Error installing kernel with up2date

[Rick Stevens]

On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 19:53 -0800, Hamilton, David wrote:
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> David 
> Sent: Sat 2/25/2006 9:00 PM 
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux 
> Subject: RE: Error installing kernel with up2date 
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> -----Original Message----- 
> From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Rick
> Stevens 
> Sent: Thu 2/23/2006 7:40 PM 
> To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux 
> Subject: Re: Error installing kernel with up2date 
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> On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 18:48 -0600, Hamilton, David wrote: 
> > Hello, I have RHEL 4 installed and I keep getting an error while
> trying to install the kernel that up2date recommends I install. Does
> anyone know how I can correct this?  Here is the error message:
> 
> >    
> > There was a package dependency problem.  The message was: 
> >  
> > Unresolvable chain of dependencies: 
> > lksctp-tools-1.0.2-6.4E.1                conflicts with kernel >=
> 2.6.10  
> >  
> >  
> > The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy
> dependencies: 
> > Package                                Required by 
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> >  
> > Please modify your package selections and try again.
> 
> You need to update your lksctp-tools RPM first, then update the
> kernel:
> 
>         up2date lksctp-tools 
>         up2date kernel-whatever
> 
> up2date does occasionally have issues with this type of circular 
> dependency.  You might also bugzilla that with the fine folk at Red
> Hat 
> to warn them of it.
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> I tried that and I seem to be stuck.
> 
> [root at Davids-RHEL ~]# up2date lksctp-tools
> 
> Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: rh-i386-desktop-4...
> 
> Fetching rpm headers... 
> ########################################
> 
> Name                                    Version        Rel 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> The following packages you requested are already updated: 
> lksctp-tools
> 
> Typing up2date -kernel-2.6.9 starts the graphical version of up2date
> and I get the error about lksctp-tools. if I type up2date -u I get the
> following:
> 
> [root at Davids-RHEL ~]# up2date -u
> 
> Fetching Obsoletes list for channel: rh-i386-desktop-4...
> 
> Fetching rpm headers... 
> ########################################
> 
> Name                                    Version        Rel 
> ---------------------------------------------------------- 
> kernel                                  2.6.9          22.0.2.EL
> i686
> 
> 
> Testing package set / solving RPM inter-dependencies... 
> There was a package dependency problem. The message was:
> 
> Unresolvable chain of dependencies: 
> lksctp-tools-1.0.2-6.4E.1                conflicts with kernel >=
> 2.6.10
> 
> 
> The following packages were added to your selection to satisfy
> dependencies: 
> Package                                Required by 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> Does anyone know what the problem might be? 
> -------------------------------------------------------- 
> I figured it out. Between semesters I was playing around with the
> fedora core 4 kernel and installed it and after I played around I
> removed the info in grub about it but never uninstalled it.  Since it
> was a newer kernel than the 2.6.9 up2date didn't want to install the
> older one. I did the rpm -e command to uninstall the FC4 kernel and
> the new RHEL kernel installed and everything is up to date now. Thanks
> for your time. 

Ah, HAH!  Good catch!

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