Offline kernel update [solved]

I have a ASUS P5Q motherboard which uses the atl1e module for the ethernet card. The default ArchLinux kernel (2.6.25) does not have this module available. My understanding is that the latest arch kernel 2.6.27 does have this module available. My question is how can I update the kernel without an active ethernet connection?
I'm thinking I can just download the update and put it on a thumbdrive and then just do pacman -U new kernel but I wanted to make sure I could do it that way and I'm not sure where to download the update.
Thanks for any help.
Last edited by GravityGripp (2008-12-03 05:18:45)

Well, I seem to have solved this one myself. What I thought would work did. I just downloaded the new kernel package from a mirror and then used a thumbdrive to update the kernel with pacman -U.

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Last edited by fbt (2011-06-10 02:45:27)

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Last edited by Jindur (2012-09-05 15:13:44)

Jindur wrote:
Lol hadrons123, that must've been the most stinking nerd posting I've encountered in quite some time really^^ Now go out the basement for a change. I can already begin to imagine what your tone of voice must sound like when you "teach" someone irl how to ask questions..
And to be more specific: Obviously I meant if I compile a driver myself, and then the kernel gets updated, it seems I have to compile it again. Also, this is in the newbie forum for a reason.
Linux is a monolithic kernel. All needed drivers/features are supposed to be compiled into the main kernel. However, this is infeasible due to the wide variety of hardware. Therefore, some parts of of the kernel are compiled out into modules that can be loaded into the kernel at run-time. These modules need to be recompiled every time the kernel is as they are really a part of the kernel and the kernel doesn't have a stable binary API.

Virtualbox no longer works after kernel update solved

and before you say.. read the wiki, use google, check the forums.. I DID..
here's the message i got
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Last edited by binskipy2u (2010-08-18 21:30:09)

when you install virtualbox_bin package, pacman should have told you:
==> Run \`/etc/rc.d/vboxdrv setup\` as root every time your kernel is
==> upgraded, to compile the module for the new kernel version.
And yes, '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' is likely hardcoded in virtualbox and does not reflect how your distro setup is.
The Arch Way is to put service script to /etc/rc.d/ instead of /etc/init.d
also note that the vboxdrv service script from virtualbox_bin is different from other distros
and that /etc/rc.d/rc.vboxdrv isn't shipped by virtualbox_bin (hence you get command not found)
in additions, vboxdrv from virtualbox_bin has only "setup" function

[SOLVED] Arch - Kernel Update = problem

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hjpbarcelos wrote:
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So the issue just disappears?? If so I will try this..
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https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=71891
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I quote a comment "Nopes. It makes the UVD errors go away, but the boot still gets stuck at the same point. Everything hangs up, requiring me to do a hard reboot."
The patch did not fix the bug. Honestly, the bug has been there since kernel 3.11.

[Solved] Nvidia after kernel update

The nvidia wiki clearly states that: "Every time the kernel26 package is updated, it is a requirement to reinstall the nvidia package and rebooting afterwards. "
But my question is, why? I mean, if the module was to be recompiled, that would make sense. But what does just reinstalling the driver accomplish? In my system, pacman -Ql nvidia shows:
$ pacman -Ql nvidia
nvidia /etc/
nvidia /etc/modprobe.d/
nvidia /etc/modprobe.d/nouveau_blacklist.conf
nvidia /lib/
nvidia /lib/modules/
nvidia /lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/
nvidia /lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/kernel/
nvidia /lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/kernel/drivers/
nvidia /lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/kernel/drivers/video/
nvidia /lib/modules/2.6.35-ARCH/kernel/drivers/video/nvidia.ko
From what I've read, I think the kernel update process copies the compiled modules into the proper folder (inside /lib) named by the kernel version. Should this not be the case with nvidia? If it is not, then is this why the reinstall is needed?
Thanks in advance (and my apologies if I've glossed over something that's patently obvious --- while I've searched for the answer before posting, I am still quite the novice at tinkering with the kernel)
EDIT: just after posting I've realized that maybe this post belongs in "Kernel and Hardware Issues" subforum. But the truth is this isn't really an "issue"... it's more a question from, well, a newbie :-)
Last edited by gauthma (2010-09-28 21:53:04)

