Need help downgradin to older kernel version

Jabb3r · 2010-05-14 19:49:36

Ok so I decided to go a different way and use the 2.6.33 kernel with the patch posted by wonder.

I got the 2.6.33.bz2 file from kernel.org, extracted it, but all the guides I read say to apply patches in the /usr/src dir? and I don't have one before or after config is done so I'm not sure when and how to apply the patch.

I knew from that 1st error this mornin my day would be like this, lol

Can anyone just point me in the right direction. I'm tryin all I can think of.

hokasch · 2010-05-14 20:10:22

Impressive. You have gone from insulting devs, recognizing how a PKGBUILD looks, discovering the package cache, all the way to compiling your first kernel - in one day. Now you are planning to force a patch for the nvidia-drivers into the kernel. And all that because an update messed up 3d support? Btw, what is this doing in Multimedia and Games?

Take a step back. If you encounter an error, don't just switch to the next random thing. Try to understand what is happening, and why. If an error message tells you where more information can be found, follow it for phrak's sake! I showed you, quite straight forward, how to build the old video drivers for the current kernel already. I am convinced that this works, hell I even tried it myself... All the info you would need is provided in this thread and in the wiki. If that doesn't do it for you, seriously consider the possibility you will be more happy with another distro.

Last edited by hokasch (2010-05-14 20:30:30)

Jabb3r · 2010-05-16 00:44:48

I'm trying to read but I don't understand the no nvidia module found error when I install the 190.53-2 package. But install latest from pacman and module is found straight away :S

Do I need to back up that module first somehow?

Also Do I need to do anythin with the kernel I have now to use the new drivers or recompile same kernel version to get them to work or patch and compile same kernel version I have now.

Just don't get exactly how it all sposed to go together atm. I am still fine with this distro. Everyones gotta learn sometime right?

Can't say I couldn't have used this time more productively though but I've learned a few things at least.

Last edited by Jabb3r (2010-05-16 00:58:14)

ngoonee · 2010-05-16 09:19:39

You need to do much more of your own research. One sign that Arch may not be for you is if you keep asking more and more questions on the same topic and multiple posters tell you to "try and understand" or "search for so-and-so".

The purpose of Arch is not to be "easy to use". It is, of course, but because that's not the driving goal, you're expected to be able to learn/fix things yourself.

Jabb3r · 2010-05-16 15:25:34

I'm trying to understand. I just need the steps I have to read up on and I'll do it. Obviously I aint doin somethin right and I need just once for someone to tell me the steps without makin things so cryptic. I've read the wiki, multiple times. I've got a patch for this a patch for that. Whats wrong with tellin me what I need to do a bit simpler. The wiki doesn't tell you alll. Yu still have to fill in some gaps as yu go so whats the big deal.

Your post is about as much use as a sore arse, lol

Jabb3r · 2010-05-16 16:10:44

Ok I finally got it! I'm going to type up some simple steps for anyone else having the same problem. Will edit later

Edit:

First off we need to get the files to build the newer nvidia 190.53-2 package we'll install later. Note I'm using a 64bit Arch system you might have slightly diff filenames if using Arch i686.

Download the 3 files on the page to a directory of your choice.

http://repos.archlinux.org/wsvn/package … &peg=71320

The nvidia package we are installing depends on the older nvidia-utils package being installed. I found the package I needed under arch's cache directory for pacman at.

/var/cache/pacman/pkg/nvidia-utils-190.53-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

install the older utils package with the following command as root

pacman -Ud /var/cache/pacman/pkg/nvidia-utils-190.53-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.gz

It's imperetive to have the -Ud switch as this tells pacman to ignore any dependency problems there may be (where I was getting it wrong)

Once installed we can build the new drivers from our build directory just by typing as a normal user

makepkg

Once the package is built, run the command as root

pacman -U nvidia-190.53-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz

Reboot and all should be as smooth as before

Hope it helps.
Jabb3r

Last edited by Jabb3r (2010-05-16 21:54:55)

ngoonee · 2010-05-16 16:38:05

I'm not here to be useful to you. I'm not sure what your expectations are of Arch, but please read http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/The_Arch_Way especially the section on "User-centric" to know what they should be.

Jabb3r · 2010-05-16 16:43:55

I'm not stupid. I can work things out which is what happens alot of the time anyway when I'm faced with these situ's. I have read the arch way and I like it hense why I'm usin it. I don't need to be patronised. I just needed to be shown the way a lil and I'll work on things till I get it right.

In this case I was not aware I should be usin the d switch for pacman and that was casuing my problems. Thats all.

Last edited by Jabb3r (2010-05-16 16:49:54)

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