Error updating new FC4 install, dependency error

[Paul Howarth]

Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>   with a new FC4 install, and active repos "base", "updates-released"
> and "extras", i get:
> 
> Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies
> Error: Package GFS-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1398_FC4, this
> is not available.
> Error: Package gnbd-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1398_FC4, this
> is not available.
> Error: Package dlm-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1398_FC4, this
> is not available.
> Error: Package cman-kernel needs /lib/modules/2.6.12-1.1398_FC4, this
> is not available.
> 
>   googling brought me here:
> 
> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/358249
> 
> which, as you can see, was hilariously uninformative in terms of
> explaining what the problem and subsequent fix was.
> 
> thoughts?

Remove the kernel module packages you almost certainly aren't using:

# yum remove GFS-kernel gnbd-kernel dlm-kernel cman-kernel

Then try again.

Paul.