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From: Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.7 no longer switches to VT7
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 08:16:55
Message-Id: 08d31df2-c3ac-c3d9-c6a0-63a5f04eab3d@iinet.net.au
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 4.14.7 no longer switches to VT7 by Peter Humphrey
1 Hi all,
2 is there a list of known problems with kernels 4.14.x?
3
4 I have a problem with hiddev, nut and a usb ups that appears kernel
5 dependent.
6
7 Cant find anything about 4.14 except for the gentoo-dev list emails
8
9 BillK
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12 On 31/12/17 09:56, Peter Humphrey wrote:
13 > On Sunday, 31 December 2017 01:13:26 GMT Ian Zimmerman wrote:
14 >> On 2017-12-31 00:33, Peter Humphrey wrote:
15 >>> But the whole 4.12 branch has been masked, so that won't do. Here,
16 >>> I've had to go back to 4.9.49-r1 (amd64, not ~amd64). But now I see
17 >>> 4.9.72 has been stabilised. I think I'll wait for some stabiliity in
18 >>> the kernel version offerings before I make another move. Three kernel
19 >>> compilations on six systems within a week are a few too many.
20 >>
21 >> FWIW, I find 4.9.73 (upstream, not gentoo) rock solid.
22 >
23 > Well, I haven't fallen into whatever holes have been found in other versions
24 > yet either, as far as I know.
25 >
26 > If you don't mind my asking, what factors make you prefer vanilla to gentoo
27 > sources? (I assume that's what you use.)
28 >