Installed both desktop and server kernels - Can I remove one?

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  • OpenMandriva Lx version: 25.02 ROME

  • Desktop environment: KDE Plasma 6.3.1

  • Description of the issue:

Somehow I have installed both the desktop and server kernels on my desktop machine. Like a dummy I must have said yes to an install question without really reading it. I have no idea how long ago this was and I’ve been running the server kernel on my desktop without realizing it and never noticed a difference in performance.

  1. Can I just uninstall the server kernel and modules, update grub, reboot and merrily go on my way?
  2. What is the difference between the OpenMandriva desktop and server kernels?
$ rpm -qa | grep kernel
lib64absl_kernel_timeout_internal-20240722.0-1.x86_64
kernel-firmware-extra-20241110-1.noarch
kernel-firmware-20241110-1.noarch
kernel-desktop-6.12.9-1.x86_64
kernel-server-gcc-6.13.3-1.x86_64
kernel-server-6.13.3-1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-gcc-6.13.3-1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-6.13.3-1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-modules-hfs-6.13.3-1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-gcc-modules-hfs-6.13.3-1.x86_64
kernel-server-modules-hfs-6.13.3-1.x86_64
kernel-server-gcc-modules-hfs-6.13.3-1.x86_64
kernel-server-gcc-6.13.3-2.x86_64
kernel-server-6.13.3-2.x86_64
kernel-desktop-gcc-6.13.3-2.x86_64
kernel-desktop-6.13.3-2.x86_64
kernel-desktop-modules-hfs-6.13.3-2.x86_64
kernel-desktop-gcc-modules-hfs-6.13.3-2.x86_64
kernel-server-modules-hfs-6.13.3-2.x86_64
kernel-server-gcc-modules-hfs-6.13.3-2.x86_64
$

My system:

OS: OpenMandriva Lx 25.02 (ROME) Rolling x86_64
Host: MS-7C02 (1.0)
Kernel: Linux 6.13.3-desktop-2omv2590
Packages: 2575 (rpm)
Shell: bash 5.2.37
Display (VSC622A): 1920x1080 @ 60 Hz in 27"
DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.1
WM: KWin (X11)
WM Theme: Oxygen
Theme: Oxygen (Dark) [Qt], Breeze-Dark [GTK2], Bre
Icons: oxygen [Qt], oxygen [GTK2/3/4]
Font: Noto Sans (10pt) [Qt], Noto Sans (10pt) [GTK
Cursor: Oxygen_Black (24px)
Terminal: konsole 24.12.2
Terminal Font: Liberation Mono (11pt)
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (12) @ 3.40 GHz
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 580 2048SP [Discrete]
Memory: 4.80 GiB / 15.56 GiB (31%)
Swap: 9.55 MiB / 7.78 GiB (0%)
Disk (/): 30.69 GiB / 457.09 GiB (7%) - ext4
Disk (/home/ben/sam860): 128.70 GiB / 915.82 GiB (
Locale: en_US.UTF-8
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You probably did not see this:

If you run distro-sync now you should get

Installing:
 kernel-desktop                       x86_64 6.13.4-2      rolling-x86_64

Anyway do:
uname -r
to be sure you booted to regular kernel-desktop

then try
sudo dnf remove kernel-server-gcc kernel-server kernel-desktop-gcc

That’s the command I run while testing.
This time you want to pay attention to console output :wink:
If in doubt, abort transaction and post the log.

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Thank you @rugyada This solution worked great.

You are correct, I did not remove hfsutils before doing a distro-sync. Learned a valuable lesson today. :grinning:

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That seems to be a new requirement for updating ROME. At least, I do not recall seeing it before the 21 FEB 2025 update. Would you mind adding it to the wiki here: How to update system | OpenMandriva wiki

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Well this is a one time requirement, covered in ROME major upgrade expected - #48 by rugyada, that is where we publish tips and workarounds all the times when there is any need to do.
The new kernel versions will fix it.

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Thank you!

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