Re: yum problem

[Paul Howarth]

Gerhard Magnus wrote:
>  I'm trying to do a yum update after installing FC4.  It bombs out
> with
>  these messages:
>  
>  Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies
>  Error: Package dlm-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4, this is
>  not available.
>  Error: Package cman-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4, this is
>  not available.
>  Error: Package GFS-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4, this is
>  not available.
>  Error: Package gnbd-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.14-1.1653_FC4, this is
>  not available.
>  
>  My yum.repos.d directory looks like this:
>  
>  root@PuteA Mon Jan 23 08:31:51
>  [36] /etc/yum.repos.d $ ls
>  dries.repo                fedora.repo                  mirrors-rpmforge
>  fedora-devel.repo         fedora-updates.repo          newrpms.repo
>  fedora-extras-devel.repo  fedora-updates-testing.repo  rpmforge.repo
>  fedora-extras.repo        freshprms.repo 
# rpm -e dlm-kernel cman-kernel GFS-kernel gnbd-kernel

These kernel modules often lag behind the main kernel release and hence 
cause dependency issues. Unless you're using GFS, you're better off 
without them.

Paul.