On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Mike Iglesias <iglesias@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Doctor Who wrote: > > OK...here is the error I'm getting with regard to updating the machine > > with the current kernel and nvidia packages issue: > > > > Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.23.14-107.fc8 is needed > > by package kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.14-107.fc8 > > > > I have: > > > > kernel-devel-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 > > kernel-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 > > kernel-xen-2.6.21-2952.fc8 > > kernel-2.6.23.14-107.fc8 > > kernel-headers-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 > > kernel-xen-2.6.21-2957.fc8 > > > > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-169.09-4.lvn8 > > kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.14-107.fc8-169.07-2.lvn8 > > kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.15-137.fc8-169.09-7.lvn8 > > xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-169.09-4.lvn8 > > kmod-nvidia-169.09-7.lvn8 > > > > How can I resolve this? > > If you are running the 2.6.23.15-137 kernel, just remove the 2.6.23.14-107 > kernel. Then your update won't try to update the nvidia drivers for that kernel. > > The kmod-nvidia stuff seems to get confused if: > > You're running one kernel > A new kernel is installed without updating the nvidia drivers > Another new kernel is installed > > > OK...so here's where I am at this point. a) X is failing to start with the error: (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is (II) NVIDIA(0): enabled. (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module! (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia" b) I have removed the 2.6.23.14-107 kernel: [root@fedora8 ~]# rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-devel-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 kernel-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 kernel-xen-2.6.21-2952.fc8 kernel-headers-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 kernel-xen-2.6.21-2957.fc8 c) The following nvidia packages are installed: [root@fedora8 ~]# rpm -qa | grep nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-169.09-4.lvn8 kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.15-137.fc8-169.09-7.lvn8 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs-169.09-4.lvn8 kmod-nvidia-169.09-7.lvn8 d) I'm getting the following error when attempting to do a yum-update: Downloading Packages: Running rpm_check_debug ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve: Package kmod-nvidia-2.6.23.15-137.fc8 needs kernel-i686 = 2.6.23.15-137.fc8, this is not available. Complete! Any ideas on how to fix this? Thanks.
