upgrade my kernel

dsar · 2014-10-29 21:52:06

How do I upgrade my kernel?
I have the latest stable version and I want to upgrade it to 3.18-rc2.
I tried this package
but after rebooting, uname gives me the stable version again

ewaller · 2014-10-29 22:06:56

What are the output of uname -a and pacman -Qi linux ?

jasonwryan · 2014-10-29 22:14:45

rc-2 stands for Release Candidate: Arch only packages stable releases.

If you want to install a release candidate, you'll need to find, or adapt, a PKGBUILD for it...

tomk · 2014-10-29 22:17:30

Does "I tried this package" mean you built it, installed it, and reconfigured your bootloader as required?

dsar · 2014-10-29 22:23:30

ewaller wrote:

What are the output of uname -a and pacman -Qi linux ?

Version : 3.17.1-1

dsar · 2014-10-29 22:24:01

tomk wrote:

Does "I tried this package" mean you built it, installed it, and reconfigured your bootloader as required?

I built it though yaourt

karol · 2014-10-29 22:29:20

Did you install it?

Trilby · 2014-10-29 22:30:34

*notices the conspiquously absent `uname -a` output that was asked for*

EDIT: but I see it's already over here which elaborates why you want to do this. This link would be a handy thing to put in your first post. FWIW, downgrading would probably be far easier than building your own kernel. I'm still running 3.16.4 due to other issues.

Last edited by Trilby (2014-10-29 22:31:58)

ewaller · 2014-10-29 22:53:31

dsar wrote:

ewaller wrote:
What are the output of uname -a and pacman -Qi linux ?
Version : 3.17.1-1

I somehow doubt that was the output of either command. I really wanted to see which kernel you have installed and which kernel you are actually running.

That 'output' is useless.

dsar · 2014-10-29 22:56:08

ewaller wrote:

dsar wrote:
ewaller wrote:
What are the output of uname -a and pacman -Qi linux ?
Version : 3.17.1-1
I somehow doubt that was the output of either command. I really wanted to see which kernel you have installed and which kernel you are actually running.
That 'output' is useless.

Sorry

Linux X220 3.17.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 15 15:04:35 CEST 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Name           : linux
Version        : 3.17.1-1
Description    : The Linux kernel and modules
Architecture   : x86_64
URL            : http://www.kernel.org/
Licences       : GPL2
Groups         : base
Provides       : kernel26=3.17.1
Depends On     : coreutils  linux-firmware  kmod  mkinitcpio>=0.7
Optional Deps  : crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country
Required By    : acpi_call  virtualbox-host-modules
Optional For   : None
Conflicts With : kernel26
Replaces       : kernel26
Installed Size : 73346.00 KiB
Packager       : Tobias Powalowski <tpowa@archlinux.org>
Build Date     : Wed 15 Oct 2014 16:06:43 EEST
Install Date   : Wed 29 Oct 2014 13:12:54 EET
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By   : Signature

Scimmia · 2014-10-29 23:31:48

pacman -Ql linux-mainline

Use that to figure out what the kernel image is named, then update your bootloader.

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upgrade my kernel

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