Can you send the following
   rpm -qa | grep kernel | sort
   rpm -qa | grep kmod | sort

Thanks
Troy

Andrew Davis wrote:
> I'm the IT admin responsible for updating a few of our Scientific Linux 
> systems for Scripps Florida. I'm getting an error while trying to update 
> the systems. It almost appears as though the needed packages are not 
> available online:
> 
>     [root@marcom ~]# uname -a
>     Linux marcom 2.6.18-8.1.3.el5 #1 SMP Mon Apr 30 14:15:37 EDT 2007
>     i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>     [root@marcom ~]# more /etc/redhat-release
>     Scientific Linux SL release 5.0 (Boron)
>     [root@marcom ~]# yum update
>     <-- data truncated -->
>     --> Processing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5xen for
>     package: kmod-gnbd-xen
>     --> Processing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 for
>     package: kmod-gnbd
>     --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
>     --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
>     ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 set to be installed
>     --> Running transaction check
>     Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5xen is
>     needed by package kmod-gnbd-xen
>     Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies
>     Error: Package kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 needs
>     kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5, this is not available.
>     Error: Package kmod-gnbd-xen needs kernel-i686 =
>     2.6.18-8.1.15.el5xen, this is not available.
>     Error: Package kmod-gnbd needs kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5, this
>     is not available.
>     [root@marcom ~]# yum list kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5xen
>     Loading "protectbase" plugin
>     Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
>     Loading "changelog" plugin
>     Loading "skip-broken" plugin
>     Loading "downloadonly" plugin
>     Loading "priorities" plugin
>     Loading "tsflags" plugin
>     Loading "kernel-module" plugin
>     Loading "allowdowngrade" plugin
>     Loading "fedorakmod" plugin
>     Setting up repositories
>     Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>     Reading repository metadata in from local files
>     0 packages excluded due to repository protections
>     0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
>     [root@marcom ~]#
> 
> I've confirmed that my running kernel is also my installed kernel (ie: I 
> didn't get a kernel update, but fail to reboot to it). Any thoughts on a 
> resolution? The only solution I see is for the needed package to made 
> available online. This is a "production" system, so I'd prefer to avoid 
> an forced updates or backing out installed packages to get the update to 
> run. Doing a dist upgrade is also not an option right now...
> 
> -- 
> 
> 
>   Andrew Davis
> 
> 
>   "There is no limit to what a man can accomplish
>    if he doesn't care who gets the credit." - Ronald Reagan
> 


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