Cryptic error message when trying to install flash :(

[Flatbed]

Hello all.
I'm new to Fedora 13, although 10 years ago I fooled around a little with Red Hat 4.2 and Mandrake 7. I'm trying to install flash on my desktop. The install went as smooth as can be on my laptop, but the desktop isn't going well.
First of all, My system is an AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core in an Asus M4N78 PRO motherboard with 4 Gb of RAM, although Gnome reports it as 3.8 Gb. Video is Invidia GeForce 5500.
The Flash install goes ok until I enter the command "yum install flash-plugin nspluginwrapper.x86_64 \
nspluginwrapper.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686 \
libcurl.i686"

Once that command starts running it pops out this error message:


Error: Package: glibc-2.12-2.i686 (updates)
Requires: glibc-common = 2.12-2
Installed: glibc-common-2.12-3.x86_64 (@updates-testing)
Available: glibc-common-2.12-1.x86_64 (fedora)
Available: glibc-common-2.12-2.x86_64 (updates)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest


I've tried the work arounds suggested by the error message and they didn't work. I tried downloading the missing file and it seems to not exist.
I also tried this command:

yum downgrade glibc-common-2.12-3.x86_64

That generated this output:

Setting up Downgrade Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* fedora: mirror.hiwaay.net
* livna: rpm.livna.org
* rpmfusion-free: mirror.hiwaay.net
* rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.hiwaay.net
* rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.hiwaay.net
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.hiwaay.net
* updates: mirror.hiwaay.net
Nothing to do

That didn't fix it either.



What now?

Thanks in advance for the help
Jeff

[marko]

Originally Posted by Flatbed

Hello all.
I'm new to Fedora 13, although 10 years ago I fooled around a little with Red Hat 4.2 and Mandrake 7. I'm trying to install flash on my desktop. The install went as smooth as can be on my laptop, but the desktop isn't going well.
First of all, My system is an AMD Phenom 9950 Quad Core in an Asus M4N78 PRO motherboard with 4 Gb of RAM, although Gnome reports it as 3.8 Gb. Video is Invidia GeForce 5500.
The Flash install goes ok until I enter the command "yum install flash-plugin nspluginwrapper.x86_64 \
nspluginwrapper.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686 \
libcurl.i686"

Once that command starts running it pops out this error message:


Error: Package: glibc-2.12-2.i686 (updates)
Requires: glibc-common = 2.12-2
Installed: glibc-common-2.12-3.x86_64 (@updates-testing)
Available: glibc-common-2.12-1.x86_64 (fedora)
Available: glibc-common-2.12-2.x86_64 (updates)
You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem
You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest


I've tried the work arounds suggested by the error message and they didn't work. I tried downloading the missing file and it seems to not exist.
I also tried this command:

yum downgrade glibc-common-2.12-3.x86_64

That generated this output:

Setting up Downgrade Process
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* fedora: mirror.hiwaay.net
* livna: rpm.livna.org
* rpmfusion-free: mirror.hiwaay.net
* rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.hiwaay.net
* rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.hiwaay.net
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.hiwaay.net
* updates: mirror.hiwaay.net
Nothing to do

That didn't fix it either.



What now?

Thanks in advance for the help
Jeff

Your system is polluted with an updates-testing repository package.
Were you experimenting with some testing packages? On an new install of Fedora the
updates-testing should be off by default Try removing the
glibc-common-2.12-3.x86_64 from updates-testing, then install it again with yum
but with the updates-testing repo disabled and "updates" repository enabled.

[SiliconSlick]

It (thinks it) needs: glibc-2.12-2.i686 (updates)
You have: glibc-common-2.12-3.x86_64 (@updates-testing)

Obviously you enabled the updates-testing repo at some point to upgrade the 64-bit version and it is unhappy that you aren't enabling that repo now so it can load the matching 32-bit version.

You can try:

a) yum -y reinstall glibc # which might revert you back to the old version if nothing else needs the latest
b) yum install all-the-stuff-you-had-before --enablerepo=updates-testing # so it can find what it wants

SS

p.s. Mark0 beat me to it by 1 minute. Anyway... I need to correct b)... it should read:

b) yum install glibc.i686 --enablerepo=updates-testing # needed to make glibc happy
c) yum install all-the-stuff-you-had-before # don't enable updates-testing for this unless necessary

[Flatbed]

thanks again folks. I'll give it a try

---------- Post added at 07:24 PM CDT ---------- Previous post was at 07:19 PM CDT ----------

here was the result:


[root@mainsystem Jeff]# yum install glibc-2.12-2..i686 --enablerepo=updates-testing
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, presto, refresh-packagekit
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* fedora: mirror.hiwaay.net
* livna: rpm.livna.org
* rpmfusion-free: mirror.hiwaay.net
* rpmfusion-free-updates: mirror.hiwaay.net
* rpmfusion-nonfree: mirror.hiwaay.net
* rpmfusion-nonfree-updates: mirror.hiwaay.net
* updates: mirror.hiwaay.net
* updates-testing: mirror.hiwaay.net
Setting up Install Process
No package glibc-2.12-2..i686 available.
Nothing to do
[root@mainsystem Jeff]#



I think I'm going to just do a clean install. I don't have any real data loaded yet so it will be as quick to start over. Now that I know than the testing repos are not friendly places i'll stay out of there this time

[tommytt]

Gee, another old codger. I cut my linux teeth on RH 5.1.

Just a general recommendation, when you re-install, keep a log of any settings you change and also of any programs you add or change for a while afterwards. This gives you an opportunity to figure out where problems develop. In my case, the memory is getting a bit rusty and I don't always remember changes I made.

Tom

[Flatbed]

I don't know how I became an old codger. It doesn't seem that long since I was a smart-ass high school kid. Of course, I'm making plans for my 25th wedding anniversary now, so maybe I have achieved codgerhood )

Reinstall went well and things seem to be working. the only snag is the USB mouse stops responding from time to time. It came with an adapter to use it as a PS2 mouse. That seems to have solved the issue so far.

[SiliconSlick]

Originally Posted by Flatbed

# yum install glibc-2.12-2..i686 --enablerepo=updates-testing
[snip]
No package glibc-2.12-2..i686 available.

But for the fact that you needed -3.i686 and not -2..i686, you were close.

Hard to teach old dogs and codgers new tricks...





SS