[03:01] <Roguehorse> Has anyone ever had to revert to an old kernel after an update?
[03:06] <DonkeyHotei> yes, when a driver broke
[03:26] <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)?
[03:53] <DonkeyHotei> well, since kernels don't get uninstalled automatically, just select it in grub
[04:39] <grantbow> Roguehorse: what DonkeyHotei said :-)
[04:40] <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
[04:41] <Roguehorse> ??
[04:41] <Roguehorse> elaborate please
[04:41] <DonkeyHotei> select it once, then uninstall the newer kernel
[04:42] <Roguehorse> and if an update comes through that could repair the problem just retrieve the newer kernel manually?
[04:43] <DonkeyHotei> you don't need to retrieve the broken one, just go straight to the fixed one
[04:46] <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?
[04:47] <DonkeyHotei> it's what i would do
[04:48] <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
[04:49] <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
[04:50] <Roguehorse> ok, thank you : )
[19:50] <DonkeyHotei> anyone about?