2.6.28 has moved into the core repositories. Time to pacman -Syu and reboot! I've heard that the new kernel could mean a new installation media (with support for ext4) is on the way - does anybody know if this is true?
2.6.28 in Core
Archived thread 1040970 from Arch and derivatives. Markdown source: Arch_and_derivatives/thread_1040970_2.6.28_in_Core.md
Woo! Ext4! I may set up a partition to see what it's like. Then again, I may just stick with my beloved JFS.
I've been running the 2.6.28 kernel. It is very nice.
And about the new kernel and install cd: its true. There was a new installer uploaded to the repos in December.
smartboyathome said:
And about the new kernel and install cd: its true. There was a new installer uploaded to the repos in December.
The Archboot iso is not an official Arch release and uses kernel 2.6.27.7.
ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/iso/archboot/Readme.txt
Summary:
- This directory contains installation images based on archboot scripts.
- Those files are no official Arch Linux releases.
- Use them on your own risk.
- If you find a bug, please mail the archboot developer directly.[FONT=Verdana]ftp://ftp.hosteurope.de/mirror/ftp.archlinux.org/iso/archboot/Changelog-2008.12-1.txt[/FONT]
GENERAL:
- kernel 2.6.27.7 usage
- pacman 3.2.1 usage
I am not talking about the Archboot iso. I'm talking about the update which came around the same time to the installer package in Arch's repository. :P
I can't tell the difference.
With a kernel update, that's a good thing. :D
smartboyathome said: I am not talking about the Archboot iso. I'm talking about the update which came around the same time to the installer package in Arch's repository. :P
My bad, I read your post wrong. Dunno why I thought iso.
No difference on my Arch partition. Works fine.
Im the only one who feels that after this update my pc became slower?
I don't experience any reduction in speed.
I can't handle it... Nvidia driver seems to be very sloow! Compiz is slow, running multiple software became slower :(
I have nvidia and 2.6.28 kernel running without any problems. It must be something else, or perhaps your card doesn't like the new nvidia drivers for some reason. Also, make sure to check xorg log (and other logs for that matter) to see if any problems are indicated there.
Everything seems fine.. Xorg.log have the same warning it had before the update, the only strage thing is:
Jan 18 07:35:35 WareWolf Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting...
Jan 18 07:35:35 WareWolf Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting...
Jan 18 12:54:47 WareWolf Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting...
Jan 18 18:53:09 WareWolf sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jan 18 18:53:09 WareWolf sd 4:0:0:0: [sdc] Assuming drive cache: write through
Jan 18 22:25:41 WareWolf Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting...
Jan 18 22:25:41 WareWolf Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting...in Errors.log Everything else is ok. Heh Nvidia disappointed me again :( (or maybe its the kernel?)
Use ABS to recompile the previous version of nvidia and nvidia-utils against 2.6.28. If that doesn't work, try downgrading the kernel.
How about disabling the pcspeaker (!pcspkr) in the MODULES() array in /etc/rc.conf?
I didn't try to recompile Nvidia yet, not pretty sure that the problem is here. Anyway I disabled pcspkr in rc.conf and still have some warning during boot, something like: "No state is present for card pcsp" And then another 2-3lines that I can't remember.
[EDIT] Oh and I can't downgrade since I don't have the packages :(
[EDIT2] Full error during boot:
No state is present for pcsp
Unknown hardware "PC-Speaker" "" ""
Hardware initializing (author comment: or initialized) using guess mode
No state is present for pcsp
About nvidia, I did downgrade for 173.14.12 and it seems a bit faster, cant tell it for sure right now.
[EDIT3] Blacklisting snd_pcsp in addition to pcspkr seems like fixed the booting error. Thanks.
So wait, is there or isn't there ext4 support here?
SomeGuyDude said: So wait, is there or isn't there ext4 support here?
There is EXT4 support in 2.6.28.
SomeGuyDude said: So wait, is there or isn't there ext4 support here?
Here is what the partition layout on my laptop looks like as of this kernel:
> df -T -x tmpfs
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6 ext4 9614116 5567324 3949120 59% /
/dev/sda3 ext2 93327 11521 76987 14% /boot
/dev/sda7 ext4 114102724 55895128 57057504 50% /homefwojciec said: Here is what the partition layout on my laptop looks like as of this kernel:
> df -T -x tmpfs
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6 ext4 9614116 5567324 3949120 59% /
/dev/sda3 ext2 93327 11521 76987 14% /boot
/dev/sda7 ext4 114102724 55895128 57057504 50% /homeAnd you don't *have* to have a /boot partition if you use Grub2 (which is whwat I use ;)).
Damn. I currenly have XFS rolling. Looks like I can't just do a simple upgrade.
SomeGuyDude said: Damn. I currenly have XFS rolling. Looks like I can't just do a simple upgrade.
I don't think you can convert xfs to ext of any version. I also use XFS which I'm happy with for now, btrfs will be out soon anyway.
mips said: I don't think you can convert xfs to ext of any version. I also use XFS which I'm happy with for now, btrfs will be out soon anyway.
Yeah, you can't. Ah well. What's up with BTRFS?
SomeGuyDude said: Yeah, you can't. Ah well. What's up with BTRFS?
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Njk4Mw http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=73d59314e6ed268d6f322ae1bdd723b23fa5a4ed http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
Unstable but there...
smartboyathome said: And you don't *have* to have a /boot partition if you use Grub2 (which is whwat I use ;)).
I know, but I like it :) Nothing is faster than plain ext2 for booting from.