On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 10:02 -0400, Dan wrote:
Gerry Tool wrote:
> Yesterday I did a yum update on my laptop. A new kernel, 2122, and many
> other packages installed, but madwifi from livna would not install due
> to a dependency on madwifi-kmod-common. The new kernel and the
> installed madwifi do not work together. I can get madwifi to work if I
> boot to the previous kernel 2096.
>
> The missing dependency for madwifi and kmod-madwifi is
> madwifi-kmod-common = 0.0.0.20060317 is not available.
>
> Anyone know how to fix this? Thanks.
>
> Gerry
>
>
>
I would suspect this is because madwifi-kmod-common currently does not
exist in livna. Probably a mistake by livna, either adding this
dependency or forgetting to upload madwifi-kmod-common with the update.
The old kernel's kmod-madwifi is designed for the old kernel, and won't
work with any other kernel. So you need the new one for a new kernel;
the same madwifi should work for both (as long as both kmod-madwifis
will work with the same version). Yum does not currently handle these
kmods correctly (e.g. it updates it so that the one for the old kernel
isn't there anymore, when it should be retained); you can try
yum-fedorakmod in Extras, the attempt at correcting this.
-Dan
ummm, no.
There is a dependency "conflict", not a "missing" dependency.
When they packaged up the madwifi driver for the 2122, they took a new
snapshot from the madwifi project, dated 20060520.
Now kmod-madwifi depends on madwifi (which is what provides
madwifi-kmod-common). While kmod-madwifi is unique for each kernel,
madwifi is a one version at a time component. So, in order to upgrade
to the "later 20060520" version of madwifi, it needs to replace the
"older 20060317" version. But, it can't because the working
kmod-madwifi package from his earlier kernel depends on that "older
version".
The real problem is a bit of a catch-22. How to remove the old packages
to allow the new packages to install while potentially disconnecting
yourself from the network.
For me, I connected to the network using my Ethernet adapter, and did
the following:
yum remove \*madwifi\*
yum install kmod-madwifi-0.0.0.20060520-6.2.6.16_1.2122_FC5
This worked for me, YMMV....
Of course, I now no longer have wireless on my old kernels.....
--Rob