[root@marcom ~]# rpm -qa|grep kernel|sort
kernel-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686
kernel-headers-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i386
kernel-module-madwifi-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5-0.9.3-10.sl5.i686
kernel-module-madwifi-hal-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5-0.9.3-10.sl5.i686
kernel-module-ndiswrapper-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5-1.41-1.SL.i686
kernel-module-openafs-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5-1.4.4-42.SL5.i686
kernel-xen-2.6.18-8.1.3.el5.i686
[root@marcom ~]# rpm -qa|grep kmod|sort
kmod-gfs-0.1.16-5.2.6.18_8.1.3.el5.i686
kmod-gfs-xen-0.1.16-5.2.6.18_8.1.3.el5.i686
kmod-gnbd-0.1.3-4.2.6.18_8.1.3.el5.i686
kmod-gnbd-xen-0.1.3-4.2.6.18_8.1.3.el5.i686
mikmod-3.1.6-38.1.i386
yum-fedorakmod-1.0.4-1.el5.noarch
[root@marcom ~]#

  Andrew Davis

  "There is no limit to what a man can accomplish
   if he doesn't care who gets the credit." - Ronald Reagan



Troy Dawson wrote:
> 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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