Arch Linux

Nilab

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Registered: 2024-01-25

Posts: 5

Kernel modules are in wrong kernel at /usr/lib/modules

The kernel modules aren't necessarily in the "wrong spot", but I'm using the wrong kernel. My Ethernet kernel modules, e1000e, as well as many others are located at

 /usr/lib/modules/6.8.4-arch1-1 

But uname -r outputs:

 6.8.2-arch1-1 

Also, there are three directories in /usr/lib/modules, being:

 6.8.2-arch1-1 6.8.2-arch2-1 6.8.4-arch1-1 

mkinitcpio -P doesn't change anything, as well as re-installing linux using both pacman and pacstrap in the archiso.

I am using both the core, extra, and core-testing, and extra-testing repositories, could this be the problem?
How can I make arch use the right kernel, and also not cause this error again?

skunktrader

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From: Brisbane, Australia

Registered: 2010-02-14

Posts: 1,543

Re: Kernel modules are in wrong kernel at /usr/lib/modules

You're obviously booting the wrong kernel. Check your bootloader config. Is your /boot partition mounted in the right place when you re-install / run mkinitcio?

Nilab

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Registered: 2024-01-25

Posts: 5

Re: Kernel modules are in wrong kernel at /usr/lib/modules

You're obviously booting the wrong kernel. Check your bootloader config. Is your /boot partition mounted in the right place when you re-install / run mkinitcio?

Thank you so much, all I had to do was regenerate my grub config. Seems so simple, not sure how I didn’t realise this earlier

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,757

Re: Kernel modules are in wrong kernel at /usr/lib/modules

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

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