On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 12:47:43PM -0400, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: > Dear friends, > > I tried both "yum install ipw3945 ipw3945-kmdl-`uname -r`" and "yum > install iwlwifi iwlwifi-kmdl-`uname -r`", but it still complains about > missing /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3142.fc7. Which means that you are running a kernel that doesn't exist anymore on rawhide. > What next? Thanks! Upgrade the system, so it will pick a new and for now supported kernel, reboot into that kernel and try again. That's the way rawhide works, the kernel that you install on Monday may be ancient history on Friday. > Take care > Oliver > > On 5/23/07, fedora-test-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > <fedora-test-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 10:50:44AM -0400, Jeff Guerdat wrote: > >> Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: > >> > >> > I am running F7, as far as I know fully updated. I can not install > >> >ipw3945 or iwlwifi (from atrpms), because yum says, the right kernel > >> >(/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3142.fc7) is missing. The system does not even > >> >seem to be aware of the existence of the adapter (it does work, > >> >however, under Windows XP). I have no idea what to do next. > > > >Upon the very first install of a kmdl yum just picks one and may pick > >one for the wrong kernel. The way to overcome this is to use > > > >yum install foo foo-kmdl-`uname -r` > > > >to guide yum to pick the proper first kmdl. > > > >> I've installed various modules from ATrpms by simply downloading the > >> ones I want and manually install them. I get the same issue with > >> wanting to update a non-existent kernel so, at least for now, I just do > >> the manual installs. Works fine, lasts a long time... > > > >For subsequent updates of this kmld one can use yum-plugin-kmdl. It > >deals properly with kmdl upgrades, e.g. co selects them for on kernel > >upgrades. It just doesn't have logic to aid yum in selecting the very > >fist one (which does seem quite hard to do as a plugin). > -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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