[ATrpms-devel] How to install/upgrade kernel module rpms (was: [HEADS UP] (too?) many updates; rpm 4.3.1; FC2/x86_64)

[Axel Thimm]

Hi Chris,

On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 10:51:38AM +0200, Chris Rouch wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 17:00:14 +0200
> Axel Thimm <Axel.Thimm at atrpms.net> wrote:
> 
> >   a52dec alsa-devices alsa-driver alsa-lib alsa-utils apt asterisk
> >   atrpms-package-config autofs avifile bk_edit clisp DCC directfb edb
> >   ffmpeg fftw fftw2 freeglut fwbuilder graphviz gtkmm1210 icewm imlib2
> >   ivtv-experimental jpeg-mmx lablgtk1 lftp libassuan libcfake
> >   libdc1394 libfwbuilder libjpeg-devel libksba libmovtar libquicktime
> >   libsigc++ libtheora madwifi-experimental mjpegtools
> >   mldonkey-mozilla-1.4 mldonkey-mozilla-1.5 mldonkey-mozilla-1.6
> >   mplayer mythbrowser mythdvd mythgallery mythgame mythmusic mythnews
> >   mythtv mythvideo mythweather mythweb nvidia-graphics
> >   nvidia-graphics4363 nvidia-graphics4496 nvidia-graphics4620
> >   nvidia-graphics5328 nvidia-graphics5332 nvidia-graphics5336 nxtvepg
> >   openquicktime openswan openswan1 perl-Digest-Nilsimsa perl-Tk
> >   perl-Tk-TableMatrix perl-Video-Frequencies perl-Video-ivtv PIL
> >   portaudio pth razor-agents rpm rrdtool skencil subversion synaptic
> >   transcode xawtv yum
> 
> Axel,
> 
> I'm only using at-stable from your repo, and it look as if some of the
> nvidia kernel modules haven't made it into stable yet. I'm running
> 
> kernel-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl_48.rhfc1.at and
> kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl_48.rhfc1.at (both i686), 
> 
> but apt is trying to give me 
> 
>   kernel#2.4.22-1.2188.nptl
>   kernel-module-nvidia-graphics5336-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl
> 
> (though on my athlon box I get offered these and the correct kernel
> module as well).
> 
> The rpms are on your site, so I guess they haven't been promoted to
> stable yet.

The problem with apt/yum is that they detect a possible upgrade, but
don't try to be minimal in the pulled packages. E.g. there is an
upgrade for nvidia for multiple kernels. Instead of picking the
upgrades for matching kernels, they just pick the first encountered in
their internal database, and if the matching kernel is not there
apt/yum will gladly provide you with a new one ...

For apt there are nice scripts by Panu that are more inteligen (try to
upgrade for running kernel only), but you can do this also by hand
with

apt-get install kernel-module-foo-`uname -r`

(in fact the above is the currently recommended way of installing any
kernel module rpm, until some more sofisticated scripts become default
in apt's config, e.g. the scripts from Panu).
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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