Re: Lots of kernels

On 5/28/26 3:30 AM, Arve Barsnes wrote:
> On Thu, 28 May 2026, at 10:01, Dale wrote:
>> That happens quite often.  I pick a kernel to upgrade to and the next
>> time I sync, it is gone.  I just keep the source around until I roll
>> through newer kernels and it gets cleaned out of /boot, then I unmerge it.
>>
>> I'm just curious as to when all the fixes get taken care of.
> No updates for 3 days now (latest stable is 6.18.33-r1), the worst rush might be over.
>
> If you don't want to stick with the stable series, I'd recommend upgrading more often, and not be stuck on some random in-between kernel that might be missing important fixes for something-or-other.
>
> Regards,
> Arve
>


They update so often it is hard to know which one is really the best.  I 
usually pick the last version of that series and just hope that is the 
most bug fixed version.  I may be completely wrong but one way I know a 
kernel works, everything works long term.  I have long uptimes so if I 
can remain up for a month or so and no problems, it must work for my 
hardware at least.  Of course this may vary for other tho.

What I may do, give it a couple more weeks and then update to the 
latest.  I always keep a couple backup versions in /boot anyway. That 
said, my last kernel doesn't allow me to switch back to a console for 
some reason.  I think it is Nvidia myself because it worked before, with 
the same kernel.

I'll give it a couple weeks.  Maybe they will have hammered all the 
nails or stomped all the bugs by then.  ;-)

Dale

:-)  :-)