[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 >> > >