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   Message 29,568 of 30,566   
   Felix to Handsome Jack   
   Re: Kernel update hell   
   31 Oct 25 23:15:24   
   
   From: none@not.here   
      
   Handsome Jack wrote:   
   > On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 11:37:40 +1100, Felix wrote:   
   >   
   >> pinnerite wrote:   
   >>> This morning I accepted the update for kernel 6.8.0-86-generic.   
   >>> When I booted up, I had lost my primary screen.   
   >>>   
   >>> I worked back to kernel 6.8.0-84 and got it back.   
   >>>   
   >>> BUt the drivers for my TBS 6281 DVB-T2 TV card no longer worked and had   
   >>> to be recompliled.   
   >>> Would they? No.   
   >>>   
   >>> ChatGPT hAd been running me ragged this evening overv this when up   
   >>> popped kernel 6.8.0-87-generic.   
   >>> Are we we thought (ChstGPT and me). That is probably a clean-up   
   >>> version.   
   >>> Well no it isn't.   
   >>>   
   >>> I am not going to install further kernels until whatever.   
   >> just do a timeshift before a kernel update   
   >>   
   >>   
   > But how do you restore from a timeshift, if the kernel update has disabled   
   > your machine?   
      
   I have my snapshots on a separate drive, and would restore the snapshot   
   from a live CD   
      
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