Hi,

On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 09:20:36PM +0100, Colonna Francois wrote:
> I tried to install alsa-driver on SL5.1 with 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5
> 
> 1. yum search alsa-driver --enablerepo=*  gives 
> alsa-driver.i386                         1.0.16-65.el5
> atrpms          
> Matched from:
> alsa-driver
> 
> 2. yum install alsa-driver --enablerepo=atrpms
> ends with :
> 
> Error: Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 is needed by
> package alsa-kmdl-2.6.18-8.el5
> 
> Why this module was not included in the distribution ?
> What can I do to include it ?

ATrpms supports a wide range of kernels and AFAIR 2.6.18-8.el5 is the
one on the first GA.

The problem is that asking yum to pick one kmdl will lead to a random
one (at the very first time - if you have yum-plugin-kmdl installed
the kernel upgrades will be smooth and automatic), and by Murphy's
law this will never be the one you want.

So you can aid yum by invoking it as

yum install alsa-driver-kmdl-`uname -r` alsa-driver

Don't forget to use the yum-plugin-kmdl for upgrades.

And last, but not least: Are you sure you need a newer alsa? Some
newer cards do indeed, but if your sound is working you don't need to
install alsa-driver.
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net