On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 17:01 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote: > Craig White wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 16:30 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote: > > > >> Craig White wrote: > >> > >>> On Sun, 2008-01-13 at 16:11 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Michael Schwendt wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> On 13/01/2008, Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> It is a MAJOR problem. I can't load VLC and I might as well go to > >>>>>> Windows if that is not working. Look back today and you will see the > >>>>>> problem. Yum is updating files NOT on my F8!!!! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Can't yum vlc at all. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> Show the result of some queries, please: > >>>>> > >>>>> $ yum whatprovides libx264.so.56 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> [root@localhost ~]# yum whatprovides libx264.so.56 > >>>> x264.i386 : Library for encoding and decoding H264/AVC video streams > >>>> [root@localhost ~]# > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> $ rpm -qa 'x264*' > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> [root@localhost ~]# rpm -qa 'x264*' > >>>> x264-0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> $ yum list x264 > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> [root@localhost ~]# yum list x264 > >>>> Installed Packages > >>>> x264.i386 0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7 > >>>> installed > >>>> Available Packages > >>>> x264.i386 0-0.10.20070819.lvn8 livna > >>>> > >>>> Thanks for you help. It looks like it might be what is causing the > >>>> problem do you think? > >>>> > >>>> > >>> ---- > >>> what happens if you try... > >>> > >>> yum update x264 > >>> > >>> ? > >>> > >>> Craig > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Hi I get this. Odd. > >> > >> [root@localhost ~]# > >> [root@localhost ~]# > >> [root@localhost ~]# yum update x264 > >> livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB > >> 00:00 > >> fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB > >> 00:00 > >> updates 100% |=========================| 2.3 kB > >> 00:00 > >> Setting up Update Process > >> Could not find update match for x264 > >> No Packages marked for Update > >> [root@localhost ~]# yum update x264-0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7 > >> Setting up Update Process > >> Could not find update match for x264-0.0.0-0.3.20070529.fc7 > >> No Packages marked for Update > >> [root@localhost ~]# > >> > >> So this is a real surprise too. > >> > > ---- > > Not really... the 20070529.fc7 designation pretty much clinches the fact > > that you have installed packages that were never intended for Fedora 8 > > but it's hard for me to determine how/where you got that from. Livna's > > Fedora 7 repository has a much newer version which means that you > > probably have more mess than that. > > > > I suppose to see how badly you have things screwed up, you are going to > > have to tell it > > > > yum remove x264 > > > > and then get a list of what it's going to remove. Whether you say yes to > > removing or not is up to you. You might want to put the list of things > > yum wants to remove before you say yes or no. > > > > Your call, your machine, your mess > > > > Craig > > > > > Sorry Craig there are MANY f7 rpms in f8. It is normal and thought > you would know. ---- If you are referring to the .fc7 designation, yes, I am quite aware of that. I forgot that you are inclined to bite the hand feeding you. Good luck Craig
