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gertjanzwartjes

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Pacman kernel version different from abs tree

I've started using Arch Linux since last week, switching from Ubuntu, and I must say, I'm impressed. I've been using Gentoo on another system for a while, and I wanted the power of Gentoo, without the compiling, which actually is what Arch is providing.

I've installed a i686 system, but I have 8Gb of memory so I've compiled my own kernel with HIGHMEM64G=yes.

When I updated my system today, I got a new kernel package from pacman: 3.1.3-1.

But when I rebuild my kernel using abs, I get 3.1.2-1.

Shouldn't these versions be the same? I've tried different mirrors to sync my abs tree, to no effect. Am I missing something?

bangkok_manouel

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Re: Pacman kernel version different from abs tree

IIRC, ABS syncs once a day only.

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Re: Pacman kernel version different from abs tree

ABS can lag a bit behind sometimes. You refreshed it before you started building?

Totally unwarranted, but I'll ask anyway: why not use a 64 bit Arch kernel, or go 64 bit all the way? 64 bit Arch works very smoothly.

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gertjanzwartjes

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Re: Pacman kernel version different from abs tree

Ok, thanks, then I know what's going on.

How can I use a 64bit kernel with a i686 install? That might be easier than recompiling my kernel each time. What about nvidia module and virtual box modules? I had to recompile these myself as well after I compiled my own kernel.

Sure, if I had to reinstall, I'd go 64bit all the way; though I now have my system full up and running and configured so I'm not really looking forward reinstalling right now. I chose i686 not for a particular reason, I just assumed there would be a pae enabled kernel, but unfortunately there isn't one in the official repositories.

bangkok_manouel

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Re: Pacman kernel version different from abs tree

just install a stock 64bit kernel, keep the 32bit nvidia-utils and install the 64bit nvidia kernel module. no idea about virtualbox, never used it but that should be pretty similar.

gertjanzwartjes

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Re: Pacman kernel version different from abs tree

So you're saying that I can just take a kernel from the x86_64 repo? Can I do that easily using pacman, directly from the 64bit repos?

bangkok_manouel

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Re: Pacman kernel version different from abs tree

well, you can use pacman to install it of course, but you'd have to download it manually. you could also setup some kind of [kernel] local repo to make it totally transparent but given the frequency of kernel releases, installing with -U is not really a lot of work.

gertjanzwartjes

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Re: Pacman kernel version different from abs tree

Ok, thanks for the info; makes sense. I just wanted to make sure that there isn't another Arch way to do it then to just download the 64bit version and install that with pacman -U.

Thanks for quick responses and clarifications!

Awebb

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Re: Pacman kernel version different from abs tree

All you need for a fresh Arch is a list of manually and/or explicitly installed packages, a tarball of /etc and your home folder on a different partition.

gertjanzwartjes

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Re: Pacman kernel version different from abs tree

That's true... Actually I already have /home on a different partition and I also already found that 'pacman -Qqet' gives exactly the list to reinstall, so maybe I'll do that in the future, but for now I'm going to complete some work first ;-).