[ATrpms-users] Problems when updating to latest kernel under FC6

[Jeffrey J. Kosowsky]

Paulo Cavalcanti wrote at about 09:08:26 -0300 on Tuesday, September 11, 2007:
 > On 9/11/07, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky <atrpms at kosowsky.org> wrote:
 > >
 > > Regarding lirc, I just noted that there is a new subdirectory called
 > > lirc-0.8.3
 > > - Why wasn't this just done as an automatic upgrade from 0.8.2 rather
 > >   than naming it as a new subdirectory?
 > > - What do I need to do to get yum to upgrade to this automatically?
 > > (or do I need to do this manually by uninstalling lirc-0.8.2 and
 > > manually installing the 0.8.3 equivalents?)
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > The directory name does not matter. It is just a layer for presenting
 > the rpms to the public. Lirc 0.8.3 comes from CVS, that is the difference.
 > 
 > All stable updates are mixed up, and come from
 > 
 > dl.atrpms.net. For instance, for FC6 x86_64,
 > 
 > http://dl.atrpms.net/fc6-x86_64/atrpms/stable/
 > 
 > Just download the version of lirc you want and do:
 > 
 > sudo rpm -Uvh lirc-0.8.x...rpm
 > 
 > or, if you prefer,
 > 
 > yum localupdate lirc-0.8.x...rpm
 > 
 > -- 
 > Paulo Roma Cavalcanti
 > LCG - UFRJ

OK. Not sure if I am understanding this right... but somehow the
regular "yum update" ended up updating the kmdl to a 0.8.3 version but
kept the lirc and lirc-lib at 0.8.2.

I then manually upgraded to all 0.8.3 (except for the kmdl which I
kept as-is) but now the lirc daemon crashes every time I try to access
it with a lirc-based application.

- Is this what you mean by "All stable updates are mixed up"? i.e.,
  would this explain why yum update gave me a mix of (old) 0.8.2
  applications and libraries with new 0.8.3 kernel drivers?

- Is there any reason 0.8.3 shouldn't work for me?
  Do I need to separately upload the 0.8.3 kmdl from the lirc-8.3
  rather than using the 8.3 version that yum automatically upgraded
  for me under the 8.2 regime?

Any other help appreciated...