On 08/28/2009 09:29 PM, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote: Hi Thorsten, Here's what's happening (log below). The system only has one kernel installed (kernel-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i586). This is F-11 with updates, i386, no test updates. Simply installing 'open-vm-tools' seems to bring in the PAE kernel as well. It will install 'open-vm-tools-kmod', which in turns brings in the PAE kmod, bringing the PAE kernel along... # yum -d 3 install open-vm-tools Not loading "blacklist" plugin, as it is disabled Not loading "whiteout" plugin, as it is disabled Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit Config time: 0.157 Yum Version: 3.2.23 Setting up Package Sacks pkgsack time: 0.008 rpmdb time: 0.015 Setting up Install Process Building updates object up:Obs Init time: 0.160 up:simple updates time: 0.206 up:obs time: 0.008 up:condense time: 0.000 updates time: 2.489 Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package open-vm-tools.i586 0:0.0.0.179896-1.fc11 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: open-vm-tools-kmod >= 0.0.0.179896 for package: open-vm-tools-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.i586 Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.2.i686 to require for open-vm-tools-kmod Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.7.fc11.i686.PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.2.i686 to require for open-vm-tools-kmod Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.7.fc11.i586-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.2.i586 to require for open-vm-tools-kmod Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.2.i586 to require for open-vm-tools-kmod Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.3.i686 to require for open-vm-tools-kmod Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i686.PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.3.i686 to require for open-vm-tools-kmod Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.3.i586 to require for open-vm-tools-kmod Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.8.fc11.i586-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.3.i586 to require for open-vm-tools-kmod Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i586-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5.i586 to require for open-vm-tools-kmod Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5.i586 to require for open-vm-tools-kmod Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5.i686 to require for open-vm-tools-kmod Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5.i686 to require for open-vm-tools-kmod TSINFO: Marking kmod-open-vm-tools-PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5.i686 as install for open-vm-tools-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.i586 --> Processing Dependency: libvmtools.so.0 for package: open-vm-tools-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.i586 Matched open-vm-tools-0.0.0.154848-3.fc11.i586 to require for libvmtools.so.0 Matched open-vm-tools-libs-0.0.0.172495-1.fc11.i586 to require for libvmtools.so.0 Matched open-vm-tools-libs-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.i586 to require for libvmtools.so.0 TSINFO: Marking open-vm-tools-libs-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.i586 as install for open-vm-tools-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.i586 --> Processing Dependency: libguestlib.so.0 for package: open-vm-tools-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.i586 Quick matched open-vm-tools-libs-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.i586 to require for libguestlib.so.0 --> Running transaction check ---> Package kmod-open-vm-tools-PAE.i686 0:0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE >= 0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5 for package: kmod-open-vm-tools-PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5.i686 Matched kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5.i686 to require for kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE TSINFO: Marking kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5.i686 as install for kmod-open-vm-tools-PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5.i686 ---> Package open-vm-tools-libs.i586 0:0.0.0.179896-1.fc11 set to be updated --> Running transaction check ---> Package kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE.i686 0:0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE for package: kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5.i686 Matched kernel-PAE-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686 to require for kernel-uname-r TSINFO: Marking kernel-PAE-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686 as install for kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE-0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5.i686 --> Running transaction check ---> Package kernel-PAE.i686 0:2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11 set to be installed --> Finished Dependency Resolution Depsolve time: 1.754 Dependencies Resolved ================================================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ================================================================================================ Installing: open-vm-tools i586 0.0.0.179896-1.fc11 rpmfusion-free-updates 826 k Installing for dependencies: kernel-PAE i686 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11 updates 21 M kmod-open-vm-tools-2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i686.PAE i686 0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5 rpmfusion-free-updates 111 k kmod-open-vm-tools-PAE i686 0.0.0.179896-1.fc11.5 rpmfusion-free-updates 7.1 k open-vm-tools-libs i586 0.0.0.179896-1.fc11 rpmfusion-free-updates 345 k Transaction Summary ================================================================================================ Install 5 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s)

On Sun, 2009-08-30 at 01:03 +0100, Chris Nolan wrote: I've had quite a lot of people who install my akmod package for the Poulsbo video driver report that it pulls in the PAE kernel -devel package, even though the installed and running kernel is i586. Actually it happened to me too, originally. It happens a lot for Poulsbo because all Poulsbo-based systems use the i586 kernel (the CPU can't handle the i686-PAE kernel). This is on F11. -- adamw