[ATrpms-users] Can't update kernel nor nvidia

[Axel Thimm]

On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 10:09:47PM +1100, Phill Edwards wrote:
> > you might want to give smart a try.  i've come to like it because i can
> > see what's installed and what's available.  well...using smart --gui.
> 
> I gave it a go with smart earlier before I posted but still had no
> luck. I just ran "yum update" and I got a whole load of output with
> this at the end:
> 
> Added 11 new packages, deleted 54 old in 19.11 seconds
> --> Processing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2257.fc5 for
> package: alsa-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2257.fc5

That's part of kernel-2.6.18-1.2257.fc5, and it is still in the
repo. How can yum not see it? There must be something wrong with your
yum setup.

> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2257.fc5 is needed
> by package nvidia-graphics8774-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2257.fc5
> Error: Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2257.fc5 is needed
> by package alsa-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2257.fc5
> 
> Couple of things with this: 1) how come there's a missing dependency;
> what do I need to do to overcome that?

Make sure your yum config points to a valid Fedora Core repository/mirror.

> 2) I thought there would be nvida 9xxx packages by now; that's the
> versions I need. How come it's only pulling in 8774?

There are 9xxx since a couple of ages in ATrpms :)
Prorbabl the same issue as with the kernel. But also check whether
nvidia-graphics is installed.

> FYI, my kernel version is 2.6.17-1.2174_FC5 and my nvidia version is
> 8774. Is this whole problem I've got due to me being on an old kernel
> version?

No. yum is not interested in the kernel you are running.

> I seem to be in a catch 22 as "yum update kernel" returns:
> Could not find update match for kernel
> No Packages marked for Update/Obsoletion

Remove all the yum config and manually install atrpms-package-config.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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