FC7: Installing 'transcode' - "hal conflicts with kernel < 2.6.17"
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FC7: Installing 'transcode' - "hal conflicts with kernel < 2.6.17"
I'm trying to install, among others, ffmpeg, transcode, and suchlike on a clean FC7 box.
I keep hitting a brick wall because of some package called 'hal'. I get this message:
Code:
Error: hal conflicts with kernel < 2.6.17
The thing is, my kernel isn't what it thinks, as I updated it to
Code:
# uname -r
2.6.18-8.1.14.el5xen
So, I'm completely confuzzled. I just need these few packages installed via yum, and it's starting to annoy me, as I've been playing (and failing) all day.
Google searches, and a search on here brings up no mention of the issue on FC7.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Mucho thanko in advance
It isn't an issue on FC7, because you didn't install an FC7 kernel. The "el5" designation indicates that you installed a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kernel. I'm surprised this is your only problem.
how do i see, or indeed specify to boot, from another kernel?
edit: for a little more info, it's a base install on a xen VM.. there's no other option for this project. just in case that affects booting from a non-xen kernel...
List the contents of /etc/yum.repos.d/ . If you have the repos for the wrong distro installed (and it looks like you do) you will not be able to get it fixed until this is cleared up.
List the contents of /etc/yum.repos.d/ . If you have the repos for the wrong distro installed (and it looks like you do) you will not be able to get it fixed until this is cleared up.
here's what i've got:
Code:
# ls -l /etc/yum.repos.d/
total 20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1541 May 24 20:58 fedora-development.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1084 May 24 20:58 fedora-updates-testing.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1006 May 24 20:58 fedora-updates.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1096 May 24 20:58 fedora.repo
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 354 Jun 28 2005 freshrpms.repo
Only use Freshrpms for a couple of things so I missed that.
The only other possibility is if a repo got added to /etc/yum.conf which would be unusual.
contents of yum.conf:
Code:
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
metadata_expire=1800
# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
so, how can i go about booting in to another kernel, or even listing the others that i have?
Distribution: RHEL/CentOS/SL 5 i386 and x86_64 pata for IDE in use
Posts: 4,790
Rep:
Which version of Red Hat / Fedora are you running???
cat /etc/*release
While I do agree that Freshrpms has no kernels the fedora repos do, you may want to disable them.
You may want to also install the rpmforge repo as directed here:
Which version of Red Hat / Fedora are you running???
cat /etc/*release
Code:
Fedora release 7 (Moonshine)
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lenard
While I do agree that Freshrpms has no kernels the fedora repos do, you may want to disable them.
You may want to also install the rpmforge repo as directed here:
I would hold off installing something new until you figure out how you got that el kernel.
As you boot you will see it say something like booting to kernel blah in x second. Usually you can hit any key, choose any of the installed kernels and then boot.
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