64 bit Fedora 8 does NOT upgrade (yum upgrade error)

[ichudov]

This says it all. 64 bit AMD Acer laptop running Fedora 8. I seem to be unable to update.

besm6:root:~ ###yum clean all; yupdate
Cleaning up Everything
livna 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 111 kB 00:00
fedora 100% |=========================| 2.1 kB 00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 5.8 MB 02:08
http://mirrors.usc.edu/pub/linux/dis...ta/repomd.xml: [Errno 12] Timeout: <urlopen error timed out>
Trying other mirror.
updates 100% |=========================| 2.3 kB 00:00
primary.sqlite.bz2 100% |=========================| 221 kB 00:00
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package acl.x86_64 0:2.2.39-12.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package libacl-devel.i386 0:2.2.39-12.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package kernel-devel.x86_64 0:2.6.23.1-49.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.23.1-49.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package kmod-madwifi.x86_64 0:0.9.3.3-10.lvn8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: kmod-madwifi-2.6.23.1-49.fc8 for package: kmod-madwifi
---> Package mono-winforms.x86_64 0:1.2.5.1-3.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package openldap.x86_64 0:2.3.39-1.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package openldap-devel.i386 0:2.3.39-1.fc8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-x86_64 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 for package: kmod-nvidia-96xx-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-x86_64 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 for package: kmod-madwifi-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
---> Package openldap-devel.x86_64 0:2.3.39-1.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package selinux-policy.noarch 0:3.0.8-47.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package kernel-headers.x86_64 0:2.6.23.1-49.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package mono-data-sqlite.x86_64 0:1.2.5.1-3.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package openldap.i386 0:2.3.39-1.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package selinux-policy-targeted.noarch 0:3.0.8-47.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package mono-web.x86_64 0:1.2.5.1-3.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package libacl.i386 0:2.2.39-12.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package libacl-devel.x86_64 0:2.2.39-12.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package mono-data.x86_64 0:1.2.5.1-3.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package libacl.x86_64 0:2.2.39-12.fc8 set to be updated
---> Package mono-core.x86_64 0:1.2.5.1-3.fc8 set to be updated
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kmod-madwifi-2.6.23.1-49.fc8.x86_64 0:0.9.3.3-10.lvn8 set to be updated
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-x86_64 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 for package: kmod-nvidia-96xx-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-x86_64 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 for package: kmod-madwifi-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-x86_64 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 is needed by package kmod-nvidia-96xx-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-x86_64 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 is needed by package kmod-madwifi-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
besm6:root:~ ###
besm6:root:~ ###

Any ideas

Originally Posted by ichudov

This says it all. 64 bit AMD Acer laptop running Fedora 8. I seem to be unable to update.

---> Package kernel.x86_64 0:2.6.23.1-49.fc8 set to be updated

Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-x86_64 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 is needed by package kmod-nvidia-96xx-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-x86_64 = 2.6.23.1-42.fc8 is needed by package kmod-madwifi-2.6.23.1-42.fc8
besm6:root:~ ###
besm6:root:~ ###

Any ideas

Reading the output would give you a clue, as well as searching the forum.

This comes up quite a lot when a new kernel is released but Livna has not released a new version of the nvidia driver you really ought to give them a little time to get it released!

Edit: Until it's updated try:

yum update --exclude=kernel*

Wayne