Hey Ed. Thanks for the reply.
For grins, I placed the exclude line in the elrepo file for the yum update [elrepo] name=ELRepo.org Community Enterprise Linux Repository - el6 baseurl=http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el6/$basearch/ http://mirrors.coreix.net/elrepo/elrepo/el6/$basearch/ http://jur-linux.org/download/elrepo/elrepo/el6/$basearch/ http://repos.lax-noc.com/elrepo/elrepo/el6/$basearch/ http://mirror.ventraip.net.au/elrepo/elrepo/el6/$basearch/ mirrorlist=http://mirrors.elrepo.org/mirrors-elrepo.el6 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.org protect=0 #trying to update... getting an error.. will this work jul 5/16?? exclude=kernel-firmware <<<<< didn't see any change in the error the 'yum update' generated I've got feelers out to the elrepo people via irc.. thanks! --and of course, still researching to see how to resolve this.. On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote: > > > On 07/04/16 20:40, bruce wrote: > > Happy 4th guys.. > > > > I have a centos 6.5 box with a yum update error. (I know, this is fed, > but thought maybe > > I could get pointers here on this!) > > > > The laptop runs kernel for elrepo, to be able to use the builtin wifi. > > > > The update process, was the same as usual, as root, run "yum update" > never had an issue > > prior to this. > > > > The error is: > > Total 90 kB/s | 756 MB > 144:00 > > Running rpm_check_debug > > Running Transaction Test > > > > > > Transaction Check Error: > > file /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfw.bin from install of > > kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.1.1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from > package > > rtlwifi-firmware-20131223git-1.el6.elrepo.noarch > > file /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192cfwU_B.bin from install of > > kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.1.1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from > package > > rtlwifi-firmware-20131223git-1.el6.elrepo.noarch > > file /lib/firmware/rtlwifi/rtl8192defw.bin from install of > > kernel-firmware-2.6.32-642.1.1.el6.noarch conflicts with file from > package > > rtlwifi-firmware-20131223git-1.el6.elrepo.noarch > > > > Error Summary > > ------------- > > > > so my question.. how/what do I need to do to resolve the error, and > still perfom the > > updates and not screw up the wifi. > > > > By the way, in the event the wifi does screw up, I've got old spare usb > wifi dongles, > > but I'd prefer to be able to use the onbard wifi. The laptop is a > toshiba satellite > > > > Thanks for any pointers > > I think you have rtlwifi-firmware-20131223git-1.el6.elrepo.noarch > installed, correct? > > If that is the case you could try excluding kernel-firmware in the el6 > repo, which I > assume is the CentOS repo? > > Barring that, you can ask on the elrepo mailing lists as it seems their > stuff is causing > you grief and they should have the knowledge to assist. > > > -- > You're Welcome Zachary Quinto > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org >
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