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I just upgraded from Mageia 2 to Mageia 3.
After a lot of trouble during the upgrade I finaly could start the computer and loged in.
Then I update packade (with mcc) that hasn't been upgraded to the latest package.
During that update I get the message:

You can't updat to
- kernel-desktop-latest-3.8.13.4-1.mga3.x86_64<br />
- vboxadditions-kernel-desktop-latest-4.2.16-1.mga3.x86_64<br />
- virtualbox-kernel-desktop-latest-4.2.16-1.mga3.x86_64<br />

When running uname -a I get the following message:
Linux Humlan 3.4.52-desktop-1.mga2 #1 SMP Thu Jul 4 07:23:54 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

The question:
What to do to get the new kernel?

Usually you would be told why a package cannot be installed/updated.

Try in a root terminal:

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urpmi --auto-update

You should not have vboxadditions and virtualbox installed in the same system. The additions package should only be installed in Mageia when it is running as a vbox guest. The virtualbox package is installed in Mageia when it is the host system.

Jim

This is the result:

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[root@Humlan jan]# urpmi --auto-update
mediat "Core Updates (distrib1)" is updated
mediat "Nonfree Updates (distrib2)" is updated
mediat "Tainted Updates (distrib3)" is updated
mediat "Core 32bit Updates (distrib4)" is updated
mediat "Nonfree 32bit Updates (distrib5)" is updated
mediat "Tainted 32bit Updates (distrib6)" is updated
One asked package can't be installed:
kernel-desktop-3.8.13.4-1.mga3-1-1.mga3.x86_64 (because of insufficient dracut[>= 025-8])
Continue installation? (J/n) J
While some packages may have been installed, there were failures.
Ett begärt paket kan inte installeras:
kernel-desktop-3.8.13.4-1.mga3-1-1.mga3.x86_64 (because of  insufficient dracut[>= 025-8])
Continue installation ?


Do you have the release media activated? You seem to have just the updates media.

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urpmq --list-media active

will list the active media

You need a "full set of sources".
https://doc.mageia.org/mcc/3/en/content ... media.html

Jim

That solved the problem, I needed to get all the right repositories activated in MCC.
Then I could install the dracut, kernel and a few other packages.
Thanks.