[CentOS] yum update - missing dependencies

Wed Apr 13 04:22:36 UTC 2011
Dvorkin, Asya <dvorkias at umdnj.edu>

Hi everyone,

I just upgraded to 5.6 and keep on getting the following error message:

[root at rwjafs1 ~]# yum update
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.mirror.nac.net
 * extras: mirror.batblue.com
 * updates: mirror.atlanticmetro.net
Setting up Update Process
Resolving Dependencies
--> Running transaction check
---> Package kmod-openafs.i686 0:1.4.12-1.1.2.6.18_194.26.1.el5 set to be installed
--> Processing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 for package: kmod-openafs
--> Finished Dependency Resolution
kmod-openafs-1.4.12-1.1.2.6.18_194.26.1.el5.i686 from openafs has depsolving problems
  --> Missing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 is needed by package kmod-openafs-1.4.12-1.1.2.6.18_194.26.1.el5.i686 (openafs)
Error: Missing Dependency: kernel-i686 = 2.6.18-194.26.1.el5 is needed by package kmod-openafs-1.4.12-1.1.2.6.18_194.26.1.el5.i686 (openafs)
 You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
 You could try running: package-cleanup --problems
                        package-cleanup --dupes
                        rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest

[root at rwjafs1 ~]# package-cleanup --problems
Setting up yum
Reading local RPM database
Processing all local requires
No problems found
[root at rwjafs1 ~]# uname -r
2.6.18-238.5.1.el5
[root at rwjafs1 ~]# more /etc/redhat-release 
CentOS release 5.6 (Final)


A bit of history....  Last time yum update was done on that box,  due to Hyper V issues, kernel crashed.  I now know how to fix it, but back then we just went to a previous kernel version (modified grub.conf), which I believe now causes my current problems.

This box's main responsibility has to do with afs, so installing afs related package is kind of important..

Thank you!
Asya