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On 11/11/22 07:25, Dale wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> I been stuck on gentoo-sources 5.14.15 for a while. I tried upgrading |
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> to I think 5.16 and then more recently 5.18. I upgraded like I always |
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> do, copy .config over and run make oldconfig. Once I get everything in |
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> /boot, init thingy and all, I update grub. When I get around to |
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> rebooting, the new kernels always fail part way through booting. I |
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> can't recall the error since I last tried a newer kernel several months |
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> ago. |
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> |
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> I'm about to try to jump to version 6.0.5 which is latest in the tree. |
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> Is there some major change that causes copying .config file from 5.14 to |
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> 5.18 or higher to break? Do I need to configure a new kernel from |
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> scratch in other words? While I try to answer each question the best I |
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> can, either I'm breaking something or something else breaks preventing |
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> updating from older versions. I just don't know which it is. Me or it. |
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I've had a similar experience recently. I was using LTS (5.15) due to |
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old, no longer supported Nvidia video card, when I switched to nouveau I |
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tried 6.0.x but no go, either USB3 or USB2 where working, but not both. |
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After much fiddling with .config I ended up booting the PC from USB with |
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a recent, working binary distribution - Ubuntu 22.04 - and compared its |
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.config with mine, and found out the problem was in one of the kernel |
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boot parameters, not in the .config! |
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If you find the binary distribution kernel works, lsmod will tell you |
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which modules are actually used on your machine so you can pick just |
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those in your config. For the .config comparison, meld works just fine. |
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raffaele |
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