[ATrpms-users] i586 vs i686 confusion

[Axel Thimm]

On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 11:21:50PM +0200, Niels Dybdahl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to upgrade my Mythbox from FC4 to FC6. Now multiple modules will
> not load due to a conflict between 586 and 686 versions.
> 
> I am unclear whether I should use 586 or 686 versions and how I can force
> yum to select one of them. Can anyone give me a hint on what to do?
> 
> My CPU is an Athlon 2200+ (1.8 GHz).
> 
> And I get:
> 
> # rpm -qa --qf '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n' ivtv\* kernel\*
> glibc\*
> ivtv-firmware-audio-0.0.1-5.at.noarch
> kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686
> kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i586
> glibc-headers-2.5-3.i386
> ivtv-0.10.1-126.fc6.at.i386
> ivtv-firmware-dec-2.02.023-9.at.noarch
> glibc-common-2.5-3.i386
> ivtv-firmware-1.8a-9.at.noarch
> kernel-2.6.20-1.2933.fc6.i586
> ivtv-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2933.fc6-0.10.1-126.fc6.at.i686
> ivtv-firmware-enc-2.04.024-9.at.noarch
> glibc-devel-2.5-3.i386
> glibc-2.5-3.i686
> kernel-headers-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i386
> 
> Apparently the FC6 DVD installed a kernel i586 and a kernel-devel i686 (both
> 2.6.18). I have upgraded to a kernel 2.6.20 i586.
> All the kmdls that I have got from atrpms are i686.
> So is my CPU a i586 or could I attempt to get a i686 kernel?

There is a bug in the FC6 DVD that sometimes makes the installer think
you are running on i586 hardware. Check out the following link for
more background and for how to fix it:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/FC6Common#head-e0676100ebd965b92fbaa7111097983a3822f143

-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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