Didn't detect all linux kernels #5

nt74 commented 2024年07月24日 11:09:39 +02:00 (Migrated from github.com)

I used Your Toolkit for an MSI laptop that I decided to run on the ZEN-kernel.
It couldn't finish the GPU installation without errors because it didn't detect and install all needed kernel-headers.
A suggestion from me would be to detect what kernels are currently installed and give the user the choice which kernel(s) to install headers for (?)
Otherwise a great tool and now my laptop works great with fully functioning sleep/hibernate and audio. Hybrid cards are known to be a real challenge to make work and Your script did a great job at that!

All the best,
Nikos

I used Your Toolkit for an MSI laptop that I decided to run on the ZEN-kernel. It couldn't finish the GPU installation without errors because it didn't detect and install all needed kernel-headers. A suggestion from me would be to detect what kernels are currently installed and give the user the choice which kernel(s) to install headers for (?) Otherwise a great tool and now my laptop works great with fully functioning sleep/hibernate and audio. Hybrid cards are known to be a real challenge to make work and Your script did a great job at that! All the best, Nikos

DarkXero-dev commented 2024年07月24日 11:18:00 +02:00 (Migrated from github.com)

Hello @nt74

Thanks for the useful suggestion, but since I do not provide custom Kernels, nor will I any time soon leaving it up to you the user to know that with every Kernel you must install headers, part of the learning curve.

This tool was and always will be intended for Vanilla Arch, thus expecting you to have some amount of knowledge. Not meant as spoon feeding tool. (Please don't mind the analogy).

That's why it will always install default Kernel's headers, leaving custom ones up to you. If I did everything for you then you will end up learning nothing having to always rely on me.

I hope that clarifies things. Again thanks.

Hello @nt74 Thanks for the useful suggestion, but since I do not provide custom Kernels, nor will I any time soon leaving it up to you the user to know that with every Kernel you must install headers, part of the learning curve. This tool was and always will be intended for Vanilla Arch, thus expecting you to have some amount of knowledge. Not meant as spoon feeding tool. (Please don't mind the analogy). That's why it will always install default Kernel's headers, leaving custom ones up to you. If I did everything for you then you will end up learning nothing having to always rely on me. I hope that clarifies things. Again thanks.

nt74 commented 2024年07月24日 12:47:06 +02:00 (Migrated from github.com)

Yes I totally agree with Your direction for this project.
Regarding the linux kernels I personally think it is a hard one to draw a line as for instance the LTS-kernel although not a "Arch Linux vanilla" one is a supported kernel by the Arch community.
It seems like a good idea to inform the Tookit script user to hint about the vanilla kernel only support before proceeding. (Maybe you have done this and I have missed it).

Yes I totally agree with Your direction for this project. Regarding the linux kernels I personally think it is a hard one to draw a line as for instance the LTS-kernel although not a "Arch Linux vanilla" one is a supported kernel by the Arch community. It seems like a good idea to inform the Tookit script user to hint about the vanilla kernel only support before proceeding. (Maybe you have done this and I have missed it).

DarkXero-dev commented 2024年07月24日 12:50:28 +02:00 (Migrated from github.com)

@nt74

Now that is a better idea. I will add it to the readme here on Github. Adding to toolkit will not work since message disappears too quickly for users to see it. If they do not read the readme it's their issue not mine. (I don't mean to sound bad just an observation that users ignore what's written a lot).

Edit :

Added the info
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@nt74 Now that is a better idea. I will add it to the readme here on Github. Adding to toolkit will not work since message disappears too quickly for users to see it. If they do not read the readme it's their issue not mine. (I don't mean to sound bad just an observation that users ignore what's written a lot). Edit : Added the info