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xor

Member

From: Sweden

Registered: 2003-03-20

Posts: 73

uname -r doesn't reflect new netinstall iso install (kernel mismatch)

Hi,

don't know if anyone already mentioned it but I did a new installation on a new disk yesterday and after everything has been installed and system rebooted, 'uname -r' and installed version of linux (kernel) package does not match.
Modules aren't loaded at boot due to this.

Solving this is just about to create a symlink that 'uname -r' is supposed to be pointing to.
In my case:
ln -s /lib/modules/3.4.4-3-ARCH/  /lib/modules/3.4.4-2-ARCH

Problem causing this is that uname -r and pacman -Qi linux differ in versions.

Have a nice day.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: uname -r doesn't reflect new netinstall iso install (kernel mismatch)

http://www.archlinux.org/news/the-lib-d … a-symlink/ ?

xor

Member

From: Sweden

Registered: 2003-03-20

Posts: 73

Re: uname -r doesn't reflect new netinstall iso install (kernel mismatch)

Hi karol,
as it wasn't an update jus a new installation your solution doesn't help actually.
Did not notice it until after first reboot and as it couldn't find any modules to load an "pacman -Syu" is not an option (try to run it withot network connection and see for yourself), kind of moment 22.

/xor

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: uname -r doesn't reflect new netinstall iso install (kernel mismatch)

I wanted to point out that your modules are still in /lib and not in /usr/lib.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/De … iki:usrlib