yum problem

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Mon Jan 23 16:35:44 UTC 2006


Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> I'm trying to do a yum update after installing FC4.  It bombs out with
> these messages:
> 
> Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies
> Error: Package dlm-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4, this is
> not available.
> Error: Package cman-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4, this is
> not available.
> Error: Package GFS-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4, this is
> not available.
> Error: Package gnbd-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4, this is
> not available.
> 
> My yum.repos.d directory looks like this:
> 
> root at PuteA Mon Jan 23 08:31:51
> [36] /etc/yum.repos.d $ ls
> dries.repo                fedora.repo                  mirrors-rpmforge
> fedora-devel.repo         fedora-updates.repo          newrpms.repo
> fedora-extras-devel.repo  fedora-updates-testing.repo  rpmforge.repo
> fedora-extras.repo        freshprms.repo

# rpm -e dlm-kernel cman-kernel GFS-kernel gnbd-kernel

These kernel modules often lag behind the main kernel release and hence 
cause dependency issues. Unless you're using GFS, you're better off 
without them.

Paul.





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