gauthma wrote:
Thank you for the feedback.
ngoonee wrote:Of course, if you're using nvidia-beta or some other AUR nvidia driver, you need to reinstall it.
Running the risk of asking what might be obvious to some, why?
The driver speaks to the kernel. When the kernel updates, the language used might have changed in various ways. Since nvidia is closed-source, its not always obvious whether what has changed affects it. The same applies to xorg-server, when it updates you should recompile your nvidia driver. Its SOMETIMES not needed, but when it is, would you rather be solving it from the tty?
quathma wrote:
ngoonee wrote:That's what the wiki is referring to. Even if the kernel major version has not updated (for example 2.6.35.5 to 2.6.35.6 is only a minor version bump) the driver may need to be recompiled. Safer to just do it everytime and restart the machine.
Now I'm confused. Are you saying that the safest approach is to recompile and (re)install the nvidia module after each kernel update? And does this only apply to modules from beta & AUR, or [extra] as well? And shouldn't all this issue of recompiling modules also apply to every other module installed in the system?
Yes that's the safest approach. [extra] is taken care of by the devs, the simple way is to assume they'll bump it if needed (and you don't need to do anything).
The same thing applies to almost any kernel module (AFAIK). It applies to virtualbox's modules, for sure, as well as phc-intel (the only other 2 external modules I use). Most kernel modules are actually compiled in to the kernel26 package anyway, so its not very many. I just automatically recompile the ones I use whenever I notice a kernel/xorg update.

[Solved] Can not build modules for VMware Player after kernel updates

I have a problem generating the modules for VMware Player after kernel updates. I am using VMware Player version 5.02 (without patches) and the softlink according to the Wiki.
When I start the installation of the modules from the GUI, the program just closes. Running vmware-modconfig in the CLI generates the following log file:
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: Log for VMware Workstation pid=7478 version=9.0.2 build=build-1031769 option=Release
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: The process is 64-bit.
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: Host codepage=UTF-8 encoding=UTF-8
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2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset:
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/usr/lib/vmware/settings": Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden.
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: ----------------------------------------
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /usr/lib/vmware/settings. Using default values.
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: Msg_Reset:
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: [msg.dictionary.load.openFailed] Cannot open file "/root/.vmware/config": Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden.
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: ----------------------------------------
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| I120: PREF Optional preferences file not found at /root/.vmware/config. Using default values.
2013-04-29T09:49:27.891+01:00| vthread-3| W110: Logging to /tmp/vmware-root/vmware-modconfig-7478.log
2013-04-29T09:49:27.892+01:00| vthread-3| W110: Icon name must be set.
Interestingly, after deinstallation and reinstallation the VMWare Player works fine.
Any hint, what's going wrong?
Last edited by Thomas_Do (2013-08-07 07:25:51)

Today, (Kernel 3.10.5-1, VMware Player version 5.02 with kernel patches) the modules could successful be generated from the CLI:
vmware-modconfig --console --install-all
Solved (somehow).

[SOLVED] no timidity service + pulse, kernel update (3.16.3-1)

