On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 13:28 +0800, Deepak Shrestha wrote: > On 7/31/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 21:52 +0800, Deepak Shrestha wrote: > > > > Fair enough, but note that it was only the NTFS kernel module I was > > > > suggesting to remove and reinstall, not the whole kernel and other > > > > modules. > > > > > > > > Paul. > > > > > > > > > > now rpm querry to kernel-module-ntfs (full rpm name) says its not installed. > > > > > > $ rpm -q kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-2.1.27-0.rr.10.5.i686.rpm > > > > > > gives me: > > > > > > kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-2.1.27-0.rr.10.5.i686.rpm not installed > > > > > > what this means now? I had NTFS volume mount point in my fstab and its > > > working perfectly now. I am bit confused here. > > > > > > > The file name is _not_ the package name, so your attempt to remove it > > that way will not work. > > > > run "rpm -qa | grep ntfs" > > then use the package name returned there in the rpm -e command > > > > I believe the package name will be kernel-module-ntfs which would lead > > to the command "rpm -e kernel-module-ntfs". > > > > -- > > fedora-list mailing list > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > that exactly what I did before > > $ rpm -q kernel-module-ntfs gave me > package kernel-module-ntfs is not installed > > snow I tried > > $ rpm -qa | grep -i ntfs which gave me > kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-2.1.27-0.rr.10.5 > > now I tried to remove the package > $ rpm -e kernel-module-ntfs gave me > error: package kernel-module-ntfs is not installed > > I had to try > $ rpm -e kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5-2.1.27-0.rr.10.5 > > to remove it > > why is that so? usually it should be suffifcient to provide the name > like "kernel-module-ntfs" only, why whole pacakge name including > version? Kernel modules are special: you often want to have multiple versions installed, one per installed kernel. Including the kernel version/release in the module's package name means that rpm/yum won't try to remove older module packages for other kernels when you install a new one. So in this case, the package *name* is kernel-module-ntfs-2.6.17-1.2157_FC5, the package version is 2.1.27 and the release is 0.rr.10.5. Paul.
