yum wants to install kernel.i586 while i686 kernel

Donald Tripp dtripp at hawaii.edu
Fri Dec 22 06:06:43 UTC 2006


[dtripp at aupolei ~]$ echo $XARCH
i686

You're Athlon is definitely an i686 processor. What does XARCH say?

On Dec 21, 2006, at 1:35 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote:

>
> --- Donald Tripp <dtripp at hawaii.edu> wrote:
>
>> What does	uname -p	return?
>
> [olivares at localhost ~]$ uname -p
> athlon
> [olivares at localhost ~]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 8
> model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+
> stepping        : 1
> cpu MHz         : 1800.206
> cache size      : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 1
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8
> apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall
> mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up ts
> bogomips        : 3602.89
>
> [olivares at localhost ~]$
>
> Thanks,
>
> Antonio
>>
>>
>> - Donald Tripp
>>   dtripp at hawaii.edu
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> HPC Systems Administrator
>> High Performance Computing Center
>> University of Hawai'i at Hilo
>> 200 W. Kawili Street
>> Hilo,   Hawaii   96720
>> http://www.hpc.uhh.hawaii.edu
>>
>>
>> On Dec 21, 2006, at 9:33 AM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>>
>>> [olivares at localhost ~]$ su -
>>> Password:
>>> [root at localhost ~]# yum install kernel
>> kernel-devel
>>> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>>> Setting up Install Process
>>> Setting up repositories
>>> core                      100%
>>> |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>>> updates                   100%
>>> |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00
>>> extras                    100%
>>> |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00
>>> Reading repository metadata in from local files
>>> primary.xml.gz            100%
>>> |=========================| 362 kB    01:12
>>> ##################################################
>>> 1120/1120
>>> primary.xml.gz            100%
>>> |=========================| 1.6 MB    06:19
>>> ##################################################
>>> 5133/5133
>>> Parsing package install arguments
>>> Resolving Dependencies
>>> --> Populating transaction set with selected
>> packages.
>>> Please wait.
>>> ---> Downloading header for kernel to pack into
>>> transaction set.
>>> kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6. 100%
>>> |=========================| 198 kB    00:16
>>> ---> Package kernel.i586 0:2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 set
>> to be
>>> installed
>>> ---> Downloading header for kernel-devel to pack
>> into
>>> transaction set.
>>> kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.279 100%
>>> |=========================| 683 kB    00:39
>>> ---> Package kernel-devel.i586 0:2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>> set
>>> to be installed
>>> ---> Downloading header for kernel-devel to pack
>> into
>>> transaction set.
>>> kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.286 100%
>>> |=========================| 697 kB    00:45
>>> ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.18-1.2868.fc6
>> set
>>> to be installed
>>> ---> Downloading header for kernel to pack into
>>> transaction set.
>>> kernel-2.6.18-1.2868.fc6. 100%
>>> |=========================| 210 kB    00:18
>>> ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 set
>> to be
>>> installed
>>> --> Running transaction check
>>> --> Populating transaction set with selected
>> packages.
>>> Please wait.
>>> ---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>> set
>>> to be erased
>>> ---> Package kernel-devel.i586 0:2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>> set
>>> to be installed
>>> ---> Package kernel.i586 0:2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 set
>> to be
>>> installed
>>> ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 set
>> to be
>>> erased
>>> --> Running transaction check
>>>
>>> Dependencies Resolved
>>>
>>>
>>
> ======================================================================
>>
>>> =======
>>>  Package                 Arch       Version
>>> Repository        Size
>>>
>>
> ======================================================================
>>
>>> =======
>>> Installing:
>>>  kernel                  i686
>> 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6
>>> updates            16 M
>>>  kernel                  i586
>> 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>>> core               15 M
>>>  kernel-devel            i586
>> 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>>> core              4.6 M
>>>  kernel-devel            i686
>> 2.6.18-1.2868.fc6
>>> updates           4.6 M
>>> Removing:
>>>  kernel                  i686
>> 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>>> installed          44 M
>>>  kernel-devel            i686
>> 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>>> installed          14 M
>>>
>>> Transaction Summary
>>>
>>
> ======================================================================
>>
>>> =======
>>> Install      4 Package(s)
>>> Update       0 Package(s)
>>> Remove       2 Package(s)
>>>
>>> Total download size: 40 M
>>> Is this ok [y/N]: n
>>> Exiting on user Command
>>> Complete!
>>> [root at localhost ~]# yum clean all
>>> Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>>> Cleaning up Everything
>>>
>>> Why should I install the i586 kernel whilst the
>> other
>>> kernels are installed?
>>>
>>> [olivares at localhost ~]$ rpm -qa kernel*
>>> kernel-headers-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
>>> kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>>> kernel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
>>> kernel-devel-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6
>>> kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
>>>
>>> I know that kernle-2.6.18-1.2868.fc6 is in
>> updates,
>>> but why does the i586 2798 show up?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Antonio
>>>
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