I had sound working before upon boot, but sound was failing after resume from suspend on HP dv7 laptop. I hadn't gotten around to figuring out how to store alsa state (what I believe to be the solution to sound failing after suspend). My install is about a week old. I ran pacman -Syu to get into the habit of doing so. Now I know why it is suggested to not do the updates when you don't have time to fix things that might need to be fixed.
alsamixer is not muted, but I only see master channel as user or root - selecting the Intel PCH sound card within alsamixer allowed me to see the other channels, but speaker-test remained silent. But I have been consistently seeing PCH Transcoder A errors on boot. Wasn't sure what they were, since everything had worked prior to kernel update. Investigating sound yields my hardware is Intel PCH, so these errors may be important, but I am also unsure how to access any log they might be recorded in.
EDIT: speaker-test and timidity work in single user console mode, but not in KDE.
[mark@arch-hpdv7t-laptop ~]$ uname -a
Linux arch-hpdv7t-laptop 3.16.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Sep 17 21:54:13 CEST 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[mark@arch-hpdv7t-laptop ~]$ aplay -Ll
null
Discard all samples (playback) or generate zero samples (capture)
pulse
PulseAudio Sound Server
default
Default ALSA Output (currently PulseAudio Sound Server)
sysdefault:CARD=PCH
HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog
Default Audio Device
front:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog
Front speakers
surround21:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog
2.1 Surround output to Front and Subwoofer speakers
surround40:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog
4.0 Surround output to Front and Rear speakers
surround41:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog
4.1 Surround output to Front, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround50:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog
5.0 Surround output to Front, Center and Rear speakers
surround51:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog
5.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Rear and Subwoofer speakers
surround71:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, 92HD91BXX Analog
7.1 Surround output to Front, Center, Side, Rear and Woofer speakers
hdmi:CARD=PCH,DEV=0
HDA Intel PCH, HDMI 0
HDMI Audio Output
**** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: 92HD91BXX Analog [92HD91BXX Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
[mark@arch-hpdv7t-laptop ~]$ lspci -vvnn | grep -A1 '040[1-3]'
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1e20] (rev 04)
Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company Device [103c:1818]
[mark@arch-hpdv7t-laptop ~]$ cat /proc/asound/modules
0 snd_hda_intel
[mark@arch-hpdv7t-laptop ~]$ for i in $(awk '{print $2 | "sort"}' /proc/asound/modules | uniq); do echo "--- $i ---"; systool -vm $i; done
--- snd_hda_intel ---
Module = "snd_hda_intel"
Attributes:
coresize = "26327"
initsize = "0"
initstate = "live"
refcnt = "3"
taint = ""
uevent = <store method only>
Parameters:
align_buffer_size = "-1"
bdl_pos_adj = "1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
beep_mode = "Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y"
enable_msi = "-1"
enable = "Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y,Y"
id = "(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)"
index = "-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
jackpoll_ms = "0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
model = "(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)"
patch = "(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null),(null)"
position_fix = "-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
power_save = "0"
power_save_controller= "Y"
probe_mask = "-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1"
probe_only = "0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0"
single_cmd = "N"
snoop = "Y"
Sections:
.bss = "0xffffffffa038fa80"
.data = "0xffffffffa038f000"
.data.unlikely = "0xffffffffa038f7d0"
.exit.text = "0xffffffffa038c930"
