Trouble upgrading kernel from 511 to 515

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@joelk

The system is fully up to date via pacman -Syu before attempting the kernel upgrade.

Sure…

@joelk

error: failed to commit transaction (conflicting files) followed by a list of 3642 files – most if not all of the files in /usr/lib/firmware

Reinstalling would be the easiest method to solve that problem for newbie.

Anyway all mentioned kernels are no longer part of the repo:

@joelk

The following kernels are installed:

• linux511
• linux59
• linux511-rt

They are stable ones and go EOL (end of life) after about 3 months.

About the “conflicting files” issue. You need to overwrite them with the latest files:

sudo pacman-mirrors --geoip
sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack
sudo pacman -Syyuu --overwrite "*"

@joelk

Do I have to uninstall 511 before I can instal 515?

No, but if it is no longer available in the repo then it will be removed on an upgrade. So that a signal that you didn’t update for decades. Possibly an outdated mirror.

Also if you encounter the gpg verification problem, look here:

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