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smitty

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Registered: 2008-01-17

Posts: 73

What is the best way to upgrade to a new kernel?

I would like to upgrade to the new kernel: kernel26-2.6.23.14-1 from the one from core (on the CD).
What is the best way to do this? Also, is there a way to find out what is new / has changed in the new kernel?
Thanks for any insights.

Gilneas

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From: Netherlands

Registered: 2006-10-22

Posts: 320

Re: What is the best way to upgrade to a new kernel?

Surely you have tried pacman -Syu?

Kernel changelogs are on kernel.org. Perhaps it's more interesting to read articles on kerneltrap.org though.

patroclo7

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From: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY

Registered: 2006-01-11

Posts: 915

Re: What is the best way to upgrade to a new kernel?

I would recommend also the human readable changelog in kernelnewbies.org

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smitty

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Registered: 2008-01-17

Posts: 73

Re: What is the best way to upgrade to a new kernel?

Surely you have tried pacman -Syu?

Kernel changelogs are on kernel.org. Perhaps it's more interesting to read articles on kerneltrap.org though.

I have had a kernel panic one time I upgraded a kernel. I had to walk back step-by-step to backtrack what I did.
I basically uninstalled the nv kernel driver for xorg and installed the proprietary drivers from their website (which I shouldn't have uninstalled nv drivers, but nonetheless I learned from it). But, somehow I think one of the packages I installed automatically upgraded to the lastest kernel. When I reverted to the properietary drivers it somehow uninstalled the latest kernel. The key thing I learned was "install the right drivers the first time!" But, yes, I know about "Pacman -Syu" in general, but didn't know that was the appropriate way to do it. It's just my two cents.

Last edited by smitty (2008-02-05 12:28:48)