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#1 2020-07-31 04:49:23

f3ck4rX
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howto: pacman ignore kernel update

which pkg should I add to the list to ignore?

IgnorePkg	= linux

IgnorePkg	= linux-headers

IgnorePkg	= linux-firmware

is that enough?


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#2 2020-07-31 05:27:23

Scimmia
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Re: howto: pacman ignore kernel update

Why would you ignore firmware? Do you have the header installed?

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#3 2020-07-31 13:44:08

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Re: howto: pacman ignore kernel update

Scimmia wrote:

Why would you ignore firmware? Do you have the header installed?

yes. I have headers installed.


I realize I should make 2 grub entries instead of blocking kernel upgrade, one from custom and other for arch,
in that way i don't need to block anything.

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#4 2020-07-31 13:51:52

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Re: howto: pacman ignore kernel update

Ah, what?

Having a custom kernel and multiple boot options is completely unrelated to ignoring package upgrades.  What do you think one has to do with the other?  What's your real question?


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#5 2020-09-09 04:29:32

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Re: howto: pacman ignore kernel update

Same question from a n00b, didn't want to start a new thread.  Due to 5.8 and VMWare incompatibility, I put linux and linux-headers into my IgnorePkg list in pacman.conf.  However, upon reboot, KDE would not start.  I could ctrl-alt-F2 to the CLI, and after some thrashing around and trying to research on my phone, I ended up reverting back utilizing Timeshift.

I suspected it was due to the Nvidia drivers that updated, but never one to go half-measures, I ignored a lot, probably too much.  My system works, but I'm feeling that I'm not in a good place.

"eschwartz" largely answered this question in a different thread, I am just filled with FUD.  Below are my ignore lines, the ones with asterisks around them are the ones I think I should stop ignoring based upon eschwartz.  Any other suggestions?

IgnorePkg   = linux linux-headers ***linux-api-headers linux-firmware*** linux-lts-headers
IgnorePkg   = nvidia-dkms nvidia-utils lib32-nvidia-utils

From other posting:

eschwartz wrote:

I just add the kernel to IgnorePkg, and upgrade it manually with 'pacman -S linux' when I'm ready to reboot. This is a pretty common thing for people to do.

(Repeat as needed for headers and out of tree modules.)

P.S. The linux-api-headers are used for compiling userspace applications, there's no reason to ignore them. Neither the linux-api-headers nor linux-firmware are tied to the running kernel, you should not ignore either one of them.

Just ignore the kernel itself, any third-party modules you have like virtualbox-host-modules-arch, and the -headers package (if you have the -headers package installed at all, it is only needed for dkms modules.)

Thanks everyone!

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