.gnu.linkonce.this_module= "0xffffffffa038f800"
.init.text = "0xffffffffa0392000"
.note.gnu.build-id = "0xffffffffa038d000"
.rodata = "0xffffffffa038d040"
.rodata.str1.1 = "0xffffffffa038df02"
.rodata.str1.8 = "0xffffffffa038e2e0"
.smp_locks = "0xffffffffa038e618"
.strtab = "0xffffffffa0395508"
.symtab = "0xffffffffa0393000"
.text = "0xffffffffa038a000"
__mcount_loc = "0xffffffffa038e848"
__param = "0xffffffffa038e628"
__verbose = "0xffffffffa038f640"
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snd_seq_dummy 12503 0
snd_hrtimer 12604 1
snd_seq 61165 5 snd_seq_dummy
snd_seq_device 13132 2 snd_seq,snd_seq_dummy
snd_hda_codec_hdmi 45117 1
snd_hda_codec_idt 56908 1
snd_hda_codec_generic 63126 1 snd_hda_codec_idt
snd_hda_intel 26327 3
snd_hda_controller 26727 1 snd_hda_intel
snd_hda_codec 108552 5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_hwdep 17244 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 88487 5 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_controller
snd_timer 26614 4 snd_hrtimer,snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd 69340 16 snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_hda_codec_generic,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_device
[mark@arch-hpdv7t-laptop ~]$ fuser -v /dev/snd/*
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/seq: mark 651 F.... rosegarden
I discovered sound did not work after rebooting to restart sound for Rosegarden. Rosegarden was still open when I started running these diagnostics. speaker-test does not work either. The above fuser command returned nothing after closing Rosegarden, but speaker-test remained silent.
[mark@arch-hpdv7t-laptop ~]$ for i in /proc/asound/card[0-9]*; do echo "--- $i ---";amixer -c $(cat $i/id); done
--- /proc/asound/card0 ---
Simple mixer control 'Master',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 127
Mono: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Headphone',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 127
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Speaker',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 127
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Playback 127 [100%] [0.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'PCM',0
Capabilities: pvolume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 255
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Front Right: Playback 255 [100%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Mic',0
Capabilities: pvolume pswitch
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Playback 0 - 31
Mono:
Front Left: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Front Right: Playback 0 [0%] [-34.50dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Mic Boost',0
Capabilities: volume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 3
Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'IEC958',0
Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Mono: Playback [on]
Simple mixer control 'Beep',0
Capabilities: pvolume pvolume-joined pswitch pswitch-joined
Playback channels: Mono
Limits: Playback 0 - 3
Mono: Playback 1 [33%] [-12.00dB] [off]
Simple mixer control 'Capture',0
Capabilities: cvolume cswitch
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 46
Front Left: Capture 28 [61%] [12.00dB] [on]
Front Right: Capture 28 [61%] [12.00dB] [on]
Simple mixer control 'Auto-Mute Mode',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
Item0: 'Enabled'
Simple mixer control 'Digital',0
Capabilities: cvolume
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: Capture 0 - 120
Front Left: Capture 120 [100%] [30.00dB]
Front Right: Capture 120 [100%] [30.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Internal Mic Boost',0
Capabilities: volume
Playback channels: Front Left - Front Right
Capture channels: Front Left - Front Right
Limits: 0 - 3
Front Left: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Front Right: 0 [0%] [0.00dB]
Simple mixer control 'Loopback Mixing',0
Capabilities: enum
Items: 'Disabled' 'Enabled'
Item0: 'Disabled'
Any ideas on what I should do? Also, why did my sound break, and what should I do to prevent sound from breaking in future kernel updates?
Last edited by mek42 (2014-10-03 23:38:31)

