[PlanetCCRMA] Fedora 5 Kernel Installation Nightmare

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano nando@ccrma.Stanford.EDU
Fri Jun 16 17:54:01 2006


On Fri, 2006-06-16 at 01:21 -0400, William Neal wrote:
> I too have had trouble installing the ccrma kernel on FC5
> 
> I get the following message upon executing 'yum install
> planetccrma-core':
> 
> Transaction Check Error:   package kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 (which is
> newer than kernel-2.6.16-1.2080.13.rdt.rhfc5.ccrma) is already
> installed
> 
> Even so, I have adjusted yum settings as indicated on the site:

They seem to be fine, the only difference I have in my setup is that the
metadata_expire timeout is 60 instead of 1800 (I need that when I'm
testing things to be able to reread the metadata from the server
repeatedly - otherwise I don't "see" changes in the server I just made
unless 1800 seconds have passed since the last sync with the server). 

I'm puzzled, I can't seem to reproduce the problem here. I erased the
last fedora kernel and the planetccrma-core-edge components (in my case
the 2111 fedora kernel and alsa-driver, planetccrma-core-edge and the
kernel and kernel-module-alsa version 13.rrt). Then installed
planetccrma-core-edge and it did not complain (ie: 2111 was available
but not installed). Then I erased the stuff again and installed 2111,
and then installed planetccrma-core-edge without complains. I don't
understand what's going on...

-- Fernando

PS: this is the configuration I'm using:
----
[main]
cachedir=/var/cache/yum
keepcache=0
debuglevel=2
logfile=/var/log/yum.log
# pkgpolicy=newest
distroverpkg=redhat-release
tolerant=1
exactarch=1
obsoletes=1
gpgcheck=1
plugins=1
# metadata_expire=1800
metadata_expire=60

# PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
# in /etc/yum.repos.d
----

> - Installonlyn - disabled with a 0)
> -Yum.conf:
> # This is the fedorafaq.org yum.conf for Fedora Core 5.
> #
> # Note that you also need the rest of the configuration
> # as described at http://www.fedorafaq.org/#yumconf
> [main] 
> cachedir=/var/cache/yum
> keepcache=0
> debuglevel=2
> logfile=/var/log/yum.log
> distroverpkg=redhat-release
> tolerant=1
> exactarch=1
> obsoletes=1
> # Don't check keys for localinstall
> gpgcheck=0
> plugins=1 
> metadata_expire=1800
> # Changed this because some mirrors go down and then
> # re-trying takes forever.
> timeout=7
> 
> 
> # PUT YOUR REPOS HERE OR IN separate files named file.repo
> # in /etc/yum.repos.d
> 
> 
> Any assistance would be greatly appreciated...