Linux kernel update stuck at keymap

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I am trying to install 514 kernel.

I have used command :

yay linux514

The process is stuck at :

Abhängigkeiten werden aufgelöst …
Nach in Konflikt stehenden Paketen wird gesucht …

Pakete (2) linux514-5.14.21-2 linux514-headers-5.14.21-2

Gesamtgröße des Downloads: 126,61 MiB
Gesamtgröße der installierten Pakete: 228,22 MiB

:: Installation fortsetzen? [J/n]
:: Pakete werden empfangen …
linux514-5.14.21-2-x86_64 97,0 MiB 5,76 MiB/s 00:17 [#############################################################################] 100%
linux514-headers-5.14.21-2-x86_64 29,6 MiB 6,82 MiB/s 00:04 [#############################################################################] 100%
Gesamt (2/2) 126,6 MiB 5,95 MiB/s 00:21 [#############################################################################] 100%
(2/2) Schlüssel im Schlüsselbund werden geprüft [#############################################################################] 100%
(2/2) Paket-Integrität wird überprüft [#############################################################################] 100%
(2/2) Paket-Dateien werden geladen [#############################################################################] 100%
(2/2) Auf Dateikonflikte wird geprüft [#############################################################################] 100%
(2/2) Verfügbarer Festplattenspeicher wird ermittelt [#############################################################################] 100%
:: Paketänderungen werden verarbeitet …
(1/2) Installiert wird linux514-headers [#############################################################################] 100%

NOTE: 5.14.21 is the last maintenance release for the linux514 series.
This kernel is now marked ‘End Of Life’ (EOL).

It is recommend to switch to the newer linux515 series:
'sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux515'

(2/2) Installiert wird linux514 [#############################################################################] 100%

NOTE: 5.14.21 is the last maintenance release for the linux514 series.
This kernel is now marked ‘End Of Life’ (EOL).

It is recommend to switch to the newer linux515 series:
'sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux515'

Optionale Abhängigkeiten für linux514
crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country [Installiert]
:: Post-transaction-Hooks werden gestartet …
(1/5) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate…
(2/5) Updating module dependencies…
(3/5) Updating linux initcpios…
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux514.preset: ‘default’
→ -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.14-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-5.14-x86_64.img
==> Starting build: 5.14.21-2-MANJARO
→ Running build hook: [base]
→ Running build hook: [udev]
→ Running build hook: [autodetect]
→ Running build hook: [modconf]
→ Running build hook: [block]
→ Running build hook: [keyboard]
→ Running build hook: [keymap]

Same with Linux515.

Both behave the same way if I use :

sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux515

Please help.

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Don’t. 5.14 is EOL and will soon be dropped. Install either 5.15 or use one of the trusted LTS kernels such as 5.4 or 5.10.

That’s not the right way to install a kernel anyway. You need to use… :arrow_down:

sudo mhwd-kernel -i linuxNN

… whereby linuxNN stands for linux54, linux510 or linux515.

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As I wrote above, I used the

sudo mhwd-kernel -i LMN

method as well

It also behaves the same way, and stuck at build hook keymap.

Please let me know if this can be resolved.

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You only added that to your post later. It wasn’t there yet when I was typing up my reply. :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyway, what you could try is the following… Open up the file /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and look for the line that starts with… :arrow_down:

HOOKS=(base udev ...

In that line, replace the word udev by systemd and the word keymap by sd-vconsole.

Save the file, and then run… :arrow_down:

sudo mkinitcpio -P
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What is output of

locale -a
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It is

C
de_DE.utf8
en_US.utf8
POSIX

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It was

HOOKS="base…

Other than that it went well.

I am on 515 now

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That might explain why it didn’t work. The syntax for the HOOKS line was changed a while ago from using double quotes to using ellipses, and it may be that the newest mkinitcpio doesn’t support the old syntax anymore.

Using systemd instead of udev and sd-vconsole instead of keymap is also better, and your system will actually boot a little bit faster now.

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Hmmm Interestingly, even with the old/wrong syntax, it went half way through.

Grub would not update after mkinitcpio. Si I turned off the OS_PROBE line in /etc/default/grub – then I have the new entries in my boot menu

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If it was due to os-prober, then it wasn’t actually hanging. os-prober can take quite some time to scan your drives. :man_shrugging:

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