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Re: [LUG] Getting a USB AC68 dongle to work in Mint 19.3

 

On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 23:23:17 +0100
Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Julian,

>reason. I get this a lot with kernel updates.

It may depend on which meta package (if any) you have installed - kernel
updates are not automatic in several distros.  This is a security
measure.  Kernel updates may cause things to fail catastrophically.

For example, in Debian testing if I have installed;
linux-image-5.4.0-3-amd64
updates will be limited to linux-image-5*
As soon as (say) linux-image-6.0.2-1-amd64 comes out, the kernel will not
be updated automatically.

To get automatic upgrades to the latest kernel I have to install the
meta-package;
linux-image-amd64
which depends on the latest kernel available in testing.

You should also keep at least one older kernel available on your machine
because, if things do go belly up with the new kernel, you've still got
an old one around to boot up with.  To that end, most distros don't
automatically remove old kernels at update time.

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