Clueless about Yum?

[Tom Cross]

Try installing this instead:

kernel-module-alsa-2.4.22-1.2174.nptlsmp

The "i686" is the architecture and is just there because the package
name is so long.  I had the same problem with kernel-module-nvidia.


On Thu, 2004-02-26 at 11:04, Stephen Walton wrote:
> I probably am, but here's the situation anyway.  My auto-yum-update 
> pulled down kernel 2174 without trouble.  However all attempts to use 
> yum to update kernel-module-alsa have failed.  I uninstalled the 2166 
> version manually before the below dialog.
> 
> # rpm -q kernel-module-alsa
> package kernel-module-alsa is not installed
> # yum list | grep kernel-module-alsa.\*2174
> kernel-module-alsa-2.4.22-1.2174.nptlsmpi686   1.0.2-0.fdr.5.c.1        
> fedora-us-stable
> # yum install kernel-module-alsa-2.4.22-1.2174.nptlsmpi686
> Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base
> Server: Fedora US Packages (stable)
> Server: Fedora Compatible Packages (stable)
> Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Released Updates
> Finding updated packages
> Downloading needed headers
> Cannot find a package matching kernel-module-alsa-2.4.22-1.2174.nptlsmpi686
> No actions to take
> 
> So, what am I doing wrong?
> 
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Tom Cross <tomc at cloudnet.com>