The Latest Kernel Release.

GazL · 01-13-2020, 03:40 PM

I'm still finding the 'bug112315' branch commits necessary to avoid the excessive thermal generation issue with my Broadwell i3-5157 laptop. Thankfully, still working with 5.4.11.

cwizardone · 01-14-2020, 08:06 AM

Another round of kernel updates has been scheduled for release Thursday morning, 16 January 2020, at approximately 09:45, GMT.

If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Wednesday (depending on your time zone).

There will be 78 patches in the 5.4.12 kernel update, 46 in 4.19.96, 39 in 4.14.165, 31 in 4.9.210 and, finally, 28 patches in the 4.4.210 update.

The details:

5.4.12, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.1/06165.html

4.19.96, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.1/06222.html

4.14.165, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.1/06260.html

4.9.210, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.1/06291.html

4.4.210, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.1/06320.html

cwizardone · 01-14-2020, 02:57 PM

That was fast!!!

Kernel updates 5.4.12, 4.19.96, 4.14.165, 4.9.210 and 4.4.210 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.4.12

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.19.96

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.165

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.210

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.4.210

The 32-bit version of Dave's Unofficial Slackbuilt Kernel update for the 4.4.y series can be found at, https://dusk.idlemoor.tk

cwizardone · 01-15-2020, 10:12 AM

VirtualBox-6.1.2 has been released with limited support for the 5.5 kernel.

Quote:

Linux host: Support Linux 5.5 (guest additions not yet)

The change log, https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog-6.1#v2

It is running perfectly on the 5.4.12 kernel.

cwizardone · 01-16-2020, 06:42 PM

Another round of kernel updates has been scheduled for release Saturday night, 18 January 2020, at approximately 23:00, GMT.

If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available late Friday or early Saturday (depending on your time zone).

There will be 203 patches in the 5.4.13 kernel update, 84 in 4.19.97 and 71 in the 4.14.166 update.

The details:

5.4.13, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.2/02722.html

4.19.97, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.2/02831.html

4.14.166, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.2/02873.html

cwizardone · 01-17-2020, 02:17 PM

Kernel updates 5.4.13, 4.19.97 and 4.14.166 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.4.13

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.19.97

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.166

PROBLEMCHYLD · 01-17-2020, 03:16 PM

These kernels coming out faster than bullets. I'll be on 5.4.20 in no time.

cwizardone · 01-19-2020, 11:23 PM

5.5-rc7

Release Candidate 7, for the most recent "mainline" development kernel, version 5.5, has been been made available for testing.

The tarball, https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/t/linux-5.5-rc7.tar.gz

Mr. Torvalds' announcement, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.2/04928.html

ReFracture · 01-20-2020, 12:12 AM

Dug out my Dell inspiron 7559 and updated it from Kernel 4.19.x to 5.4.13.. looks like that ran me into this issue:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205793

Hopefully they sort it out soon, otherwise I might need to figure out how to install a 5.3.x kernel so I have a touchpad again lol.

Didier Spaier · 01-20-2020, 02:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReFracture

Dug out my Dell inspiron 7559 and updated it from Kernel 4.19.x to 5.4.13.. looks like that ran me into this issue:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205793

Hopefully they sort it out soon, otherwise I might need to figure out how to install a 5.3.x kernel so I have a touchpad again lol.

Downgrading to an EOL kernel when there's a patch available? Well, that's *your* machine

ReFracture · 01-20-2020, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

Downgrading to an EOL kernel when there's a patch available? Well, that's *your* machine

I don't actually know how to apply a patch or anything, I've never updated or changed my kernel beyond using slackpkg and updating my boot loader.

ponce · 01-20-2020, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReFracture

Dug out my Dell inspiron 7559 and updated it from Kernel 4.19.x to 5.4.13.. looks like that ran me into this issue:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=205793

Hopefully they sort it out soon, otherwise I might need to figure out how to install a 5.3.x kernel so I have a touchpad again lol.

if you scroll at the end of the bug you linked it's said that it's a duplicate of bug 205745: if you scroll also at the end of that it's confirmed that it's fixed with the release 5.4.8 of the linux kernel...
according to this I suppose in your case it could be something else.

if you are feeling adventurous, you can also downgrade the kernel back to the latest 4.19.x version shipped in current and see if the touchpad works again: you can find a cumulative backup of the packages here.

cwizardone · 01-22-2020, 07:50 AM

Year 2020, Round Six.

Another batch of kernel updates has been scheduled for release Friday morning, 24 January 2020, at approximately 09:30, GMT.

If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Thursday (depending on your time zone).

There will be 222 patches in the 5.4.14 kernel update, 103 in 4.19.98, 65 in 4.14.167, 97 in 4.9.211 and, finally, 76 patches in the 4.4.211 update.

The details:

5.4.14, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.2/08043.html

4.19.98, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.2/07746.html

4.14.167, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.2/07596.html

4.9.211, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.2/07526.html

4.4.211, http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/k...1.2/07480.html

3rensho · 01-23-2020, 03:10 AM

5.4.14 has been released as well as the usual suspects

cwizardone · 01-23-2020, 05:25 AM

Kernel updates 5.4.14, 4.19.98, 4.14.167, 4.9.211 and 4.4.211 are now available at,

https://www.kernel.org/

The change logs,

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...angeLog-5.4.14

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.19.98

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...geLog-4.14.167

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.9.211

https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/ker...ngeLog-4.4.211