On 10/19/19, Eli Schwartz via arch-general <arch-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If your kernel issue was making you not do any updates at all, this > seems... suboptimal as you then get no updates at all. The kernel is the > one package it is completely okay to not upgrade with the rest of your > system, since it doesn't exactly link to any libraries (or have anything > link to it), and furthermore, it is totally fine to not have a kernel > installed (for example, chroots and containers use the host kernel) or > install any other kernel like the linux-lts kernel, currently at version > 4.19.80-1. > > So my advice is to either add the "linux" package to IgnorePkg until > your issue is resolved, or switch to the linux-lts kernel for now. The > next LTS kernel will skip from 4.19 to 5.4, and hopefully by that time > this bug will be fixed... > Then simply keep up to date as normal, while keeping an eye on the > referenced bugzilla.freedesktop.org ticket. > > Of course, once you are keeping your system up to date while handling > the kernel separately and specially, you should have no problem > installing or updating any other package, in this case 'base'. > > Also note that 'base' does not depend on 'linux'. Thanks A LOT. This answer was awesome. > I would disable the nvidia card in the bios and move on with my life, > never buying anything with a nvidia chip in it again, or until they have > enough respect for their customers that you can use a FOSS driver and > have it work 100%. Will check that. So, the problem is solved. Should I mark 'SOLVED' in some place or something like that? Couldn't find some explanation on the Wiki and Forum, so, let me know if I must, please. Thanks a lot!