Since it appears that my issue is a KDE issue, not ALSA, I'm working through the troubleshooting on the Pulse wiki page here.
automute mode is off and alsactl store was run.
[mark@arch-hpdv7t-laptop ~]$ pacmd list
Memory blocks currently allocated: 1, size: 63.9 KiB.
Memory blocks allocated during the whole lifetime: 427, size: 7.1 MiB.
Memory blocks imported from other processes: 0, size: 0 B.
Memory blocks exported to other processes: 0, size: 0 B.
Total sample cache size: 0 B.
Default sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
Default channel map: front-left,front-right
Default sink name: auto_null
Default source name: auto_null.monitor
Memory blocks of type POOL: 1 allocated/284 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type POOL_EXTERNAL: 0 allocated/0 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type APPENDED: 0 allocated/0 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type USER: 0 allocated/0 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type FIXED: 0 allocated/0 accumulated.
Memory blocks of type IMPORTED: 0 allocated/143 accumulated.
28 module(s) loaded.
index: 0
name: <module-device-restore>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Automatically restore the volume/mute state of devices"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 1
name: <module-stream-restore>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Automatically restore the volume/mute/device state of streams"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 2
name: <module-card-restore>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Automatically restore profile of cards"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 3
name: <module-augment-properties>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Augment the property sets of streams with additional static information"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 4
name: <module-switch-on-port-available>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: no
properties:
index: 5
name: <module-udev-detect>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Detect available audio hardware and load matching drivers"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 6
name: <module-jackdbus-detect>
argument: <channels=2>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "David Henningsson"
module.description = "Adds JACK sink/source ports when JACK is started"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 7
name: <module-bluetooth-policy>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Frédéric Dalleau"
module.description = "When a bluetooth sink or source is added, load module-loopback"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 8
name: <module-bluetooth-discover>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "João Paulo Rechi Vita"
module.description = "Detect available Bluetooth daemon and load the corresponding discovery module"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 9
name: <module-bluez5-discover>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "João Paulo Rechi Vita"
module.description = "Detect available BlueZ 5 Bluetooth audio devices and load BlueZ 5 Bluetooth audio drivers"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 10
name: <module-esound-protocol-unix>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: no
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "ESOUND protocol (UNIX sockets)"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 11
name: <module-native-protocol-unix>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: no
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Native protocol (UNIX sockets)"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 13
name: <module-default-device-restore>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Automatically restore the default sink and source"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 14
name: <module-rescue-streams>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "When a sink/source is removed, try to move its streams to the default sink/source"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 15
name: <module-always-sink>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
module.description = "Always keeps at least one sink loaded even if it's a null one"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 16
name: <module-null-sink>
argument: <sink_name=auto_null sink_properties='device.description="Dummy Output"'>
used: 0
load once: no
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Clocked NULL sink"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 17
name: <module-intended-roles>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Automatically set device of streams based on intended roles of devices"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 18
name: <module-suspend-on-idle>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "When a sink/source is idle for too long, suspend it"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 19
name: <module-console-kit>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Create a client for each ConsoleKit session of this user"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 20
name: <module-systemd-login>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Create a client for each login session of this user"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 21
name: <module-position-event-sounds>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Position event sounds between L and R depending on the position on screen of the widget triggering them."
module.version = "5.0"
index: 22
name: <module-role-cork>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Mute & cork streams with certain roles while others exist"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 23
name: <module-filter-heuristics>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
module.description = "Detect when various filters are desirable"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 24
name: <module-filter-apply>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
module.description = "Load filter sinks automatically when needed"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 25
