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karmapolice

Member

Registered: 2007-01-31

Posts: 113

Can't upgrade my kernel

I just tried to update my system to the latest kernel and I'm getting the following error:

error: could not prepare transaction
error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files)
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.21-ARCH/modules.alias exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.21-ARCH/modules.ccwmap exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.21-ARCH/modules.dep exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.21-ARCH/modules.ieee1394map exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.21-ARCH/modules.inputmap exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.21-ARCH/modules.isapnpmap exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.21-ARCH/modules.ofmap exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.21-ARCH/modules.pcimap exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.21-ARCH/modules.seriomap exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.21-ARCH/modules.symbols exists in filesystem
kernel26: /lib/modules/2.6.21-ARCH/modules.usbmap exists in filesystem

errors occurred, no packages were upgraded.

I'm running kernel26 2.6.20.7-2 and pacman 3.0.3-2 .

THX

lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

Posts: 5,000

Re: Can't upgrade my kernel

Try ....pacman -Syuf....

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lallepot

Member

From: Copenhagen, Denmark.

Registered: 2007-03-16

Posts: 14

Re: Can't upgrade my kernel

I tried the -f option... afterwards alsa and network didn't work

lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

Posts: 5,000

Re: Can't upgrade my kernel

Monitor this forum item.....

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=32729

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Prediction...This year will be a very odd year!
Hard work does not kill people but why risk it: Charlie Mccarthy
A man is not complete until he is married..then..he is finished.
When ALL is lost, what can be found? Even bytes get lonely for a little bit!     X-ray confirms Iam spineless!