kernel upgrade

AmigaOne X5000 platform specific issues related to Linux only.
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kilaueabart
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Re: kernel upgrade

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xeno74 wrote:
kilaueabart wrote: What I copied over and renamed was not what I recognized by its icon as a kernel, but a file called cyrus-4.15. I assume vmlinux-4.15 wouldn't have worked?
Which kernel package did you download? The correct kernel name is uImage-4.15. You can rename it to uImage-cyrus if you like. vmlinux-4.15 is the X1000 Linux kernel.
I thought I had mentioned that I downloaded the "Stable 4.15.4," but that was in the original post I deleted, about U-boot not finding uImage-cyrus because my renaming had failed. I'll have to investigate and find out why it didn't want to read uImage-4.15, if I didn't really have to rename it.

No wonder vmlinux-4.15 looked like the right one to me. I did a lot of kernel upgrading on the X1000, but nowhere else.

When I went to upgrade Firefox, it told me I already had the most up-to-date, but then it added a whole bunch of new files. I don't get the "you better upgrade your browser" message anymore, but my e-mail actually works worse (conks out when I ask it to delete) than before.

Anyway, thanks again for your several years of help.
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xeno74
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Re: kernel upgrade

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Hi Kilaueabart,

Does your X5000 boots currently? If yes then uImage-cyrus works. You can download a new kernel and rename it to uImage-cyrus if you like. Then copy uImage-cyrus to the USB flash drive. After a reboot, the new kernel is active. ;-)
I suggest to test the Midori WebKit web browser instead of Firefox.

Cheers,
Christian
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Running Linux on AmigaONEs can require some tinkering.
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kilaueabart
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Re: kernel upgrade

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xeno74 wrote:...
I suggest to test the Midori WebKit web browser instead of Firefox.
I recall that earlier versions of Ubuntu that I ran on the X1000 came with a few browsers one could select from the menu and I used Midori sometimes.

I decided to download it and give it a try, but the attempt results in an interesting problem. I go to midori.org and click on Download. I am given the choice of Ubuntu, among others, but so far I have not been able to make the choice. Firefox closes "unexpectedly" every time I try!

OK, apt-get install works. I should have tried that first. Another strange problem, maybe not real:

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Midori can't find the page you're looking for

The page located at “” cannot be found. Check the web address for misspelled words and try again.
Error opening file: No such file or directory
Why is it looking for “” ? No matter. It let me log on to Hyperion and edit this post. I'll continue to test on other sites.
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