kmod package dependency problems

[Catastrophe]

hi all, havent got any visible problems but been getting this error since a couple days ago when trying to 'yum update'

Processing Dependency: /sbin/depmod for package: kmod-staging-3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64-3.3-2.fc17.6.x86_64
Package module-init-tools-3.16-5.fc17.x86_64 is obsoleted by kmod-7-1.fc17.x86_64 which is already installed
--> Processing Dependency: /sbin/depmod for package: 1:kmod-nvidia-3.3.6-3.fc17.x86_64-295.53-1.fc17.x86_64
Package module-init-tools-3.16-5.fc17.x86_64 is obsoleted by kmod-7-1.fc17.x86_64 which is already installed
--> Processing Dependency: /sbin/depmod for package: 1:kmod-nvidia-3.3.7-1.fc17.x86_64-295.53-1.fc17.x86_64
Package module-init-tools-3.16-5.fc17.x86_64 is obsoleted by kmod-7-1.fc17.x86_64 which is already installed
--> Processing Dependency: /sbin/depmod for package: 1:kmod-nvidia-3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64-295.53-1.fc17.x86_64
Package module-init-tools-3.16-5.fc17.x86_64 is obsoleted by kmod-7-1.fc17.x86_64 which is already installed
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Package: 1:kmod-nvidia-3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64-295.53-1.fc17.x86_64 (@rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing)
           Requires: /sbin/depmod
           Removing: kmod-7-1.fc17.x86_64 (@anaconda-0)
               Not found
           Updated By: kmod-7-2.fc17.x86_64 (updates-testing)
               Not found
           Available: module-init-tools-3.16-5.fc17.x86_64 (fedora)
               Not found
Error: Package: 1:kmod-nvidia-3.3.7-1.fc17.x86_64-295.53-1.fc17.x86_64 (installed)
           Requires: /sbin/depmod
           Removing: kmod-7-1.fc17.x86_64 (@anaconda-0)
               Not found
           Updated By: kmod-7-2.fc17.x86_64 (updates-testing)
               Not found
           Available: module-init-tools-3.16-5.fc17.x86_64 (fedora)
               Not found
Error: Package: kmod-staging-3.3.4-5.fc17.x86_64-3.3-2.fc17.6.x86_64 (@rpmfusion-free)
           Requires: /sbin/depmod
           Removing: kmod-7-1.fc17.x86_64 (@anaconda-0)
               Not found
           Updated By: kmod-7-2.fc17.x86_64 (updates-testing)
               Not found
           Available: module-init-tools-3.16-5.fc17.x86_64 (fedora)
               Not found
Error: Package: 1:kmod-nvidia-3.3.6-3.fc17.x86_64-295.53-1.fc17.x86_64 (installed)
           Requires: /sbin/depmod
           Removing: kmod-7-1.fc17.x86_64 (@anaconda-0)
               Not found
           Updated By: kmod-7-2.fc17.x86_64 (updates-testing)
               Not found
           Available: module-init-tools-3.16-5.fc17.x86_64 (fedora)
               Not found
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

the --skip-broken skips it with no problems.
should i be worried?

[benbullard79]

I'm getting this as of today:

Dependency Process ending
Depsolve time: 3.279
Error: Package: 1:kmod-nvidia-3.3.4-3.fc17.x86_64-295.49-1.fc17.4.x86_64 (installed)
           Requires: /sbin/depmod
           Removing: kmod-7-1.fc17.x86_64 (@fedora)
               Not found
           Updated By: kmod-7-2.fc17.x86_64 (updates-testing)
               Not found
           Available: module-init-tools-3.16-5.fc17.x86_64 (fedora)
               Not found
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

and have been getting dependency errors about kmod for days...

This hasn't helped:

# yum clean all
# rpm -v --rebuilddb

---------- Post added at 03:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:25 AM ----------

And doing this fixed it for me:

# yum -v remove kmod-nvidia-3.3.4-3.fc17.x86_64-295.49-1.fc17.4.x86_64

So I now have only 2 kernel versions working with nvidia driver. But that's OK for now.

[vallimar]

kmod will provide depmod, it just gets removed and re-added due to the package switch.
It's probably easiest for you to remove the kmod-nvidia package, update, then re-install it.