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| Roguehorse | Has anyone ever had to revert to an old kernel after an update? | 03:01 |
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| DonkeyHotei | yes, when a driver broke | 03:06 |
| Roguehorse | I had someone ask through a mailing list. What is thebest way to go about this as I have never had this problem (yet)? | 03:26 |
| DonkeyHotei | well, since kernels don't get uninstalled automatically, just select it in grub | 03:53 |
| grantbow | Roguehorse: what DonkeyHotei said :-) | 04:39 |
| Roguehorse | so edit /etc/default/grub such as is mentioned here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/216398/set-older-kernel-as-default-grub-entry | 04:40 |
| darthrobot | Title: [grub2 - Set "older" kernel as default grub entry - Ask Ubuntu] | 04:40 |
| DonkeyHotei | no | 04:40 |
| Roguehorse | ?? | 04:41 |
| Roguehorse | elaborate please | 04:41 |
| DonkeyHotei | select it once, then uninstall the newer kernel | 04:41 |
| Roguehorse | and if an update comes through that could repair the problem just retrieve the newer kernel manually? | 04:42 |
| DonkeyHotei | you don't need to retrieve the broken one, just go straight to the fixed one | 04:43 |
| Roguehorse | so if a person needs to roll back their kernel, they would also need to monitor the kernel patches to know when to revert back to the newer repaired kernel? | 04:46 |
| DonkeyHotei | it's what i would do | 04:47 |
| Roguehorse | and each release comes out on average about every 10 weeks (so I've heard) ... Hmmm - ok, thank you for your help | 04:48 |
| DonkeyHotei | kernel updates are on no set schedule | 04:48 |
| DonkeyHotei | and if one is broken, a fix is usually sooner rather than later | 04:49 |
| Roguehorse | I derived that conclusion from listening to Tervalds on some discussion panels | 04:49 |
| DonkeyHotei | uhm, he has no control over ubuntu kernel packaging | 04:49 |
| Roguehorse | true | 04:49 |
| Roguehorse | ok, thank you : ) | 04:50 |
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| DonkeyHotei | anyone about? | 19:50 |
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