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york824

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Registered: 2008-11-26

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possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

I upgraded to kernel26-ck 2.6.39.1 and the backlight control of my samsung laptop doesn't work. I wanted to go back to 2.6.38.8 but I cannot find the package to download.
I have to download and install the official kernel26 2.6.38.8 from http://arm.konnichi.com/search/

swanson

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Registered: 2011-02-05

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

Check the files in /var/cache/pacman/pkg It should still be there. Install with pacman -U

Last edited by swanson (2011-06-12 07:17:51)

karol

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

You can't find it on your disk or on ARM?

york824

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

Thanks for your replies.
I recently ran a -Scc so nothing is left.
So regret.
Seems I am sticking with the official one for a long time.

karol

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

Go to https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=111715 and ask if anyone still has 2.6.38.8 and can e-mail you. Just be sure to get the one with the correct optimizations (or just ck-generic).

swanson

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

I have kernel26-ck-k8-1:2.6.38.7-1 and headers if that's any help. It's k8 for newer AMD's etc. But it's 35 MB's - will that go over email?

Take a look at ;
aur/cacheclean 1.5-1
    Cleans up pacman packages.  Users selects how many old versions to keep.

ngoonee

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

Why not just build it from the AUR? There's a git interface with history.

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karol

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

Why not just build it from the AUR? There's a git interface with history.

You mean http://pkgbuild.com/git/aur.git/ ?

ngoonee

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

@karol, yep that's the one

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karol

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

@york824
You can try building e.g. http://pkgbuild.com/git/aur.git/tree/ke … 92fb153970

york824

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

@karol @ngoonee, thank you so much. But I am stuck here:

==> Validating source files with sha256sums...
    linux-2.6.38.tar.bz2 ... Passed
    patch-2.6.38.7-1-ARCH.bz2 ... Passed
    config ... FAILED
    config.x86_64 ... FAILED
    kernel26.preset ... FAILED
    2.6.38-ck3-broken-out.tar.bz2 ... Passed
    2.6.38.6-sched-bfs-404.patch ... Passed
    0001-block-prepare-I-O-context-code-for-BFQ-v2-for-2.6.38.patch ... Passed
    0002-block-cgroups-kconfig-build-bits-for-BFQ-v2-2.6.38.patch ... Passed
    0003-block-introduce-the-BFQ-v2-I-O-sched-for-2.6.38.patch ... Passed
==> ERROR: One or more files did not pass the validity check!

This is my first time to try running makepkg, and I just copied the contents from the webpage you provided above into different text files.

@swanson, thank you also for your kind offer. I need a core2 and 64bit build though.

karol

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

I think you can download those files, no need to copy.
Have you tried updating the checksums in the PKGBUILD?

york824

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Registered: 2008-11-26

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

Just downloaded the files. The making of package has been running for almost an hour now. Seems to be working.
Thank you so much.

Meyithi

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

The Samsung laptop driver has moved in 2.6.39 from staging tree into main, 2.6.39-ARCH enables the module (it's in platform specific drivers) but kernel-netbook and other kernels that perhaps are re-using old config's won't have the module enabled.

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york824

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Re: possible to get a package of kernel26-ck 2.6.38.8 now?

I think the module is enabled in 2.6.39, because when I press the Fn keys for brightness the screen flickers for a while, it just doesn't do the job.
With 2.6.38 kernel I found an article solving the brightness problem: http://www.voria.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=821
Before 2.6.38 the brightness keys never worked in my laptop. It is a pity that the workaround doesn't work in 2.6.39, that's why I am switching back to 2.6.38.