More "update" problems ...

Shawn Badger shawn at badger.pro
Thu Jan 23 09:59:32 MST 2014


I haven't had to tweak my kernel for such for any device. I am curious as
to what graphics card your laptop has.
But then I again, I haven't had a problem with any updates I have gotten in
the last 10 years either.



On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Mike Bushroe <mbushroe at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have also had problems allowing updates. In my case it usually means
> that there was a generic kernel 'upgrade', and that seems to break several
> things on my system. I seem to remember that menuconfig can be used. I
> guess I need to find out what tweaks are needed for my graphics processor
> and laptop to be happy and store them in a text file. Then when ever they
> push another kernel on me, go back to menuconfig and the text file set
> things right. But it seems easier just to refuse kernel upgrades for quite
> awhile, until I am worried the system may have too many exploits that have
> become better known and it is time to plug any possible leaks.
>
> Mike
>
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