<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Whats up mate?<br> <br> I've checked my kernel version, here is the output:<br> <meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title></title> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.3 (Linux)"> <style type="text/css"> </style><br> <font color="#ff0000"><b>[</b><b>root@localhost bravo_elf]# uname -a<br> Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.23.15-137.fc8 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 16:35:26 EST <font color="#6666cc">2008 i686 i686 i386 </font>GNU/Linux</b></font><br> <br> Also I've verified if there fglrx driver installed:<br> <br> <b><font color="#ff0000">[root@localhost bravo_elf]# rpm -qa|grep fglrx<br> [root@localhost bravo_elf]#<br> <br> </font></b><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000">It means I have nothing installed..... so Tim was right about this when he wrote it's message about installing packages with mistakes.<br> <br> Now about my kernel, I almost knew it was i686 too, but what do we need to now?<br> <br> All the updates I download, have an i386 classification. I suppose it's not only me :))), but all those guys who uses 32bit systems <span class="moz-smiley-s3"><span> ;-) </span></span> <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span><br> <br> I didn't clearly understood your explain about i586 and i686. <br> What I know, is that when I need to DL some linux distro I need to look for i386 type(</font></font><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000">because I have 32 bit pentium IV</font></font><font color="#ff0000"><font color="#000000">) <br> Do i586 and i686 different version for i386? <br> <br> Ivan.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> </font></font> <br> <br> <br> <br> <blockquote type="cite"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><font size="2"><font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Ok...</span></font></font><br> <br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">The computer architecture evolved from 8086... 4x86... Pentium... II,</span></font></font><br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">III, IV, but the core is the same.</span></font></font><br> <br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">When Fedora Developers compile the Linux Kernel, they choose a</span></font></font><br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">compatibility level.</span></font></font><br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">As "default", they choose i686, that is a nick-name for Pentium Pro,</span></font></font><br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Via C7, Athlon XP, Pentium II, III, and so on...</span></font></font><br> <br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">It gives a loot of compatibility.</span></font></font><br> <br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">The problem is that YOUR Fedora has (or is trying to do) 2 kernels, of</span></font></font><br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">same version, installed.</span></font></font><br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">One for i586 and other for i686.</span></font></font><br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Pentium VS Pentium II/Pro/Intel Core/Core 2</span></font></font><br> <br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">Try a "uname -a" to know the version you are running.</span></font></font><br> <br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">I heavily SUPPOSE that you have the i686 installed, and that yum is</span></font></font><br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">trying to install the kmod-fglrx for i586 creating a false obligation</span></font></font><br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">to install the i586 kernel. Only the kmod meets the kernel arch - the</span></font></font><br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">binary driver will be i386.</span></font></font><br> <br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">it may be related to yum-fedorakmod package.</span></font></font><br> <br> <font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New"><span style="background: transparent none repeat scroll 0%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">But without your "uname -a" output, I can't say something 100% right.</span></font></font></font></p> </blockquote> </body> </html>