name: <module-device-manager>
argument: <do_routing=1>
used: -1
load once: yes
properties:
module.author = "Colin Guthrie"
module.description = "Keep track of devices (and their descriptions) both past and present and prioritise by role"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 26
name: <module-x11-publish>
argument: <display=:0>
used: -1
load once: no
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "X11 credential publisher"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 27
name: <module-x11-xsmp>
argument: <display=:0 session_manager=local/arch-hpdv7t-laptop:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/505,unix/arch-hpdv7t-laptop:/tmp/.ICE-unix/505>
used: -1
load once: no
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "X11 session management"
module.version = "5.0"
index: 28
name: <module-cli-protocol-unix>
argument: <>
used: -1
load once: no
properties:
module.author = "Lennart Poettering"
module.description = "Command line interface protocol (UNIX sockets)"
module.version = "5.0"
1 sink(s) available.
* index: 0
name: <auto_null>
driver: <module-null-sink.c>
flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY FLAT_VOLUME DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 1000
volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
balance 0.00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0.00 ms
max request: 344 KiB
max rewind: 344 KiB
monitor source: 0
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
module: 16
properties:
device.description = "Dummy Output"
device.class = "abstract"
device.icon_name = "audio-card"
1 source(s) available.
* index: 0
name: <auto_null.monitor>
driver: <module-null-sink.c>
flags: DECIBEL_VOLUME LATENCY DYNAMIC_LATENCY
state: SUSPENDED
suspend cause: IDLE
priority: 1000
volume: front-left: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB, front-right: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
balance 0.00
base volume: 65536 / 100% / 0.00 dB
volume steps: 65537
muted: no
current latency: 0.00 ms
max rewind: 344 KiB
sample spec: s16le 2ch 44100Hz
channel map: front-left,front-right
Stereo
used by: 0
linked by: 0
configured latency: 0.00 ms; range is 0.50 .. 2000.00 ms
monitor_of: 0
module: 16
properties:
device.description = "Monitor of Dummy Output"
device.class = "monitor"
device.icon_name = "audio-input-microphone"
7 client(s) logged in.
index: 0
driver: <module-systemd-login.c>
owner module: 20
properties:
application.name = "Login Session c1"
systemd-login.session = "c1"
index: 4
driver: <module-x11-xsmp.c>
owner module: 27
properties:
application.name = "XSMP Session on KDE as 101df1e21b716d000141143608300000005050006"
xsmp.vendor = "KDE"
xsmp.client.id = "101df1e21b716d000141143608300000005050006"
index: 9
driver: <protocol-native.c>
owner module: 11
properties:
application.name = "libphonon"
native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
native-protocol.version = "29"
application.process.id = "439"
application.process.user = "mark"
application.process.host = "arch-hpdv7t-laptop"
application.process.binary = "kdeinit4"
application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
window.x11.display = ":0"
application.process.machine_id = "5f1cda9817244627aba0e14b41d436b3"
application.process.session_id = "c1"
index: 15
driver: <protocol-native.c>
owner module: 11
properties:
application.name = "KMix"
native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
native-protocol.version = "29"
application.process.id = "998"
application.process.user = "mark"
application.process.host = "arch-hpdv7t-laptop"
application.process.binary = "kdeinit4"
application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
window.x11.display = ":0"
application.process.machine_id = "5f1cda9817244627aba0e14b41d436b3"
application.process.session_id = "c1"
index: 17
driver: <protocol-native.c>
owner module: 11
properties:
application.name = "KNotify"
native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
native-protocol.version = "29"
application.icon_name = "knotify"
phonon.streamid = "{137cb52a-2afc-4ddd-882c-601c32129b54}"
media.role = "event"
application.process.id = "600"
application.process.user = "mark"
application.process.host = "arch-hpdv7t-laptop"
application.process.binary = "knotify4"
application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
window.x11.display = ":0"
application.process.machine_id = "5f1cda9817244627aba0e14b41d436b3"
application.process.session_id = "c1"
index: 18
driver: <protocol-native.c>
owner module: 11
properties:
application.name = "KNotify"
native-protocol.peer = "UNIX socket client"
native-protocol.version = "29"
application.id = "org.VideoLAN.VLC"
application.version = "2.1.5"
application.icon_name = "knotify"
application.language = "en_US.UTF-8"
application.process.id = "600"
phonon.streamid = "{137cb52a-2afc-4ddd-882c-601c32129b54}"
media.role = "event"
application.process.user = "mark"
application.process.host = "arch-hpdv7t-laptop"
application.process.binary = "knotify4"
window.x11.display = ":0"
application.process.machine_id = "5f1cda9817244627aba0e14b41d436b3"
application.process.session_id = "c1"
index: 20
driver: <cli.c>
owner module: 28
properties:
application.name = "UNIX socket client"
0 card(s) available.
0 sink input(s) available.
0 source output(s) available.
0 cache entrie(s) available.
fluidsynth (needed for Rosegarden) has been told to use pulseaudio instead of alsa directly (as per https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=154002 )
What worked to get speaker-test running in Konsole: adding -D to:
ExecStart=/usr/bin/timidity -iA
to become
ExecStart=/usr/bin/timidity -iAD
in /usr/lib/systemd/system/timidity.service (as per: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=149339&p=2 post 29)
Additionally, I was able to see a default audio device in KDE system settings...multimedia instead of just dummy device. However, even after preferring the default audio device for everything (and it tests fine), Rosegarden still has no volume. Timidity in Konsole plays audibly now too. I am now going to reboot and see what the status is.
Last edited by mek42 (2014-09-23 02:41:53)

