Did my first kernel upgrade on Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 24.04

Seems to be working. Woot!

This Thinkpad X1 Carbon is a nice box, but suspending has almost never worked properly. It seems to start the process properly, but after sitting a while, it seems to wake up in some intermediate state using a bunch of CPU power but doesn't respond to the power key, etc. So a hard reboot is required.

I followed the instruction here to load the "Mainline" kernel tools. I just installed 6.9.9.

https://9to5linux.com/you-can-now-install-linux-kernel-6-9-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts-heres-how

I'm surprised how painless it was.

I'll have to pay attention to updates, of course... :-/ All I do thus far with this thing is browsing, so if I break it it's not a big loss yet.

(I haven't actually tried suspending yet - we'll see how that goes later. But I'm optimistic - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1513210/suspend-bug-for-ubuntu-24-04lts)

Cheers,
Scott.

A good rule of thumb on Linux is to never manually upgrade your kernel unless you have a specific problem that you know is fixed by the kernel you're installing, and there is no prospect of that fix arriving in your distro's standard kernel packages on a timeframe that suits you.

One key reason for this is that if you run Distro X, and you install generic kernel packages, and it all goes to ratshit, Distro X's support resources will almost certainly tell you (correctly) that you should have installed the kernel packaged specifically for and by Distro X, and you're on your own, and have a nice day.

Not a problem for generic consumption devices of course, because you just nuke and pave those, but highly undesirable for anything where you care about it working and a reinstall is problematic.

Post #444,418 by Another Scott 7/15/24 10:32:35 PM 7/15/24 10:32:35 PM Reply	Did my first kernel upgrade on Ubuntu. Ubuntu 24.04 Seems to be working. Woot! This Thinkpad X1 Carbon is a nice box, but suspending has almost never worked properly. It seems to start the process properly, but after sitting a while, it seems to wake up in some intermediate state using a bunch of CPU power but doesn't respond to the power key, etc. So a hard reboot is required. I followed the instruction here to load the "Mainline" kernel tools. I just installed 6.9.9. https://9to5linux.com/you-can-now-install-linux-kernel-6-9-on-ubuntu-24-04-lts-heres-how I'm surprised how painless it was. I'll have to pay attention to updates, of course... :-/ All I do thus far with this thing is browsing, so if I break it it's not a big loss yet. (I haven't actually tried suspending yet - we'll see how that goes later. But I'm optimistic - https://askubuntu.com/questions/1513210/suspend-bug-for-ubuntu-24-04lts) Cheers, Scott.
Post #444,422 by pwhysall 7/16/24 3:17:23 AM 7/16/24 3:17:23 AM Reply	eff why aye A good rule of thumb on Linux is to never manually upgrade your kernel unless you have a specific problem that you know is fixed by the kernel you're installing, and there is no prospect of that fix arriving in your distro's standard kernel packages on a timeframe that suits you. One key reason for this is that if you run Distro X, and you install generic kernel packages, and it all goes to ratshit, Distro X's support resources will almost certainly tell you (correctly) that you should have installed the kernel packaged specifically for and by Distro X, and you're on your own, and have a nice day. Not a problem for generic consumption devices of course, because you just nuke and pave those, but highly undesirable for anything where you care about it working and a reinstall is problematic.
Post #444,424 by Another Scott 7/16/24 7:28:35 AM 7/16/24 7:28:35 AM Reply	Yup. Thanks.

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