Re: akmod question
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