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Llama

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How to keep the desired version of the kernel?

Hi, everybody,

I'm quite new to the Arch. Trying to install it on my old notebook from 2007.08-2 iso, then upgrading, I discovered that the 2.6.24 kernel won't run on it. Well, I tried to put the line IgnorePkg=kernel26 into my /etc/packman.conf  (upgrading the pacman first), but after packman -Syu got some unresolved dependencies and was forced to the 2.6.24 kernel anyway. How am I to control the kernel version during upgrades?

bangkok_manouel

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Re: How to keep the desired version of the kernel?

I guess you should IgnorePkg the dependencies as well... Not recommended however... Best way would be to find & solve by yourself or with help from the forums the issue with 2.6.24

Llama

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Re: How to keep the desired version of the kernel?

What do you mean by "issue"? LiveCDs of other distros based on 2.6.24 behave the same way on the hardware in question. Nothing to be done except for keeping an older kernel unless I'm missing an important concept.

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Re: How to keep the desired version of the kernel?

IgnorePkg is correct.
What issues were you having with unresolved dependencies?

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bangkok_manouel

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Re: How to keep the desired version of the kernel?

What do you mean by "issue"? LiveCDs of other distros based on 2.6.24 behave the same way on the hardware in question. Nothing to be done except for keeping an older kernel unless I'm missing an important concept.

I mean: why precisely won't 2.6.24 run on your machine and can't this be solved or is it definitely confirmed as a lost cause...

Llama

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Re: How to keep the desired version of the kernel?

It's coreutils vs mktemp issue. Right now I accepted the deletion of mktemp. Whether It's been a right decision, remains to bee seen .

Last edited by Llama (2008-03-03 09:17:56)

Llama

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Re: How to keep the desired version of the kernel?

I mean: why precisely won't 2.6.24 run on your machine and can't this be solved or is it definitely confirmed as a lost cause...

It's a case of a binary dump on startup. A lost cause, I'm afraid.

tomk

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Re: How to keep the desired version of the kernel?

It's coreutils vs mktemp issue.

That's not an issue. mktemp has been incorporated into the coreutils package - this is an upstream decision, independent of Arch. Accepting the replacement is correct.

ninian

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Re: How to keep the desired version of the kernel?

@Llama,

You're not by any chance suffering from the same kernel 2.6.24 laptop problem as I (and others) have? See http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=44831 and http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 18#p334218 where downgrading seems the only way to go at the moment.

Llama

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Re: How to keep the desired version of the kernel?

It does ring a bell, ninian. "Nehemiah" is my chip, according to KNOPPIX, whatever it means. It's a kernel bug, all right.

Last edited by Llama (2008-03-03 17:54:16)