[CentOS] moderate rant un updates

[Ned Slider]

On 14/03/13 16:34, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
> Ned Slider wrote:
>> On 14/03/13 15:01, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>>> Johnny Hughes wrote:
>>>> On 03/14/2013 09:17 AM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>>>>> So, another admin I work with rolled out most (but not kernel) updates
>>>>> to 6.4... but including xorg. I log out the end of the day, and I'm
>>> hosed - no X.
>>> <snip>
>>>>> I try to upgrade kmod-nvidia from elrepo. Anyone got any good
>>>>> explanations as to why they'd put kmod-nvidia-310.40 in the repo, with
>>>>> the previous version not obvious... AND NOT HAVE THE *REQUIRED*
>>>>> nvidia-x11-drv-310.40 in there? Why not wait until both pieces could be
>>>>> uploaded, since kmod-nividia WILL NOT INSTALL without the other...?
>   <snip>
>> We (elrepo) didn't. Both components were pushed together, I can assure
>> you. Both packages were signed and pushed on 9th March, some 5 days ago.
>>
>> Can you please provide evidence to support your claims. Please provide a
>> link to the mirror with the missing file then we can investigate and fix
>> IF there is indeed an issue.
>
> yum install kmod-nvidia nvidia-x11-drv  --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=elrepo
> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, ps, security
> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
>   * elrepo: mirror.symnds.com
> Setting up Install Process
> No package nvidia-x11-drv available.
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Running transaction check
> ---> Package kmod-nvidia.x86_64 0:310.40-1.el6.elrepo will be installed
> --> Processing Dependency: nvidia-x11-drv = 310.40 for package:
> kmod-nvidia-310.40-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution
> Error: Package: kmod-nvidia-310.40-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64 (elrepo)
>             Requires: nvidia-x11-drv = 310.40
>   You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
>   You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest
>

The package is there on that mirror:

http://mirror.symnds.com/distributions/elrepo/elrepo/el6/x86_64/RPMS/nvidia-x11-drv-310.40-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64.rpm

which means the issue is your end.

Please show your /etc/yum.repos.d/elrepo.repo