Strange missing dependency when updating

01d55 · 06-18-2006, 12:49 PM

This shows up whenever I run yum update:

Code:

]# yum update
Setting up Update Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package nvidia-glx.i386 0:1.0.8762-1.lvn4 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 1.0.8178 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2108_FC4
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 1.0.8178 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2111_FC4
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 1.0.8178 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-module-nvidia = 1.0.8762 for package: nvidia-glx
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 1.0.8178 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4
--> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes.
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2115_FC4.i686 0:1.0.8762-1.lvn4 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 1.0.8178 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2108_FC4
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 1.0.8178 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2111_FC4
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 1.0.8178 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4
--> Processing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 1.0.8178 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4
--> Processing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2115_FC4 for package: kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2115_FC4
Importing Additional filelist information for dependency resolution
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 1.0.8178 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2108_FC4
Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 1.0.8178 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2111_FC4
Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 1.0.8178 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2096_FC4
Error: Missing Dependency: nvidia-glx = 1.0.8178 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2069_FC4
Error: Missing Dependency: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-1.2115_FC4 is needed by package kernel-module-nvidia-2.6.16-1.2115_FC4

Code:

# echo $(uname -r)
2.6.16-1.2111_FC4

How do I get yum not to do this, so I can get future updates without having to look for their names amongst the kenerl-module-nvidia spam and re-running yum with arguments?

BobNutfield · 06-18-2006, 01:42 PM

Hi

Hi

I was having the same problem, and rpm -e (to uninstall the unneeded nvidia modules) did not work. I kept getting cross-dependency errors. What I did to fix this was to install yumex (the graphical frontend to yum.) This gave me the option to remove packages as well as install them. When you install the .8762 driver for nvidia, it will automatically prompt you to delete the unneeded old ones.

Hope this helps.

Bob

01d55 · 06-19-2006, 02:28 AM

Okay, I used yumex to uninstall all the old nvidia drivers, and the old nvidia-glx.

Unfortunately, I still can't install what I'm looking for!

I think someone at the repo got a dependency backwards

Processing Dependency: kernel-module-nvidia = 1.0.8762 for package: nvidia-glx
Shouldn't that be the other way around?

EDIT: Oh hey, a shiny new kernel update! And installing it fixes my problem. Hooray!