On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 12:15:17AM -0400, David Kramer wrote: > I'm running FC6 on my Dell D820 (because I couldn't get suspend working > in F7). I occasionally have had problems with kernel updates and not > having a compatible ipw3945, but it seems to be worse lately. I'm not > sure if it's because the kernels are coming out faster, the ipw3945s are > coming out slower, or something on my system. My previous update got > even messier because of the two most recent kernels, one didn't have > ipw3945 and the other didn't have fuse, needed by ntfs-3g. In the end I > had to install > > Note that I'm only about 9,000 messages behind on the list, but I just > read about (and installed) yum-plugin-kmdl, which I hoped would fix the > problem. > > So I just tried to do a yum update to get: > # yum list updates > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Loading "kmdl" plugin > Setting up repositories > Reading repository metadata in from local files > Updated Packages > kernel.i686 2.6.22.2-42.fc6 updates > kernel-devel.i686 2.6.22.2-42.fc6 updates > libquicktime.i386 1.0.0-19.fc6.at atrpms > smartmontools.i386 1:5.37-1.2.fc6 updates > > > When I tried to do the update, it thrashed all about trying earnestly to > follow the rabbit hole of dependencies for this measly list of 4 > packages, and eventually ended in: Is perhaps installonlyn trying to remove your 2.6.22.1-32.fc6 package? > Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies > Error: Package ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.22.1-32.fc6 needs > /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-32.fc6, this is not available. > Error: Package ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.22.1-32.fc6 needs > /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.22.1-32.fc6, this is not available. > > > My meta-question is how this sort of thing happens. > My non-meta-questions are how do I get out of this mess, and how do I > prevent it from happening in the future. > > In case this helps: > # rpm -qa | egrep '(kernel|kmdl|3945|ieee802)' > kernel-devel-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6 > ipw3945d-1.7.22-4.at > ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6-1.2.18-20.fc6 > ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6-1.2.0-18.4.fc6 > yum-plugin-kmdl-0.7-9.fc6 > kernel-headers-2.6.22.2-42.fc6 > fuse-kmdl-2.6.22.1-32.fc6-2.7.0-3_7.fc6 > ieee80211-1.2.18-20.fc6 > ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.22.1-32.fc6-1.2.18-20.fc6 > kernel-2.6.20-1.2962.fc6 > ipw3945-ucode-1.14.2-4.at > ipw3945-1.2.0-18.4.fc6 > ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.22.1-32.fc6-1.2.2-21.fc6 > kernel-2.6.22.1-32.fc6 > > # uname -a > Linux 2.6.20-1.2962.fc6 #1 SMP Tue Jun 19 19:27:14 EDT 2007 i686 i686 > i386 GNU/Linux > > > Thanks. > -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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