On 8/11/06, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak <mjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > My guess is that livna hasn't caught up with the kernel yet. >> >> No, it hasn't. So why does yum pull in a new kernel, if kmod-nvidia >> depends on the old kernel? > > Because you're not upgrading kmod-nvidia. The kernel has absolutely > no dependencies on kmod-nvidia, its the other way around. Well, yum has all the package dependency info in its metadata, so why can't it apply it both ways (i.e., kernel -> kmod, and kmod -> kernel)? But more urgently: what's the best way to ensure that you don't have a non-functioning computer in the morning, because of a driver/kernel mismatch? Do I have to exclude kernel and kmod* from yum updates?
I don't understand how the lack of the nvidia driver renders a computer non-functioning. However, not relying on 3rd party yum repositories for kernel modules seems like the best course of action. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman netllama@xxxxxxxxx LlamaLand http://netllama.linux-sxs.org
