a very important notice for people using Speakup on Arch Linux

Littlefield, Tyler tyler at tysdomain.com
Sun Jan 30 00:27:27 EST 2011


 >    Why does Arch Linux need to be rebooted over a kernel exchange?
Any system needs to be rebooted in order to switch from an older kernel 
to the running kernel. As the kernel is at the core of the OS, and 
manages scheduling and memory management, it needs to be rebooted so 
that the boot loader will load the newer kernel.
On 1/29/2011 10:25 PM, Frost wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 05:04:14PM +0000, Christopher Brannon wrote:
>> When it is time for you to upgrade to version 2.6.37, you should first
>> remove the old speakup package (pacman -R speakup). Reboot,
> 	Why does Arch Linux need to be rebooted over a kernel exchange?
> Does it have proprietary Mickeysoft software in it or something?
>
> 				Michael
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Thanks,
Ty




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