kernel firmware update problem

[Grimble]

During a dnf update run, I received the following message (sorry about
the long lines)
- package kernel-firmware-20231111-1.mga9.noarch from updates-x86_64
conflicts with kernel-firmware-nonfree < 20231111-1 provided by
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20230814-1.mga9.nonfree.noarch from @System
- cannot install the best update candidate for package
kernel-firmware-20230625-1.mga9.noarch
- problem with installed package
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20230814-1.mga9.nonfree.noarch

Can someone help me to resolve t
This please?
Thanx

[Jim]

Post by Grimble
During a dnf update run, I received the following message (sorry about
the long lines)
- package kernel-firmware-20231111-1.mga9.noarch from updates-x86_64
conflicts with kernel-firmware-nonfree < 20231111-1 provided by
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20230814-1.
- cannot install the best update candidate for package
kernel-firmware-20230625-1.mga9.noarch
- problem with installed package
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20230814-1.mga9.nonfree.noarch
Can someone help me to resolve t
This please?
Thanx

I know nothing of dnf, but it looks to me like your sig of
6.4.9-desktop-4.mga9 kernel Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64
and your error message above on a conflict with mga9.nonfree.noarch
suggests you may have updated from the wrong repositories.

x86_64 vs noarch repositories.

Try ls -l /etc/urpmi/mediacfg.d and see what turns up.

Cheers!

jim

[David W. Hodgins]

Post by Jim

Post by Grimble
During a dnf update run, I received the following message (sorry about
the long lines)
- package kernel-firmware-20231111-1.mga9.noarch from updates-x86_64
conflicts with kernel-firmware-nonfree < 20231111-1 provided by
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20230814-1.
- cannot install the best update candidate for package
kernel-firmware-20230625-1.mga9.noarch
- problem with installed package
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20230814-1.mga9.nonfree.noarch
Can someone help me to resolve t
This please?
Thanx

I know nothing of dnf, but it looks to me like your sig of
6.4.9-desktop-4.mga9 kernel Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64
and your error message above on a conflict with mga9.nonfree.noarch
suggests you may have updated from the wrong repositories.
x86_64 vs noarch repositories.
Try ls -l /etc/urpmi/mediacfg.d and see what turns up.

The noarch packages are identical in the x86_64, i586, and aarch64 repos.
They only get built once, and then get copied to the other repos.

The two current firmware packages are
kernel-firmware-20231111-1.mga9
kernel-firmware-nonfree-20231111-1.mga9.nonfree

It looks to me like the nonfree repo was previously enabled, but isn't now.

Uninstall the kernel-firmware-nonfree package and after making sure the nonfree
release and nonfree updates repos are both enabled, install kernel-firmware-nonfree
again.

Regards, Dave Hodgins