To update decibel Linux, run the following in a terminal, as root:<\/p>\n
Depending on what gets updated and how many updates there are, this could take a while. Plan on running updates when you are not using your system. Do not go without updating for more than 30 days. decibel Linux is basically Gentoo, and Gentoo is a rolling-release system. This means it is meant to be updated frequently. However, please observe the Gentoo etiquette of not running sync more than once per day. I personally update all my Gentoo machines once a month, on the first of the month. You can find whatever schedule works for you.<\/p>\n If there is an update to the kernel (rt-sources), run, as root:<\/p>\n When you see the kernel menu from –menuconfig, change the following items. Note that you need to tap escape twice to go back to a previous menu:<\/p>\n If there are any modules you need that aren’t set by default, now is the time to find them. For example, if you have a Mediatek wireless chip, you may need to find the Mediatek wireless drivers and enable them. If nothing is not working, don’t worry about it.<\/p>\n Escape out of menuconfig and genkernel will compile the kernel and modules. When that’s done, run:<\/p>\n Your new kernel will be used the next time you reboot.<\/p>\n If you are low on\/out of space on the boot partition, you can manually delete older kernels and re-run grub-mkconfig. The three kernel files for each kernel version are initramfs-genkernel-x86_64-(version), kernel-genkernel-x86_64-(version) and System.map-genkernel-x86_64-(version). Pay attention and don’t delete the wrong kernel or you’ll have to re-run genkernel. As a general rule, keep at least the newest previous version to fall back on in case the latest version fails for any reason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" To update decibel Linux, run the following in a terminal, as root: > eix-sync > emerge -uDN –keep-going –with-bdeps=y –backtrack=250 @system @world > smart-live-rebuild > emerge –depclean > revdep-rebuild Depending on what gets updated and how many updates there are, this could take a while. Plan on running updates when you are not using your… <\/p>\n> eix-sync
\n> emerge -uDN --keep-going --with-bdeps=y --backtrack=250 @system @world
\n> smart-live-rebuild
\n> emerge --depclean
\n> revdep-rebuild<\/code><\/p>\n> mount \/dev\/(boot_partition) \/boot (Your boot partition would most likely be \/dev\/sda1, \/dev\/nvme0n1p1, etc.)
\n> ls \/boot (If you've mounted the correct partition, you'll see files like\u00a0<\/code><\/code>System.map-6.1.28-rt-rt10-x86_64, initramfs-6.1.28-rt-rt10-x86_64.img and vmlinuz-6.1.28-rt-rt10-x86_64)
\n> eselect kernel list<\/code>
\n> eselect kernel set x (Where x matches the number next to the new kernel version)<\/code>
\n> genkernel --menuconfig all<\/code><\/p>\n\n
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> grub-mkconfig -o \/boot\/grub\/grub.cfg (that's a lowercase letter o.)<\/code><\/p>\n