Can't update to kernel 2.4.18 due to ...3123

[bennie]

I just updated my whole Red Hat 7.2 system, except for the kernel updates, via Update Agent. (438MB over 56K!!) I have linux kernel 2.4.7-10. I also have NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.rh72up installed. Update Agent will not let me update to linux kernel 2.4.18:
"There was a package dependency problem.
Unresolvable chain of dependencies:
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-3123.rh72up requires kernel 2.4.7-10."

Does anybody know if nVidia is working on an update to the NVIDIA-kernel... that will allow me to update my linux kernel? Seems sort of weird that my video driver is holding back my system update. Or, is that normal and to be expected.
thanks for any input...
bennie

[Chalnoth]

Here's what I would do:

1. Uninstall the nVidia driver RPMS:

rpm -e NVIDIA_GLX
rpm -e NVIDIA_kernel

2. Download the source RPM's from nVidia

3. Update kernel

4. Install source RPM's:

rpmbuild --rebuild NVIDIA_kernel*.src.rpm
rpmbuild --rebuild NVIDIA_GLX*.src.rpm

(switch to RPM directory)
rpm -ivh NVIDIA_kernel*
rpm -ivh NVIDIA_GLX*

(Btw, I think using NVIDIA* in the rpm line also works, and should install both at the same time...assuming you don't also have other files in the directory that match NVIDIA*)

Compiling the source RPMs seems to work fine on Redhat 7.3 (which uses 2.4.18-3

[bennie]

Thanks for the reply.

I started trying your suggestion, which certainly seems like a good idea, but the problem I ran into is that once I rpm -e the NVIDIA....rpm's and reboot, I realize that I don't know how to connect back to the internet from the command line to do the linux kernel update with Update Agent. I figured, easy, just rp3 and then up2date.
I tried rp3, but it couldn't show the dialogue box to make the connection without the Nvidia drivers.
Can you help me get connected to my ISP from the command line so I can resume the update?

thanks again....

[Chalnoth]

Try running X with the vesa driver and see if that works. I think just changing:

Driver "nvidia"

to:

Driver "vesa"

..should work, in the XF86Config-4 file. If that doesn't work, well, I have no idea how to use the command line for redhat updates, sorry...there might be something on RH's site.

Update:

Oh! You might want to see if you can manually download the kernel update RPMs and see if that does it.

[Phyre]

I've tried doing a command line ftp to ftp.nvidia.com, but that doesn't seem to work. Has anyone been able to get a command line ftp working with the nvidia ftp server? Would be an easy way to download the drivers in a pinch.

Phyre

[Chalnoth]

It's download.nvidia.com

[Phyre]

Ahhh, "I see said the blind man."

Thanks,
Phyre