[CentOS-devel] KVM-66 packages in testing

Wed May 7 16:36:58 UTC 2008
Farkas Levente <lfarkas at bppiac.hu>

Akemi Yagi wrote:
> On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Farkas Levente <lfarkas at bppiac.hu> wrote:
>> there is something wrong with the current packages in the testing repo:
>>  -----------------------------------------------------
>>  # yum install --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c5-testing kvm kmod-kvm
>>  Loading "installonlyn" plugin
>>  Loading "downloadonly" plugin
>>  Loading "priorities" plugin
>>  Setting up Install Process
>>  Setting up repositories
>>  Reading repository metadata in from local files
>>  0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections
>>  Parsing package install arguments
>>  Resolving Dependencies
>>  --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
>>  ---> Package kvm.x86_64 0:66-1 set to be updated
>>  ---> Package kmod-kvm.x86_64 0:66-1.2.6.18_53.1.14.el5 set to be installed
>>  ---> Package kmod-kvm.x86_64 0:44-1.2.6.18_8.1.14.el5 set to be installed
>>  --> Running transaction check
>>  --> Processing Dependency: kernel-x86_64 = 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 for package:
>> kmod-kvm
>>  --> Finished Dependency Resolution
>>  Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-x86_64 = 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 is needed by
>> package kmod-kvm
>>  -----------------------------------------------------
>>  you see the kernel version 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
>>                                  ^^^
>>  and don't know why yum try to install kvm-44 too?
> 
> Hmmm... I just tried the same command on a CentOS-5 x86_64 machine
> running the 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 kernel.  It worked just fine.
> 
> # yum install --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=c5-testing kvm kmod-kvm
> (snip)
> Resolving Dependencies
> --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
> ---> Package kvm.x86_64 0:66-1 set to be updated
> ---> Package kmod-kvm.x86_64 0:66-1.2.6.18_53.1.14.el5 set to be installed
> --> Running transaction check
> 
> Dependencies Resolved
> 
> =============================================================================
>  Package                 Arch       Version          Repository        Size
> =============================================================================
> Installing:
>  kmod-kvm                x86_64     66-1.2.6.18_53.1.14.el5
> c5-testing        701 k
>  kvm                     x86_64     66-1             c5-testing        1.0 M
> 
> Transaction Summary
> =============================================================================
> Install      2 Package(s)
> Update       0 Package(s)
> Remove       0 Package(s)

after remove the previous version then it's works otherwise not.
unfortunately the bigger problem kvm-66 is not working for us. the 
latest usable version was 62 (so we witch back to 62). our setup:
- host:
   - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600  @ 2.40GHz
   - Intel S3000AHV
   - 8GB RAM
   - CentOS-5.1
   - kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 x86_64 64bit
- guest-1:
   - CentOS-5.1
   - kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 i386 32bit
- guest-2:
   - CentOS-5.1
   - kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 x86_64 64bit
- guest-3:
   - Mandrake-9
   - kernel-2.4.19.16mdk-1-1mdk 32bit
- guest-4:
   - Mandrake-10
   - kernel-2.6.14.2-p4-smp 32bit
- guest-5:
   - Windows XP Professional 32bit
mandrake 9, 10 and winxp run but neither centos-5.1 i386 nor x86_64 are 
  boot:-( i386 give a kernel panic x86_64 simple hang during boot.

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