[ATrpms-users] Re: Need help setting up Mythtv box - Yum & Nvidia issues

[Axel Thimm]

On Sun, Feb 20, 2005 at 12:45:15PM -0500, Preet Khalsa wrote:
> My first problem is dealing with the base box.  A yum upgrade fails as
> follows ...
> 
> > Running Transaction Test
> > warning: package opensp = 1.5-0_6.1.rhfc3.at was already added, replacing with opensp <= 1.5.1-0_8.rhfc3.at
> > Finished Transaction Test
> > Transaction Check Error:   package glib2-2.4.8-1.fc3 (which is newer than glib2-2.4.7-1) is already installed
> >   package glib2-2.4.8-1.fc3 (which is newer than glib2-2.4.7-1) is already installed
> >   package libxml2-2.6.16-3 (which is newer than libxml2-2.6.14-2) is already installed
> >   package libxml2-2.6.16-3 (which is newer than libxml2-2.6.14-2) is already installed
> >   package alsa-lib-1.0.6-7.FC3 (which is newer than alsa-lib-1.0.6-3) is already installed
> >   package alsa-lib-1.0.6-7.FC3 (which is newer than alsa-lib-1.0.6-3) is already installed
> >   package glib2-2.4.8-1.fc3 (which is newer than glib2-2.4.7-1) is already installed
> >   package glib2-2.4.8-1.fc3 (which is newer than glib2-2.4.7-1) is already installed
> >   package libxml2-2.6.16-3 (which is newer than libxml2-2.6.14-2) is already installed
> >   package libxml2-2.6.16-3 (which is newer than libxml2-2.6.14-2) is already installed
> >   package alsa-lib-1.0.6-7.FC3 (which is newer than alsa-lib-1.0.6-3) is already installed
> >   package alsa-lib-1.0.6-7.FC3 (which is newer than alsa-lib-1.0.6-3) is already installed

Try upgrading yum first, there were a lot of bug fixes, especially
relating to the things you reported.

> I need multilib because of openoffice and firefox having to run 32 bit (Flash plugin). 
> I have not ventured in the wild world of smart because I am sticking to at-stable.

smart is in at-stable :)
(smart-gui is "not")

> That is the first problem.  The second is the choice of nvidia driver.  Do I use the X86_64 drivers? 

Yes.

> If so, which kmdl do I use?  What total packages are needed?  Yum has trouble using the kernel I am
> using and seems to want bring older kmdls.

Try yum install foo-kmdl-`uname -r`

> Once these are resolved, I will delve in to the ivtv and myth steps.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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