pyakm (or Arch Linux Kernel Manager 0.0.2)

Simple kernel manager for arch linux basically a gtk application to manage official kernels.

Binaries include:

• pyakm-system-daemon
• pyakm-manager

pyakm-system-daemon will be started by systemd upon the execution pyakm-manager. That means you can see the logs via journalctl -u pyakm-system -b 0 | grep pyakm > log.txt or something similar. Send me the logs this way. This software comes with a dbus service which you can use an interface for your scripts etc.

There are not many decent pyalpm, python-dbus, polkit examples around. So, I hope this will also be useful if you are searching for an answer on these topics.

GUI can be simplified to four tasks:

• Remove : Removes selected kernel and updates grub.
• Set as Default : Adds an entry to your grub menu for the selected kernel and updates grub.
  • If you want to remove this entry simply delete /etc/grub.d/01_pyakm and update grub.
• Select : Installs kernel with selected version. Adds the kernel and the header package to IgnorePkg in /etc/pacman.conf
• Upgrade : Installs the latest version of the selected kernel. Removes the kernel from IgnorePkg

For some reason, if gui stuck or frozen. You probably need to restart the pyakm-system service via sudo systemctl restart pyakm-system. And send me the logs of course.

As is, this software is enough for my purposes so I will probably fix some bugs as I go along and leave it there. If you would like to see more features, let me know.

TODO List

• Bind some output to the terminal or a window
• grub fill fail if many OSs exist. Add a config file or settings gui for a switch I guess.

I am not working in this project anymore because I am busy with other things.