Tim wrote: > Just wondering about something in general: From time to time I get a > yum error about trying to update something like an nvidia kernel module > not being possible because there's no kernel available to go along with > that version. > > Trying several different mirrors doesn't help, and I can't be bothered > to go trying them all out. I'll just wait a few days for things to > settle. > > But how have they compiled their module for a kernel that isn't > available? Surely that's a bit chicken and eggish? Wouldn't they be > compiling against a customised Fedora kernel, rather than one from > somewhere else? And, if so, why don't we have the same one available to > us? You *might* be experiencing this reported bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=330711 Summary: kernel pacakges that remain installed seem to be ignored in yum transaction check -- Todd OpenPGP -> KeyID: 0xBEAF0CE3 | URL: www.pobox.com/~tmz/pgp ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Left to Her own devices, nature cures stupidity.
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