Hi,

On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 10:52:53AM +0100, Colonna Francois wrote:
> Le dimanche 24 février 2008 à 23:25 +0200, Axel Thimm a écrit :
> > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 09:20:36PM +0100, Colonna Francois wrote:
> > > Error: Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-8.el5 is needed by
> > > package alsa-kmdl-2.6.18-8.el5
> 
> > ATrpms supports a wide range of kernels and AFAIR 2.6.18-8.el5 is the
> > one on the first GA.
> > 
> 
> I forgot to tell that I am using : 2.6.18-53.1.13.el5
> 
> > 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
> 
> It is now installed from atrpms
> 
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> How to use it ? I just do not know.

yum-plugin-kmdl? If you install it you already use it. It will
automatigaclly do the right thing when you yum update or yum install
kernel.

> > 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.
> 
> I got my laptop Asus W2JC in july 2006 and still have no sound, because
> the alsa-drivers are buggy for the sound card (HDA Intel Chipset Realtek
> ALC882). So, each time there is a new kernel release I try to get the
> news drivers, unfortunately I now got trapped with these yum problems.
> 
> If you have any idea to fix this problem I shall be very grateful.

As written above just do

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

And reload the drivers (if you don't know how, just reboot).
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net