[SOLVED] Support for Multiple Kernels? 07 March 2022, 22:53:50 Hi all.I am relatively new to the Artix and Linux community (coming up on a little over a year of daily use in Linux, and 4 months in Artix).When I installed Artix I simply installed the standard linux kernel, but was looking into how to install the linux-lts kernel to have a backup in case of unexpected kernel issues in the future.I looked up the basics on how to do it on Arch and also cross referenced the forums here. After assessing what I thought was the necessary amount of research, I simply followed the basics of what you can find online which is simply:sudo pacman -Sy linux-lts linux-lts-headerssudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfgAnd reboot.All looks well in the grub menu, but after selecting linux-lts, I am brought to a blank prompt with a simple empty cursor.Is there any further configuration I need to do?I read that in the past other Artix users had bemoaned the inability to use multiple kernels on their system, but all of these posts were at least a couple years old, and I was wondering if this is still an issue on Artix?Thanks for taking the time to look at this post. Last Edit: 08 March 2022, 20:28:41 by z3rOR0ne
Re: Support for Multiple Kernels? Reply #1 – 07 March 2022, 23:04:25 Hello,by any chance are you using nvidia graphics card?
Re: Support for Multiple Kernels? Reply #2 – 07 March 2022, 23:07:29 Quote from: SGOrava – on 07 March 2022, 23:04:25Hello,by any chance are you using nvidia graphics card?Oh boy, yes I am. I didn't think that would necessarily be related, but it makes sense... could you elaborate please?
Re: Support for Multiple Kernels? Reply #3 – 08 March 2022, 08:31:47 What nvidia kernel modules do you have installed ?Here I think Artix is not providing nvidia-lts package and you need to install "nvidia-dkms".
Re: Support for Multiple Kernels? Reply #4 – 08 March 2022, 10:20:30 Quote from: SGOrava – on 08 March 2022, 08:31:47What nvidia kernel modules do you have installed ?Here I think Artix is not providing nvidia-lts package and you need to install "nvidia-dkms".This is all I have related to nvidia:sudo pacman -Q | grep nvidialib32-nvidia-utils 510.54-1nvidia 510.54-5nvidia-utils 510.54-1I couldn't find a nvidia-lts package in the aur, and nvidia-dkms doesn't appear to be a very popular package on there.This issue with the blank prompt has happened to me before when I enabled the multilib repos in my pacman.conf and there was a nvidia-utils package that was ahead of my nvidia drivers package and caused the same prompt to show up...Again, any insight into this would be helpful, even if I can't have multiple kernels available for my desktop/laptop, I would still like to understand what's going on here.And thank you for your insights so far!
Re: Support for Multiple Kernels? Reply #5 – 08 March 2022, 11:17:08 Quote from: z3rOR0ne – on 08 March 2022, 10:20:30I couldn't find a nvidia-lts package in the aur, and nvidia-dkms doesn't appear to be a very popular package on there.Delete the 'nvidia' package and install the 'nvidia-dkms' one. The former one is only for the 'linux' kernel, and if you use any other (lts included), you must use the latter package in Artix. Don't forget to install linux-lts-headers.
Re: Support for Multiple Kernels? Reply #6 – 08 March 2022, 20:27:39 Quote from: VictorBrand – on 08 March 2022, 11:17:08Delete the 'nvidia' package and install the 'nvidia-dkms' one. The former one is only for the 'linux' kernel, and if you use any other (lts included), you must use the latter package in Artix. Don't forget to install linux-lts-headers.Perfect. Thank you both so much for helping me out. Installed nvidia-dkms, then linux-lts and linux-lts-headers, updated grub, and that did it! I very much appreciate the help!