Can you send me the truncated portion of the yum update. You can do it off list since it is probrubly rather large. Also, is there a reason that you have both the regular kernel installed, and the xen kernel installed? Is this supposed to be a virtual machine server? Troy Andrew Davis wrote: > Any thoughts anyone? > > Andrew Davis > > > > Andrew Davis wrote: >> [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 >>>> >>> >>> -- __________________________________________________ Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 Fermilab ComputingDivision/LCSI/CSI DSS Group __________________________________________________