[Solved] Overheating/fan/sensors issues after kernel updates

Hi all,
I realise there has been a bit of correspondence on this already. I'm after some advice for my specific situation:
1. My laptop is an acer aspire 5315. I has well understood overheating issues that arrise due to BIOS problems
2. Fan control and temperature reporting worked perfectly with kernel 2.6.30, stopped working with 2.6.31 - I assume due to the well documented changes made in that release. The temperature only seems to be read once - at boot. sensors never reports a change after that; if the temperature is cold at boot the fan never get switched on. Unfortunately this happens most often.
3. I tried setting the recommended kernel option (can't relocate the post now). It didn't help :-?
4. I have tried upgrading the BIOS but the distribution from acer is a windows executable (won't run under freeDOS) and I do not have windows installed on this PC (not game to try under wine).
5. I re-installed the old kernel from my pacman cache only to find that my wireless no longer works (fan works just fine though).
I'm now totally stumped :-/
I'd like to update my bios and go with the latest kernel but can't see a way without installing windows.
This might be fixed in an ubuntu kernel release (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour … bug/453700) but I'd prefer not to do that switch... perhaps the same fix is coming to arch?
I'd accept having to pin the kernel to an earlier version but neet to get the wireless working.
help...
edit:
I've now managed to get the kernel backdated correctly (so that wireless works as well as the fan) by re-installing the kernel and firmware together.
Have configured pacman to igmore future kernel updates
If anyone has any suggestions on howto update my bios I'd be very greatful.
Last edited by drandre (2009-11-06 13:26:46)

Hi,
Got exactly the same issue, after running for a while laptop justs goes off... going to try to regress kernel until issue is resolved
BIOS update does sound a bit extreme
MrG

[solved] rebuild packages on kernel update

Hi. I jave an older computer (Dell Studio 173x) with a 'Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)' network card. So far I have only been able to make it work with the bwoadcom-wl package from the AUR (I might give the other, suggested, alternatives a go this week).
However, in the last 2-3 months it stopped working suddenly about 3 times (yesterday was the last one). I _think_ it has to do with kernel updates, as that's what I did yesterday - I updated the kernel (plus a few other packages, but rather innocent, I guess, I update daily, and they were things like git), rebooted and wireless was not working (the card was not even listen in 'ip link show'). I eventually connected via the cable and rebuild broadcom-wl, rebooted and it worked. This does't happen for each kernel update, though, so my assumptions may be wrong or simply not each kernel update requires the rebuild. Please correct me if this is impossible and I'm talking rubbish, I would love to learn the cause of this nuisance.
Is there a way to have certain packages rebuild with kernel updates? I haven't been using arch for too long, so maybe I am missing something obvious. Please give me some tips / links.
wujek
Last edited by wujek.srujek (2013-07-02 11:37:07)

Yes, check DKMS https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dy … le_Support
There is even a broadcom-wl package in AUR https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/broadcom-wl-dkms/

[Solved] Kernel Update - Do I need to re-install Catalyst?

Hi....
Yesterday everything was going fine on my new AMD Fusion machine. Last night I did
pacman -Syu
and a new kernel was installed.
Now, I rebooted this morning, and I don't seem to have any graphics acceleration in kwin. My wobbly windows are gone, moving windows is incredibly slow and blocky, and (since I am using the netbook interface) when I click on the "running Applications" button, I only get a list instead of an image of all applications/work spaces.
So do I need to re-install or re-build the catalyst packages with the kernel update?
Last edited by Garf (2011-06-13 22:05:44)

Ok Thanks...
I followed the catalyst wiki to install it, do I just need to do the following steps again?
cd catalyst-utils
makepkg -cs
sudo pacman -U catalyst-utils-*.tar.xz
(or if you are updating: sudo pacman -Ud catalyst-utils-*.tar.xz)
cp ati-driver-* ../catalyst
cd ../catalyst
makepkg -cis
then
# aticonfig --initial
(or for Dual Head: # aticonfig --initial=dual-head)
# aticonfig -v

