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Michael wrote: |
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> On Monday, 14 November 2022 21:05:57 GMT Dale wrote: |
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>> Thing is, I may go a year, sometimes more, without updating the kernel. |
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>> If I rebooted often, I could see using a LTS kernel. If a kernel can |
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>> run for months with no problems, it's stable enough for me. Plus my |
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>> hardware works. |
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> Keeping the same kernel running for long periods can leave you exposed to |
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> security vulnerabilities. Either stable or LTS kernels will be similarly |
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> exposed, if their latest backported versions are not booted with. I |
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> appreciate you're not running a public server so your profile is not as much |
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> at risk, but bad code in some application which hasn't been patched up could |
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> still leave you exposed. |
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>> I have even built a kernel but never actually booted it. By the time I |
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>> get around to rebooting, I've had to build another kernel. I generally |
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>> always work from a known stable config tho. The only reason I wouldn't |
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>> is if I build a new system and have to start from scratch. I've also |
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>> had times when I had to update because my video drivers wouldn't build |
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>> with a older kernel version that I'm running. That doesn't happen to |
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>> often but I recall running into that at least once. |
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> Shutting down your desktop applications and rebooting with a new kernel takes |
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> no longer than a couple of minutes. I mean even busy bank customer web |
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> portals have planned downtime. |
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That may be true. I used to not mind rebooting as much but since I |
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started having to use the init thingy, I only do it when really |
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necessary. Those init thingys have left a long term bad taste in my |
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mouth. If I could, I'd likely never reboot. Thing is, sometimes I have |
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a power outage and just have too. |
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The other thing, my computer is my entertainment system as well. My TV |
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runs close to 24/7. I may pause a video if I'm outside or something but |
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other than that, it is playing something about all the time. I do go to |
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town each Thursday morning to get my shots and pick up groceries. |
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Because of my lengthy time between trips anywhere, I put a trickle |
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charger on my car. Sitting for a week wasn't doing the battery any good. |
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Another reason my system runs even if I'm not home, downloading of |
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files. I'm almost always downloading something. It's how I entertain |
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myself after all. ;-) Basically, this system is busy doing things, |
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multiple things, almost all the time. |
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>> Either way, biggest question was if there was some known breakage |
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>> between my old version and a newer version. Maybe the one I tried just |
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>> had some weird problem that only affected me or I just missed something |
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>> during the oldconfig. I wish I could recall the error. Who knows on |
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>> that. |
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>> Thanks. |
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>> Dale |
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>> :-) :-) |
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> Did you diff your current good kernel .config and the new failed to boot |
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> kernel .config, to find out what options/modules have changed. Besides any |
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> booting errors, this could point you to something which was missed in the new |
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> kernel, or perhaps shouldn't have been configured. That's how I go about |
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> finding the cause of a non-booting kernel in the rare occasions I end up with |
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> a lemon. |
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I tried to boot with new kernel, saw the error, rebooted into a older |
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kernel and carried on. That was several months ago so no clue what the |
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error was. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |