On Sat, Jun 12, 2004, seth vidal <skvidal@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 10:40 -0700, Johannes Erdfelt wrote:
> > [root@myers root]# rpm -q --queryformat
> > '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n' kernel kernel-smp
> > package kernel is not installed
> > kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.i686
> > kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl.i686
> > kernel-smp-2.6.5-1.356.i686
> > kernel-smp-2.6.6-1.427.i686
> > [root@myers root]# yum install kernel
> > Gathering header information file(s) from server(s)
> > Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Base
> > Server: Red Hat 2.6 kernel
> > Server: Fedora Core 1 - i386 - Released Updates
> > Finding updated packages
> > Downloading needed headers
> > Resolving dependencies
> > Dependencies resolved
> > I will do the following:
> > Is this ok [y/N]: y
> > Downloading Packages
> > Running test transaction:
> > Test transaction complete, Success!
> > Transaction(s) Complete
> > [root@myers root]# rpm -q yum
> > yum-2.0.7-1
> > [root@myers root]# uname -a
> > Linux myers 2.6.5-1.356smp #1 SMP Fri May 7 14:05:40 EDT
> > 2004 i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
>
> It's not related to being a dual athlon - but you do have some arch
> mixing going on in there.
>
> I've got a patch for yum that fixes this bug - but in short you've got
> some swapped arches in your kernels that are causing pain:
>
> rpm -q --qf "%{name} - %{arch}\n" kernel kernel-smp
>From my original email:
> > [root@myers root]# rpm -q --queryformat
> > '%{name}-%{version}-%{release}.%{arch}\n' kernel kernel-smp
> > package kernel is not installed
> > kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.i686
> > kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2188.nptl.i686
> > kernel-smp-2.6.5-1.356.i686
> > kernel-smp-2.6.6-1.427.i686
>
> I bet you'll see athlon and i686 kernels and therein lies the rub.
Nope.
I originally had athlon kernels on this sytem, but switched to i686
for other reasons.
JE