[Solved] Trying to do kernel update

Hi guys I'm a fairly new Arch user and I've been able to setup a complete Arch system several times but I cannot seem to do a kernel update. I'm trying to update to 2.6.35 in the testing repo but when I do a pacman -Ss kernel26 it will not show anything other than what is in the core repo. I have the testing repo uncommented and listed first in pacman.conf. Also if I run pacman -Syy then -Syu it will not show any kernel updates needed or available. So I'm not sure if there is a step I'm missing or what could possibly be wrong. Any help is appreciated. If you need any more info let me know. Thanks
P.S. I was going to put this in the [testing] forum but this forum seems to get more traffic.
Last edited by Neo1275 (2010-08-07 22:21:48)

Hi Karol, I followed your suggestions and I still could not get it to work. So I checked the mirrorlist and I tried uncommenting the very first mirror in the list and commenting out the US/Easynews mirror that I was using and it now shows the newer kernel. I did a full system update and all is well it seems. Thanks for your help though.
karol wrote:
Try 'pacman -S testing/kernel26'.
Post your pacman.conf.
Edit: I have no such problems.
[karol@black ~]$ pacman -Syy
:: Synchronizing package databases...
testing 45,8K 146,6K/s 00:00:00 [########################################] 100%
core 35,3K 167,4K/s 00:00:00 [########################################] 100%
extra 457,9K 612,2K/s 00:00:01 [########################################] 100%
community 377,3K 513,8K/s 00:00:01 [########################################] 100%
[karol@black ~]$ pacman -Ss ^kernel26$
testing/kernel26 2.6.35-2 [22,91 MB] (base) [installed: 2.6.34.1-1]
The Linux Kernel and modules
core/kernel26 2.6.34.2-2 [22,20 MB] (base) [installed: 2.6.34.1-1]
The Linux Kernel and modules

Virtualbox question about what happsns "after" updating kernel. SOLVED

I had virtual box working (64bit) from puel/aur perfectly... then there was a kernel update and then when i went to bootup the virtual machine (the virtualbox gui worked fine), the VM screen went black and the entire computer/mouse froze solid, had to do a hard reboot..
was there or should I ask "is there" a command i should re-issue after the kernel updates? i'm thinking it has something to do with the virtualbox kernel module.. but i'm not sure..
i've read the info about virtualbox in the wiki... couldnt find much based on what i'm trying to ask in here..
any help/suggestions would be most appreciated..
thanks
Last edited by binskipy2u (2010-02-11 21:40:13)

When you installed aur/virtualbox_bin, the following post-install message was displayed:
Run "vbox_build_module" as root every time your kernel is upgraded, to compile the module for the new kernel version.
You can confirm this by checking your pacman log and/or by reading /var/lib/pacman/local/virtualbox_bin-<version>/install.

Reclaim Storage needed after kernel update

Last weekend we moved from a 620 to a 640 kernel for our PRD instance. Our TST instance, on the same system was moved weeks ago.
The PRD ran without problems after the upgrade to the new kernel.
In the backup we do a Save While Active of SAP data, except on Wednesday. So before last night's backup SAP was stopped and after the save started again. In the history log we have several messages with msgid CPF32A6 "Cross-reference notification 1190 for request 54, problem type 1." Which requires a RCLSTG to be run.
Does someone have an explanation for this behavior ?

Hello Volker,
Sorry for leaving my name out, it is Rudi by the way.
After running the RCLSTG *DBXREF, I started SAP again. In the history log of the system the same message popped up again. This messages indicates a new RCLSTG is needed.
This very same problem was experienced by me before. An update of the DBSL in the Kernel library solved this issue. At that time the symptoms were the same, after a RCLSTG was run SAP was started producing a message indicating a new RCLSTG was needed.
I have been working with the i5/iSeries/AS400 since the beginning back in 1988, but I have never came across systems asking for a RCLSTG so many times as SAP does. I have the feeling there is more to it then just a coincidence.
What I will do is open a PMR for this issue and update this forum with the outcome of it.
Kind regards, Rudi.

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