Hi, that's an ATrpms-users' request.
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 10:41:13AM -0700, Richi Plana wrote: > I tried updating nvidia-graphics on my Fedora 7 Test 2 system today > (f6.91). For some reason, yum keeps trying to install the kernel module > for kernel 2.6.20-1.2960 and fails because that kernel isn't on the > system. The only kernels on it are 2.6.20-1.2949 and 2.6.20-1.2962. > 1.2960 simply isn't available anymore on any of the repositories. yum needs some help sometimes: yum install nvidia-graphics9755-kmdl-`uname -r` Try smart instead. smart is a bit smarter in picking up kernel and kmdls. > Is it your goal to be able to support unusual situations? Always, I'm just looking for unusual stuff, my real name is Chloe Sullivan ;) > It's possible various version of the kernel might be on the system > or even only one kernel might be installed. I'm wondering if you're > interested in making your repository work with these situations and > if you would like to put in a fix for the problem I'm > experiencing. If you are, I'd be grateful if you'd let me know and > what your plans are. I'll look into the spec file and see if I can > help. Install yum-plugin-kmdl. There is an even better method w/o having to install this plugin. > Another problem I'm having right now is that I can rpmbuild the nvidia > packages as a regular user. It's not as important as the first problem, > but I'll look into it, as well. If you've tackled this problem before, > please let me know your thoughts on the matter. Yes, it's a known problem. Just install fakeroot and complain loudly to nvidia. The root restriction is artificial, it's not required anywhere. -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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