Description of problem: Updated from Fedora 15 to Fedora 17 without error a month ago. Have done updates since then, but recently, the udpate has failed with the following message: ERROR with transaction check vs depsolve: kernel-uname-r = 2.6.43.2-6.fc15.i686.PAE is needed by kmod-nvidia-2.6.43.2-6.fc15.i686.PAE-1:280.13-4.fc15.3.i686 kernel-uname-r = 2.6.43.5-2.fc15.i686.PAE is needed by kmod-nvidia-2.6.43.5-2.fc15.i686.PAE-1:280.13-4.fc15.5.i686 kernel-uname-r = 2.6.43.8-1.fc15.i686.PAE is needed by kmod-nvidia-2.6.43.8-1.fc15.i686.PAE-1:280.13-4.fc15.6.i686 kernel-uname-r = 2.6.43.2-6.fc15.i686.PAE is needed by kmod-nvidia-2.6.43.2-6.fc15.i686.PAE-1:280.13-4.fc15.3.i686 kernel-uname-r = 2.6.43.5-2.fc15.i686.PAE is needed by kmod-nvidia-2.6.43.5-2.fc15.i686.PAE-1:280.13-4.fc15.5.i686 kernel-uname-r = 2.6.43.8-1.fc15.i686.PAE is needed by kmod-nvidia-2.6.43.8-1.fc15.i686.PAE-1:280.13-4.fc15.6.i686 Please report this error at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?product=Fedora&version=rawhide&component=yum Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Looks like version 15, but I have 17 installed. How reproducible: Every time I attempt to update. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Software Update application 2. Leave everything checked (127 updates selected). 3. Click Install Updates Actual results: Gets list, resolves dependencies, downloads packages, tests changes -> dialog appears with error message above. Expected results: Expect all updates to succeed. Additional info: None.
Look like a problem with old nvidia kernel module, where the kernel is no longer installed. do a rpm -qa kmod-nvidia* and remove the F15 ones with rpm -e <full kmod package name>
Thanks. That looks like it solved the problem. Any idea why the F15 ones were not removed when I upgraded to F17?