Madwifi error - duplicate kernels

[gaviota]

Hello...

i have tired installing madwifi, many times and in many ways with no success...

my latest attempt - gives me an error "duplicate kernel - conflicts with .....

my questions are

can/ should i remove duplicated kernels?

after removing or disabling duplicate kernels, will the installation be completed?

i have used kubuntu for about a year... and i am fairly new to fedora6 - have read plenty of forums material trying to figure this out, but nothing is making sense.

thank you for your help

gaviota

[leigh123linux]

Can you post the output from this

yum list kernel

[Brian1]

Are you using precompiled rpm kernels? If so list what you have and which one you are using.
rpm -qa | grep kernel

Now are you using madwifi source or rpm install?

Brian

[gaviota]

thankr you both for your prompt response

This is what i get for:

Yum list kernel


[gaviota@x1-6-00-0f-1f-2a-d8-ea ~]$ yum list kernel
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Installed Packages
kernel.i586 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 installed
kernel.i586 2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 installed
Available Packages
kernel.i686 2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 updates
[gaviota@x1-6-00-0f-1f-2a-d8-ea ~]$

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this is what i get for:

rpm -qa | grep kernel

[gaviota@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-headers-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6
kernel-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6
kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6
[gaviota@localhost ~]$

[gaviota]

following the install madwifi guide and forum information I first installed :

livna repository
then i did a
yum install kmod-madwifi
then i did the key install
and that is when i got the errors about duplicate kernels

[gaviota]

this is what i get when i do a yum install


[gaviota@x1-6-00-0f-1f-2a-d8-ea ~]$ su
Password:
[root@x1-6-00-0f-1f-2a-d8-ea gaviota]# yum install kmod-madwifi
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
livna 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kmod-madwifi.i686 0:0.9.3.1-1.2.6.20_1.2952.fc6 set to be installed
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 for package: kmod-madwifi
--> Processing Dependency: madwifi-kmod-common >= 0.9.3.1 for package: kmod-madwifi
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 set to be installed
---> Package madwifi.i386 0:0.9.3.1-1.lvn6 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kernel.i586 0:2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check

Dependencies Resolved

================================================== ===========================
Package Arch Version Repository Size
================================================== ===========================
Installing:
kmod-madwifi i686 0.9.3.1-1.2.6.20_1.2952.fc6 livna 256 k
Removing:
kernel i586 2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 installed 43 M
Installing for dependencies:
kernel i686 2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 updates 16 M
madwifi i386 0.9.3.1-1.lvn6 livna 215 k

Transaction Summary
================================================== ===========================
Install 3 Package(s)
Update 0 Package(s)
Remove 1 Package(s)

Total download size: 16 M
Is this ok [y/N]: y
Downloading Packages:
Running Transaction Test
Finished Transaction Test


Transaction Check Error:
package kernel-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 is already installed
file /boot/System.map-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 from install of kernel-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 conflicts with file from package kernel-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6
file /boot/config-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 from install of kernel-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 conflicts with file from package kernel-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6
file /boot/symvers-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6.gz from install of kernel-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 conflicts with file from package kernel-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6
file /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 from install of kernel-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6 conflicts with file from package kernel-2.6.20-1.2952.fc6

Error Summary
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[root@x1-6-00-0f-1f-2a-d8-ea gaviota]#

[leigh123linux]

This should fix it ( you have the wrong kernel, this is a known installer bug )

su -

yum install yum-utils

yumdownloader kernel.i686

su -c "rpm -ivh --replacefiles --replacepkgs kernel-2*.i686.rpm"

[gaviota]

Thank you leigh123@linux

i followed your directions, and now i have a wifi0 in my network, but when it tries:

determining IP information.......failed

should i install or activated the network manager now?

your help is much appreciated

gaviota