Re: rt2870-2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686 is missing rt2870sta.ko?

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On 07/17/2010 08:10 PM, Antonio Olivares wrote:
>
> --- On Sat, 7/17/10, Daniel B. Thurman <dant@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
>> From: Daniel B. Thurman <dant@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: Re: rt2870-2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686 is missing rt2870sta.ko?
>> To: "Community support for Fedora users" <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Date: Saturday, July 17, 2010, 7:39 PM
>> On 07/17/2010 06:22 PM, Daniel B.
>> Thurman wrote:
>>     
>>> Seems to me, yum does not find:
>>>
>>> rt2870-2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686
>>> kmod-rt2870-2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686
>>>
>>> from RPMFusion site, and yet these modules are in
>>> the repository according to this link:
>>>
>>> http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/updates/12/i386/repoview/kmod-rt2870-2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686.html
>>>
>>> Here is what happens:
>>>
>>> # yum install rt2870 kmod-rt2870
>>> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto,
>>>       
>> refresh-packagekit
>>     
>>> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>>>   * fedora: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
>>>   * rpmfusion-free: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
>>>   * rpmfusion-free-updates: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
>>>   * rpmfusion-nonfree: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
>>>   * rpmfusion-nonfree-updates:
>>>       
>> mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
>>     
>>>   * updates: mirrors.cat.pdx.edu
>>> Setting up Install Process
>>> Resolving Dependencies
>>> --> Running transaction check
>>> ---> Package kmod-rt2870.i686 0:2.1.2.0-6.fc12.20
>>>       
>> set to be updated
>>     
>>> --> Processing Dependency:
>>>       
>> kmod-rt2870-2.6.32.14-127.fc12.i686 >=
>>     
>>> 2.1.2.0-6.fc12.20 for package:
>>>       
>> kmod-rt2870-2.1.2.0-6.fc12.20.i686
>>     
>>> ---> Package rt2870.noarch 0:2.1.2.0-2.fc12.1 set
>>>       
>> to be updated
>>     
>>> --> Running transaction check
>>> ---> Package
>>>       
>> kmod-rt2870-2.6.32.14-127.fc12.i686.i686
>>     
>>> 0:2.1.2.0-6.fc12.20 set to be updated
>>> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>>
>>> Dependencies Resolved
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>> ================================================================================
>>     
>>>   Package           
>>>       
>>       Arch   Version 
>>         
>>     
>>> Repository           
>>>       
>>   Size
>>     
>>>       
>> ================================================================================
>>     
>>> Installing:
>>>   kmod-rt2870         
>>>       
>>     i686   2.1.2.0-6.fc12.20
>>     
>>> rpmfusion-free-updates  11 k
>>>   rt2870           
>>>       
>>        noarch 2.1.2.0-2.fc12.1 
>>     
>>> rpmfusion-free-updates  18 k
>>> Installing for dependencies:
>>>   kmod-rt2870-2.6.32.14-127.fc12.i686
>>>                
>>>       
>>        
>>    i686   2.1.2.0-6.fc12.20
>>     
>>> rpmfusion-free-updates 206 k
>>>
>>> Transaction Summary
>>>
>>>       
>> ================================================================================
>>     
>>> Install       3 Package(s)
>>> Upgrade       0 Package(s)
>>>
>>> Total download size: 235 k
>>> Installed size: 559 k
>>> Is this ok [y/N]: N
>>>
>>> Is yum getting confused with getting the right
>>>       
>> packages based on the
>>     
>>> current kernel version I am running or is there a
>>>       
>> problem with the
>>     
>>> RPMFusion packages?
>>>
>>> The problem with the above rt2870 versions, is that it
>>>       
>> fails to install
>>     
>>> rt2870sta.ko: in
>>>
>>>       
>> /lib/modules/2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686/extra/rt2870/rt2870sta.ko
>>     
>>> which I need in order to get my wireless working
>>>       
>> again.
>>     
>>> Here is what I am running:
>>> # uname -a
>>> Linux <host><domain>.com
>>>       
>> 2.6.32.16-141.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Wed Jul 7
>>     
>>> 04:47:25 UTC 2010 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
>>>    
>>>       
>> Some additional information....
>>
>> I was able to get F12 on another partition to work with my
>> wireless - it turns out that on this "broken" F12
>> partition,
>> yum can only see rt2870-2.1.2.0 & kmod-rt2870-2.1.2.0
>> whereas on the successful partition, yum saw:
>> rt2870-2.4.0.1 & kmod-rt2870-2.4.0.1.
>>
>> I cannot fathom what is going on here... somehow yum
>> (or RPMFusion) is controlling which version is being
>> seen and not the other...
>>
>> Note that the working partition was a dd copy of the
>> "broken" partition and yet, somehow I was able to get
>> 2.4.0.1 installed, whereas I cannot with the "broken"
>> partition, it sees only 2.1.2.0...
>>
>> So, how can I force yum to see/get the correct version?
>>
>> -- 
>>     
> I would try removing the old version. Then try yum installing it back.  yum should be smart enough to install the latest version.  If not, it would have to be a bug?
>
> Regards,
>
> Antonio 
>   
Seems so...  I already tried removing/installing rt2870/kmod,
several times, and yum always seems to pick 2.1.2.0 - every
single time. So I gave up, did the direct download and install
and it worked.  v2.1.2.0 is definitely hosed, at least for me.

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