Did anyone else have Pacman ask them to -R linux-firmware?

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Did anyone else have Pacman ask them to -R linux-firmware?

19 July 2025, 19:38:02

Did I dream it?

My network died, and while troubleshooting, I looked through previous commands and I had:

sudo pacman -R linux-firmware

I swear pacman told me to do it and a replacement was part of the update, but somehow it was not and I lost wifi on my laptop until I could get on ethernet and reinstall it.

Thanks

Re: Did anyone else have Pacman ask them to -R linux-firmware?

Reply #1 – 19 July 2025, 19:41:49

I think that had to be followed up with an inclusion of three new fireware files. Search the forum for the reference.

https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,8356.msg50080/topicseen.html#new

I think this is the 10th time this has been posted.

Re: Did anyone else have Pacman ask them to -R linux-firmware?

Reply #2 – 19 July 2025, 22:34:39

Look here: https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,8352.msg50022.html#msg50022

Re: Did anyone else have Pacman ask them to -R linux-firmware?

Reply #3 – 21 July 2025, 09:45:56

Thanks both - I misunderstood that I was supposed to re-install linux-firmware!

Re: Did anyone else have Pacman ask them to -R linux-firmware?

Reply #4 – 21 July 2025, 11:46:58

Quote from: metwo – on 21 July 2025, 09:45:56

Thanks both - I misunderstood that I was supposed to re-install linux-firmware!

You are supposed to.
https://archlinux.org/news/linux-firmware-2025061312fe085f-5-upgrade-requires-manual-intervention/

linux-firmware has become a split package and the actual linux-firmware package only contains dependencies.
So long as you have the linux-firmware-* packages you need you'll be ok but if they reorganise linux-firmware again you'll be left behind.