Re: [Solved] Re: Update problems

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1 correction and a few typos removed:

On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Marcel Rieux <m.z.rieux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Marcel Rieux <m.z.rieux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Updates were available:
>>
>> Total size: 181 M
>> Is this ok [y/N]: y
>> Downloading Packages:
>> Running rpm_check_debug
>> ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
>> kernel-uname-r = 2.6.30.9-96.fc11.x86_64 is needed by (installed)
>> kmod-nvidia-2.6.30.9-96.fc11.x86_64-190.42-1.fc11.1.x86_64
>> kernel-uname-r = 2.6.30.9-99.fc11.x86_64 is needed by (installed)
>> kmod-nvidia-2.6.30.9-99.fc11.x86_64-190.42-1.fc11.2.x86_64
>> kernel-uname-r = 2.6.30.9-102.fc11.x86_64 is needed by (installed)
>> kmod-nvidia-2.6.30.9-102.fc11.x86_64-190.42-1.fc11.3.x86_64
>> Complete!
>> (1, [u'Please report this error in http://yum.baseurl.org/report'])
>
> The problem apparently is kmod-nvidia-2.6.30 is looking for kernel
> 2.6.30 which has been automatically uninstalled (God knows when)
> because newer kernels have been installed.
>
> Go to : Administration => Add/Remove software => look for
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.30 => remove.
>
> Now, why kmod-nvidia suddenly asks for a driver that isn't available

a kernel that isn't available, of course!

> anymore or why kmod-nvidia hasn't been remvoed at the same time as the
> kernel. I don't know.
>
> Now, since the problem is about a package from rpmfusion, I understand
> Fedora has nothing to do with it. Since I'm such an expert in the
> domain, I should write to rpmfusion and have a discussion with them.
> After all, this problem has been covered time and again since, at
> least Fedora 11, and they're certainly unaware of it.
>
> What I'm sure of, though, is that the day a reviewer from the standard
> press -- you know, the kind of paper most people read -- encounters the
> problem, Fedora will once again be claimed "not ready for prime time".
>
> And this is, of course, is normal. It's exactly the kind of silliness
> that make experts claim that "Fedora is for experts".
>
> So, this is how the market share evolves:
>
> May 2009:
>
> Windows 93.18%
> Mac     4.73%
> Linux 1.17%
>
> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=124>
>
> January 2010:
>
> Windows 92.00%
> Mac     5.16%
> Linux 1.02%
>
> <http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8&qpcal=1&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=132>
>
> Then, you write to TVs to tell them that Linux is climbing up the
> charts and that they should provide video in a Linux compatible
> format.
>
> Excuse the rant but is there any fact I got wrong?
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