[ATrpms-users] HOWTO? Need help using yum to install older rpm

[Paulo Cavalcanti]

On Dec 24, 2007 7:24 PM, Craig Huff <huffcslists at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Dec 24, 2007 6:19 AM, Craig Huff <huffcslists at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So, to deal with the immediate issue, I need to use yumdownloader or
> wget
> > to get the correct rpms onto my local hard drive, invoke "yum
> localinstall"
> > with a list of their file names, and let yum figure out any additional
> packages
> > needed to resolve dependencies.  If any of *those* is a problem, return
> to
> > step one, repeat, and stir.  Right?
> >
> I did as described above, but when I boot the resulting kernel, I get
> errors about
> the nvidia module and the lirc_mceusb2 module missing.
>
> I tried copying them from the /lib/modules/2.6.20-1.2944.fc6 tree to the
> same
> locations in the /lib/modules/2.6.20-1.2944_4.fc6.cubbi_suspend2 tree and
> rebooting, but that wasn't good enough.
>
> I tried issuing "modprobe nvidia-1_0-9755" and got it loaded after the
> fact, but
> it apparently is missing from the initrd built when I installed the
> suspend2 rpms.
>
> Likewise, I suspect the same problem is involved with the lirc_mceusb2
> module,
> but I can't install it after the fact with modprobe because it
> apparently needs one
> or more parameters on the modprobe command line which I do not know.
>
> How do I remake the initrd to include these?
>
>

You can not copy modules  from a (different) kernel tree to another one.
They will not load. You have to recreate them from the .src.rpm.

-- 
Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
LCG - UFRJ
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