Re: Hmmm, yum offering up an older kernel than is currently installed.

[M A Young <m a young durham ac uk>]

On Mon, 29 Sep 2008, Rodd Clarkson wrote:

...
> ---> Package kmod-nvidia.i686 0:173.14.12-4.lvn9 set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: kmod-nvidia-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686 = 173.14.12-4.lvn9 for package: kmod-nvidia
...
> ---> Package kmod-nvidia-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686.i686 0:173.14.12-4.lvn9 
set to be updated
> --> Processing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686 for package: kmod-nvidia-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.26.3-29.fc9 set to be installed
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
...
> Transaction Check Error:
>  package kernel-2.6.26.5-39.fc9.i686 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686) is already installed
>  package kernel-2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686 (which is newer than kernel-2.6.26.3-29.fc9.i686) is already installed

What is going on is that the most recent kernel acceptable to the livna 
kmod-nvidia module isn't installed, so yum tries to drag it in, only to 
fail because more recent kernels are already installed. So basically, yum 
is doing something sensible, but the livna repository doesn't have 
updates-testing kernel support.

	Michael Young