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Thanks for the warning. A udev rule might be a better workaround than rc.local.
This is for intel, but it should be trivial to cater also for amd:
Code:
# 81-backlight.rules:
#
# Set the initial backlight level.
# When present, use the 'acpi_video0' control in preference to
# the vendor 'intel_backlight' control.
#
SUBSYSTEM!="backlight", GOTO="backlight_end"
ACTION!="add", GOTO="backlight_end"
KERNEL=="intel_backlight", TEST!="/sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness", ATTR{brightness}="364"
KERNEL=="acpi_video0", ATTR{brightness}="39"
LABEL="backlight_end"
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,095
Original Poster
Rep:
Year 2020, Round 47.
Another batch of kernel updates has been scheduled for release on Wednesday, 05 August 2020, at approximately Noon,, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Tuesday (depending on your time zone).
Thanks for the warning. A udev rule might be a better workaround than rc.local.
This is for intel, but it should be trivial to cater also for amd:
Code:
# 81-backlight.rules:
#
# Set the initial backlight level.
# When present, use the 'acpi_video0' control in preference to
# the vendor 'intel_backlight' control.
#
SUBSYSTEM!="backlight", GOTO="backlight_end"
ACTION!="add", GOTO="backlight_end"
KERNEL=="intel_backlight", TEST!="/sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness", ATTR{brightness}="364"
KERNEL=="acpi_video0", ATTR{brightness}="39"
LABEL="backlight_end"
bash-5.0$ uname -a
Linux hp-laptop.example.org 5.4.56 #1 SMP Wed Aug 5 12:15:30 CEST 2020 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6400 @2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
Last edited by mats_b_tegner; 08-05-2020 at 04:31 PM.
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,095
Original Poster
Rep:
Year 2020, Round 48.
Another batch of kernel updates has been scheduled for release on Friday, 07 August 2020, at approximately 15:00, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Thursday (depending on your time zone).
bash-5.0$ uname -a
Linux hp-laptop.example.org 5.4.57 #1 SMP Fri Aug 7 10:04:35 CEST 2020 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T6400 @2.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux
Another batch of kernel updates has been scheduled for release on Friday, 07 August 2020, at approximately 15:00, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Thursday (depending on your time zone).
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,095
Original Poster
Rep:
Year 2020, Round 49.
Another batch of kernel updates has been scheduled for release on Wedmesday, 12 August 2020, at approximately 15:00, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Tuesday (depending on your time zone).
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,095
Original Poster
Rep:
Unless there is a compelling need, such as a fix for a serious security flaw, I think I'll stay with the 5.7.xx kernel until 5.9.1 is releassed.
The 5.9.0 kernel should be the next LTS kernel and it looks like it will be a major release. Almost daily there is another news story about a forth coming new feature or change or improvement for 5.9.0.
Note: I have Nothing to do with Phoronix. Zip, zero, nada.
I was going to start posting the 5.9.0 changes, bug fixes and improvements, but the list is long and Phoronix has already done all the work. Credit where credit is due, and all that.
Last edited by cwizardone; 08-22-2020 at 12:33 PM.
I have a LG Gram 14Z970 and during recent upgrades above version 5.4.50 in Slackware-current, my m.2 nvme ssd stopped being detected.
At first, I thought it was damaged but Slackware 14.2 found /dev/nvme0n1. I have a spare m.2 ssd and tested the port, it was fine therefore not a hardware issue.
I then found the 5.4.50 kernel packages on an old backup and downgraded to that version.
Code:
nvme list
Node SN Model Namespace Usage Format FW Rev
---------------- -------------------- ---------------------------------------- --------- -------------------------- ---------------- --------
/dev/nvme0n1 F745110048 TS1TMTE110S 1 1.02 TB / 1.02 TB 512 B + 0 B S0905C3
I looked into this kernel changelog and found a lot of patches regarding nvme . [URL="https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.51" linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.51[/URL]
I will stick to this version until I can find a proper solution.
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
Posts: 9,095
Original Poster
Rep:
The "Linux-Kernel Archive by Thread" message board hasn't been updated since, Fri Aug 14 2020 - 20:24:34 EST, so we are flying in dense fog at the moment.
Last edited by cwizardone; 08-15-2020 at 09:58 AM.
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