On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 05:05:28PM +0000, Gary Stainburn wrote: > Hi folks. > > Below is the output from the above command. It's showing a problem, but > I don't know what to do to fix it. I also got the same happen when I > tried > > yum install kernel-module-ndiswrapper > > What do I need to do to resolve the problem? > > Gary > > root@dcomp5 ~]# yum install madwifi > Setting up Install Process > Setting up repositories > livna 100% |=========================| 951 B > 00:00 > updates-released 100% |=========================| 951 B > 00:00 > extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB > 00:00 > base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB > 00:00 > Reading repository metadata in from local files > primary.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 838 kB > 00:29 > extras : ################################################## 2384/2384 > Added 164 new packages, deleted 62 old in 4.18 seconds > Parsing package install arguments > Resolving Dependencies > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. > ---> Downloading header for madwifi to pack into transaction set. > madwifi-0.0-0.lvn.7.20050 100% |=========================| 4.4 kB > 00:00 > ---> Package madwifi.i386 0:0.0-0.lvn.7.20050917.4 set to be updated > --> Running transaction check > --> Processing Dependency: kernel-module-madwifi >= 0:0.0 for package: > madwifi > --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. > --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. > ---> Downloading header for kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 to > pack into transaction set. > kernel-module-madwifi-2.6 100% |=========================| 5.0 kB > 00:00 > ---> Package kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4.i686 > 0:0.0-0.lvn.7.20050917.4 set to be updated > --> Running transaction check > --> Processing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 for package: > kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 > Importing Additional filelist information for dependency resolution > filelists.xml.gz 100% |=========================| 2.1 MB > 01:22 > extras : ################################################## 2384/2384 > Added 164 new packages, deleted 62 old in 10.77 seconds > --> Finished Dependency Resolution > Error: Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 is needed by > package kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 > [root@dcomp5 ~]# > -- > Gary Stainburn I would say you would need to install kernel-2.6.12-1.1456_FC4 This is a common problem when you have program you want to install that is tied to a particular version of the kernel. I would guess that because kernels are installed as opposed to being updated yum will not install this kernel dependency automatically. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University telephone: (210)-999-7484
