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Zhme

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Registered: 2017-06-11

Posts: 80

[Solved]Uname and pacman -Q different after update

After updating internet no longer works.

uname -a 
5.0.7...

pacman -Q Linux
5.1.6...

I'm not sure how to correct this, the only fix I've had is to update and then roll back the Linux version... Which doesn't make me comfortable.

Last edited by Zhme (2019-06-03 20:41:02)

ChaManO

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From: Pozuelo de Alarcón

Registered: 2015-09-22

Posts: 29

Re: [Solved]Uname and pacman -Q different after update

Did you reboot after the upgrade? The kernel cannot update on the fly without a reboot.
Make sure that the update process was successful before rebooting.

Last edited by ChaManO (2019-06-03 20:16:17)

Zhme

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Registered: 2017-06-11

Posts: 80

Re: [Solved]Uname and pacman -Q different after update

I have rebooted, I checked before and after and the uname remains out of date.  Looking into my wireless configuration it seems like my network card might be out of date or unsupported but I'm not sure.

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,963

Re: [Solved]Uname and pacman -Q different after update

Does the system have a separate /boot partition and was it mounted when the linux package was updated?

Zhme

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Registered: 2017-06-11

Posts: 80

Re: [Solved]Uname and pacman -Q different after update

Does the system have a separate /boot partition and was it mounted when the linux package was updated?

This was the problem!  I ran

mount | grep boot

With no output..

Mounted boot and updated, then rebooted.  Uname is up to date now!

Thanks guys!  Marking solved.

jamespharvey20

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Registered: 2015-06-09

Posts: 129

Re: [Solved]Uname and pacman -Q different after update

It's not a big problem, but if you unmount /boot, there will be a kernel and initramfs images in your root volume's boot directory that you can delete, which are hidden when /boot is actually mounted.

They won't exactly hurt anything being there, but it could avoid some confusion someday.