Raspberry pi5 running bookworm. Cannot install fastfetch about fastfetch HOT 4 CLOSED

I added: kernel=kernel8.img to /boot/firmware/config.txt, rebooted and it worked!.
Any ideas why?

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No idea.

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@CarterLi and @bert269 I think it's because the compilation of fastfetch is on a 4KB page size.

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The standard, bcm2711_defconfig-based kernel (kernel8.img) also runs on Raspberry Pi 5. For best performance you should use kernel_2712.img, but for situations where a 4KB page size is required then kernel8.img (kernel=kernel8.img) should be used.

I don't exactly understand the context/implications of doing this, I'll wait for someone more educated to tell me this is ok. Thanks.

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I tried https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/releases/download/2.13.2/fastfetch-linux-aarch64.tar.gz in my M1 MBP (asahilinux, which uses 16KiB page size too), it worked fine.

I manually compiled fastfetch in asahilinux. Can you try it?

fastfetch-aarch64.tar.gz

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