I wonder if there is a place where I can find an earlier version of the kernel official packages.

Specifically, I have several issues related to VirtualBox, after upgrading my kernel from 5.15.38 to 5.15.63, and I want to downgrade the kernel packages back to 5.15.38, but I wasn't able to find them online. Of course, 5.5.19 from the original ISO is easily available, as well as the latest patch 5.15.63, but nothing in between.

Beside the current issue I am trying to fix, I would be interested to know if previous versions of packages are "officially" archived somewhere.

I am running slackware64-15.0 stable.

Sorry if the answer is obvious. I searched this place and others, and wasn't able to find anything.

Only for current @ slackware.uk that I'm aware of. I do have multiple kernels on my Slackware stable boxes, and I can furnish Pat's stock kernel config for 5.15.38 - you could download the source 5.15.38 and compile them yourself --- x64 only

see attached

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	config-generic-5.15.38.x64.txt (233.8 KB, 5 views)
	config-huge-5.15.38.x64.txt (233.7 KB, 3 views)

https://slackware.uk/cumulative/

This is generally for -current and not stable releases so the kernel you are looking for may not be there.

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https://mega.nz/folder/JktETaxb#r6vR1Fv1VhJPI2YnbckgdA

If you are not afraid to install it so ori packages from 15.0.

Thanks for your answers, and for pointing me to this archive at slackware.uk . Pity it is only for -current, having it for stable also would be nice.
As this is not the first time such a need arises, I will probably edit my mirroring script to automatically build a cumulative archive of previous versions.

I built a replacement kernel version 5.15.38, that I will use until compiling and upgrading virtualbox, as suggested in this thread.

Regarding the stuff posted to mega, well, no need to explain why I won't download and install it, no personal offense here. But if they are the original packages, then posting the signature files (.asc) would probably be appropriate.

I can look at adding a cumulative archive for stable once I move things to the new server which has double the disk space.

But it would only be a cumulative archive from the time I activate it, not since 15.0's release. Unless someone has that archive somewhere and would like to upload it to me when I'm ready?

Cheers.

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At Salix we have an incremental backup of all our repositories that goes back 6 months, including the ones for slackware: https://backup.salixos.org

You can currently find the 5.15.38 kernel at the "one month ago" section: https://backup.salixos.org/monthly.0...linux-5.15.38/

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I'm currently syncing the slackware{,64}/{patches,extra} directories from wherever I can find them and will integrate them all into a tree for 15.0 in the cumulative archive on slackware.uk.

I'll let people know when it's completed (shouldn't be long), and will keep it up to date with 15.0 updates.

If anyone has the *full* slackware and slackware64 cumulative from when 15.0 was released until now, I'd really appreciate getting a copy.

Edit: Sorry - I think I might be causing your backup server to wobble a little bit! It keeps throwing out timeouts and files being unavailable (or it could just be nginx...).

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The cumulative archive has now been updated with the patches history for 15.0: details here.

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nice initiative!

@tadgy, thanks for that! I'm sorry, it was nginx limiting requests. Next time ping me and I'll give you direct access

@Tadgy

I've got the following Slackware64-15.0 files in my rollback archives
If any of them would be of use PM me and we'll figure out the best way to get what you want/need to you

Sendmail 8.17.1-1:
sendmail-8.17.1-x86_64-1.txz
sendmail-cf-8.17.1-noarch-1.txz

Kernel 5.15.19-2:
kernel-generic-5.15.19-x86_64-2.txz
kernel-modules-5.15.19-x86_64-2.txz
kernel-headers-5.15.19-x86-2.txz
kernel-source-5.15.19-noarch-2.txz
kernel-huge-5.15.19-x86_64-2.txz

Kernel 5.15.38-1:
kernel-generic-5.15.38-x86_64-1.txz
kernel-modules-5.15.38-x86_64-1.txz
kernel-headers-5.15.38-x86-1.txz
kernel-source-5.15.38-noarch-1.txz
kernel-huge-5.15.38-x86_64-1.txz

Kernel 5.15.63-1:
kernel-generic-5.15.63-x86_64-1.txz
kernel-modules-5.15.63-x86_64-1.txz
kernel-headers-5.15.63-x86-1.txz
kernel-source-5.15.63-noarch-1.txz
kernel-huge-5.15.63-x86_64-1.txz