver update rpm unless you are certain that your system requires it. Installing a driver
update on a system for which it was not intended can cause system difficulties.
To see a list of driver updates already installed on your system, click
Applications > Add/Remove
Software
on your desktop, and enter the root password if prompted for it. Click the
Search
tab, enter
the word
kmod-
(notice the final
-
) and click
Search
.
Figure 23.1. Listing installed Driver Update RPM packages
Alternatively, you can use the command line, as follows:
$ rpm ­­qa ­| egrep ^kmod­
Note the
-
on the end of
kmod
. This will list all installed packages that begin with
kmod-
, which should
include all driver updates that are currently installed on your system. Additional drivers provided by
third-party update software are not listed in this output. Contact the third-party vendor for details.
To install a new driver update rpm package: