[Solved] Re: Update problems

[Marcel Rieux]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Marcel Rieux <m.z.rieux at gmail.com> wrote:

> Updates were available:
>
> Total size: 181 M
> Is this ok [y/N]: y
> Downloading Packages:
> Running rpm_check_debug
> ERROR with rpm_check_debug vs depsolve:
> kernel-uname-r = 2.6.30.9-96.fc11.x86_64 is needed by (installed)
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.30.9-96.fc11.x86_64-190.42-1.fc11.1.x86_64
> kernel-uname-r = 2.6.30.9-99.fc11.x86_64 is needed by (installed)
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.30.9-99.fc11.x86_64-190.42-1.fc11.2.x86_64
> kernel-uname-r = 2.6.30.9-102.fc11.x86_64 is needed by (installed)
> kmod-nvidia-2.6.30.9-102.fc11.x86_64-190.42-1.fc11.3.x86_64
> Complete!
> (1, [u'Please report this error in http://yum.baseurl.org/report'])

The problem apparently is kmod-nvidia-2.6.30 is looking for kernel
2.6.30 which has been automatically uninstalled (God knows when)
because newer kernels have been installed.

Go to : Administration => Add/Remove software => look for
kmod-nvidia-2.6.30 => remove.

Now, why kmod-nvidia suddenly asks for a driver that isn't available
anymore or why kmod-nvidia hasn't been remvoed at the same time as the
kernel. I don't know.

Now, since the problem is about a package from rpmfusion, I understand
Fedora has nothing to do with it. Since I'm such an expert in the
domain, I should write to rpmfusion and have a discussion with then.
After all, this problem has been covered time and again since, at
least Fedora 11, and they're certainly unaware of it.

What I'm sure of, though, is that the day a reviewer from the standard
press -- you know, the kind of paper most people read -- encouters the
problem, Fedora will once again be claimed "not ready for prime time".

And this is, of course, is normal. It's exactly the kind of silliness
that make experts claim that "Fedora is for experts".

So, this is how the market share evolves:

May 2009:

Windows	93.18%
Mac	4.73%
Linux 1.17%

<http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=124>

January 2010:

Windows	92.00%
Mac	5.16%
Linux 1.02%

<http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=8&qpcal=1&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=132>

Then, you write to TVs to tell them that Linux is climbing up the
charts and that they should provide video in a Linux compatible
format.

Excuse the rant but is there any fact I got wrong?