Context: For the second time in a row, upgrading the Kernel resulted in a black screen at boot for me.
See also: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=455598
Context: For the second time in a row, upgrading the Kernel resulted in a black screen at boot for me.
See also: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=455598
Some people have test environments that aren’t their prod environment.
Others stick with a distro that has better validation and/or long-term support.
Please don’t blame the kernel devs.
Agreed… almost certainly not a kernel issue. Linus is famous for absolutely losing his shit if a kernel breaks userspace
Totally understandable crushout
I mean this happened just weeks ago: https://lkml.org/lkml/2025/11/3/1147
If something breaks when I update the kernel and that same thing works again if I downgrade the kernel, what explanation should I seek other than that the kernel broke something?
Notice I’m on Linux Mint, so I’m not using the original kernel but a modified version.
Other packages relying on a specific kernel version, and not being updated in time. Eg. nvidia drivers.