[OpenAFS] kmod rpm problem

Marc Dionne marc.dionne@technoconseil.com
Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:31:10 -0500


Jim Green wrote:
> So it seems, although uname -a led me to believe my kernel matched up with
> the OpenAFS rpms.  I don't recall explicitly specifying i586 anywhere in the
> Fedora install or upadate process.
> 
> I wonder what my best option is -- try to change kernels, or try to build
> OpenAFS from source? Or will there be an i586 rpm at some point?

This was a bug in the FC6 installer (anaconda) - I got bit by it at the 
time.  You really want to replace the kernel with the i686 version or 
you'll have trouble building or installing other kernel modules besides 
AFS (nvidia, etc.).

See: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/FC6Common

Marc