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n1x4

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From: Chernobyl

Registered: 2012-02-17

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Custom-kernel via desktop -> Laptop

Evening ladies and gents. Got a question for you Archers. I tried to compile a custom kernel on my laptop and of course the dang thing over-heats and shuts down. Now I can compile and install kernels side-by-side on my desktops without any problems. I have read a few articles about others doing this but am still somewhat concerned over the matter. Is it actually possible to compile the kernel on my desktop with nconfig tailored to my laptops needs and have a successful installation just by copying the custom_kernel-**.pkg.tar.xz file to my laptop and running pacman?

Thanks.

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n1x4

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From: Chernobyl

Registered: 2012-02-17

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Re: Custom-kernel via desktop -> Laptop

I went ahead and lowered my cpufreq from 2.8Ghz to 1.04Ghz on the laptop and started compiling.

Still would like to know though if it is as at all possible to do the above forementioned.

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Gcool

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Registered: 2011-08-16

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Re: Custom-kernel via desktop -> Laptop

That should be perfectly possible. Just compile in all the needed support and install it on your laptop with pacman -U.

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tomk

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Re: Custom-kernel via desktop -> Laptop

Of course it's possible. The Arch kernel package is not compiled on your laptop, but it still works fine.

stqn

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Re: Custom-kernel via desktop -> Laptop

Slightly off-topic but if your laptop overheats when you use it (and it's out of warranty), you could try to undervolt your processor with PHC... (phc-intel or phc-k8)

n1x4

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From: Chernobyl

Registered: 2012-02-17

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Re: Custom-kernel via desktop -> Laptop

Thanks guys. That makes complete sense.

@stqn
Thanks for the idea, thing is though, it only overheats when I try to compile a kernel (actually the first time it has ever over-heated). cpufreq did the trick. I will deffinitley have a look at PHC, sounds interesting.

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