[arch-general] kernel linux-4.8.6-1-x86_64 not able to load modules

[Jude DaShiell]

That's why I installed the update-grub package a while back since grub 
then gets automatically updated so it uses the latest kernel to be 
loaded onto the machine.  That's an aur package too.

On Sat, 5 Nov 2016, Doug Newgard wrote:

> Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2016 09:56:13
> From: Doug Newgard <scimmia at archlinux.info>
> Reply-To: General Discussion about Arch Linux <arch-general at archlinux.org>
> To: arch-general at archlinux.org
> Subject: Re: [arch-general] kernel linux-4.8.6-1-x86_64 not able to load
>     modules
> 
> On Sat, 5 Nov 2016 14:50:30 +0200
> Anast Gramm via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> Hey list,
>>
>> After, as suggested in arch-annoucne, I force-upgrated ttf-dejavu
>> I made a full system upgrade with pacman -Syu.
>>
>> This installed the latest linux kernel. (the one in the subject line)
>>
>> The initram was completed successfully and I procceded to reboot.
>> Then Xserver would complain about my intel module (i915)
>>
>> After a while I figured that nothin was loaded. I had no internet
>> connection (ip link would only show loopback), when I plugged a USB drive
>> the kernel woudln't detect it, and so on...
>
> This usually happens because the bootloader is finding an old kernel.
> Either /boot wasn't mounted during the upgrade or the bootloader is looking at
> the wrong place.
>

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