I am having exactly the same problem. I cannot install a number
of packages as they all depend on hal. Can anyone kindly provide
guidance for solving this issue? Thank you.
#cat /proc/sys/kernel/virt_osrelease
2.6.18-ovz028stab053.5-smp
# uname -r
2.6.18-ovz028stab053.5-smp
# rpm -qa | grep kernel
kernel-headers-2.6.23.17-88.fc7
# rpm -q hal
package hal is not installed
# yum install hal
[...]
Error: hal conflicts with kernel < 2.6.17
# rpm -q --whatprovides kernel
dummy-fedora-core-4-1.0-4.swsoft
rpm -e dummy-fedora-core-4-1.0-4.swsoft
error: Failed dependencies:
ethtool >= 1.8-2 is needed by (installed) initscripts-8.54.1-1.i386
mingetty is needed by (installed) initscripts-8.54.1-1.i386
module-init-tools is needed by (installed) initscripts-8.54.1-1.i386
# yum install ethtool mingetty module-init-tools
[...]
Finished Transaction Test
Transaction Check Error:
/sbin/insmod conflicts with file from dummy-fedora-core-4-1.0-4.swsoft
/sbin/insmod.static conflicts with file from dummy-fedora-core-4-1.0-4.swsoft
/sbin/lsmod conflicts with file from dummy-fedora-core-4-1.0-4.swsoft
/sbin/modprobe conflicts with file from dummy-fedora-core-4-1.0-4.swsoft
# rpm -q --provides dummy-fedora-core-4-1.0-4.swsoft
ethtool
kernel = 2.6.15
kernel-drm = 4.3.0
kernel-utils
mingetty
module-init-tools = 3.1
modutils = 3.1
dummy-fedora-core-4 = 1.0-4.swsoft