nvidia + kernel update problem - wrong kernel version?!

[Duli]

Hello, this is happening:

[root@fc6 ~]# yum update -y
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
macromedia                100% |=========================|  951 B    00:00     
livna                     100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
core                      100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
updates                   100% |=========================| 1.2 kB    00:00     
freshrpms                 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
extras                    100% |=========================| 1.1 kB    00:00     
Reading repository metadata in from local files

...

---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6 set to be installed
--> Running transaction check
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 set to be erased
---> Package kernel-devel.i686 0:2.6.19-1.2895.fc6 set to be erased
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6 set to be installed
---> Package kmod-nvidia.i686 0:1.0.9746-1.2.6.19_1.2895.fc6 set to be erased
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6 for package: kmod-nvidia
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6 set to be installed
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6 for package: kmod-nvidia
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kernel.i686 0:2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6 set to be installed
--> Running transaction check
Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies
Error: Package kmod-nvidia needs kernel-i686 = 2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6, this is not available.

"Package kmod-nvidia needs kernel-i686 = 2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6, this is not available."

It seems there's a version missmatch:

[root@fc6 ~]# yum list | grep kernel
kernel.i686                              2.6.19-1.2895.fc6      installed       
kernel.i686                              2.6.19-1.2911.fc6      installed       
kernel-devel.i686                        2.6.19-1.2895.fc6      installed       
kernel-devel.i686                        2.6.19-1.2911.fc6      installed       
kernel-headers.i386                      2.6.19-1.2911.fc6      installed       
kernel.i686                              2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates

And from here:

"kernel.i686 2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6 updates"

6.4 or 6.5?

What's wrong?

Thanks!
Duli

[unkle77]

i have the same type of problem here, i updated to 2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6... i had to uninstall the nvidia drivers to update the kernel and even now i get this:

[unkle77@localhost ~]$ yum list | grep kernel
kernel.i686 2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6 installed
kernel.i686 2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6 installed
kernel-devel.i586 2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6 installed
kernel-devel.i586 2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6 installed

something fishy is going on.. can anyone help with this?

[Firewing1]

unkle77, just do this:

yum remove kernel-devel
yum install kernel-devel

That should get the i686 version installed for you.

Duli, it's probably because they released 6.4 and then 6.5 shortly after, so people at Livna haven't had the chance to submit new builds to the buildsys - Check again tomorrow or the day after, they should be there.
Firewing1

[chrisindallas]

Duli,

When I logged in this evening, fc6 had 6 updates for me, which I allowed. One was a bug fix to the kernel that required a reboot. I noticed that the nvidia drivers failed to load on the reboot, and Desktop Effects no longer work. Here is what I get when I check the kernel:

[root@localhost log]# yum list | grep kernel
kernel.i686                              2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  installed       
kernel.i686                              2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6  installed       
kernel-devel.i686                        2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6  installed       
kernel-devel.i686                        2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  installed       
kernel-headers.i386                      2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  installed

I think I have the same problems you do.

Chris

[unkle77]

Thanks firewing, that got my devel problem fixed sure enough.

Also, is it normal for it to list that i have 2 different kernels installed?

[root@localhost unkle77]# yum list | grep kernel
kernel.i686                              2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6  installed       
kernel.i686                              2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  installed       
kernel-devel.i686                        2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  installed       
kernel-headers.i386                      2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  installed       
kernel.i586                              2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
kernel-PAE.i686                          2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
kernel-PAE-debug.i686                    2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
kernel-PAE-debug-devel.i686              2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
kernel-PAE-devel.i686                    2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
kernel-debug.i686                        2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
kernel-debug-devel.i686                  2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
kernel-devel.i586                        2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
kernel-doc.noarch                        2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
kernel-kdump.i686                        2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
kernel-kdump-devel.i686                  2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
kernel-xen.i686                          2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
kernel-xen-devel.i686                    2.6.19-1.2911.6.5.fc6  updates         
yum-kernel-module.noarch                 1.0.3-1.fc6            extras

if not. do i just run an remove of the 2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6 version? that will not screw anything up will it?

[Firewing1]

Yes - Acutally, it's better to have two installed at once because if one doesn't work all of a sudden, you always have a "failsafe" kernel you can use.
For now, this might work:

yum install kernel-2.6.19-1.2911.6.4.fc6 kmod-nvidia

Firewing1