akmod question

[Thorsten Leemhuis]

On 26.05.2009 10:40, Denis Leroy wrote:
> So, trying to install the akmod version of open-vm-tools on current F-10 
> yields the following error:
> 
> 
> $ sudo yum -y install akmod-open-vm-tools
> [...]
> --> Processing Dependency: open-vm-tools-kmod-common >= 0.0.0.123053 for 
> package: akmod-open-vm-tools-0.0.0.123053-1.fc10.5.i686
> [...]
> Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686 
> is needed by package 
> kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10.i686-0.0.0.142982-1.fc10.3.i686 
> (rpmfusion-free-updates)
> 
> 
> It appears the akmod package requires a kernel-specific component. 
> Doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of using akmod in the first place ?

Similar problem here on a first sight, but it looks like this is a
problem specific to akmod-open-vm-tools. It works as expected for Nvidia:

$ sudo yum install akmod-nvidia
[...]
Dependencies Resolved
=========================================================================
 Package       Arch    Version          Repository                  Size
=========================================================================
Installing:
 akmod-nvidia  x86_64  180.51-1.fc10.1  rpmfusion-nonfree-updates  4.9 M
Installing for dependencies:
 akmods        noarch  0.3.3-2.fc10     rpmfusion-free              14 k
 kernel-devel  x86_64  2.6.27.21-170.2.56.fc10
                                        updates                    5.5 M
 kmodtool      noarch  1-15.fc10        rpmfusion-free-updates      11 k
 livna-config-display
               noarch  0.0.22-1.fc10    rpmfusion-nonfree           65 k
 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia
               x86_64  180.51-1.fc10    rpmfusion-nonfree-updates  3.2 M
 xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-libs
               x86_64  180.51-1.fc10    rpmfusion-nonfree-updates  7.4 M

Will take a closer look at the problem tonight and report back.

CU
knurd