On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 10:02 -0400, Dan wrote: > Gerry Tool wrote: > > Yesterday I did a yum update on my laptop. A new kernel, 2122, and many > > other packages installed, but madwifi from livna would not install due > > to a dependency on madwifi-kmod-common. The new kernel and the > > installed madwifi do not work together. I can get madwifi to work if I > > boot to the previous kernel 2096. > > > > The missing dependency for madwifi and kmod-madwifi is > > madwifi-kmod-common = 0.0.0.20060317 is not available. > > > > Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks. > > > > Gerry > > > > > > > I would suspect this is because madwifi-kmod-common currently does not > exist in livna. Probably a mistake by livna, either adding this > dependency or forgetting to upload madwifi-kmod-common with the update. > The old kernel's kmod-madwifi is designed for the old kernel, and won't > work with any other kernel. So you need the new one for a new kernel; > the same madwifi should work for both (as long as both kmod-madwifis > will work with the same version). Yum does not currently handle these > kmods correctly (e.g. it updates it so that the one for the old kernel > isn't there anymore, when it should be retained); you can try > yum-fedorakmod in Extras, the attempt at correcting this. > -Dan > ummm, no. There is a dependency "conflict", not a "missing" dependency. When they packaged up the madwifi driver for the 2122, they took a new snapshot from the madwifi project, dated 20060520. Now kmod-madwifi depends on madwifi (which is what provides madwifi-kmod-common). While kmod-madwifi is unique for each kernel, madwifi is a one version at a time component. So, in order to upgrade to the "later 20060520" version of madwifi, it needs to replace the "older 20060317" version. But, it can't because the working kmod-madwifi package from his earlier kernel depends on that "older version". The real problem is a bit of a catch-22. How to remove the old packages to allow the new packages to install while potentially disconnecting yourself from the network. For me, I connected to the network using my Ethernet adapter, and did the following: yum remove \*madwifi\* yum install kmod-madwifi-0.0.0.20060520-6.2.6.16_1.2122_FC5 This worked for me, YMMV.... Of course, I now no longer have wireless on my old kernels..... --Rob
