V.T. Eric Layton Posted June 20, 2020 Author Posted June 20, 2020 --- Another Kernel Upgrade --- 062020-1749hrs (EDT) All's well now... running 4.4.227 with a reinstalled Nvidia 390.32 drivers. This was a security update that was released about a month ago. I got 'er done today. I'm a little lax (read as lazy) about kernel upgrades. Gun shy a bit, maybe. All went smoothly, though. YAY! Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted June 20, 2020 Author Posted June 20, 2020 Yeah, I like it when things go well. Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted June 20, 2020 Author Posted June 20, 2020 Wonder what I'm going to do when Nvidia stops upgrading the drivers for my card. Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted June 21, 2020 Author Posted June 21, 2020 16 hours ago, securitybreach said: Use noveau I can't. I don't get my monitor's full screen resolution (1680x1050) with Nouveau. Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 22, 2020 Author Posted October 22, 2020 Well, this was a fun thread to read through. I came back here to post a new message, though... Gotta' new kernel (security) upgrade in the downloads directory as I type. Going to be upgrading from my current 4.4.227 to 4.4.240. Wish me LUCK! Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 23, 2020 Author Posted October 23, 2020 OK, up and running with new kernel and Nvidia drivers. YAY! I like it when it just works. 3 Quote
abarbarian Posted October 23, 2020 Posted October 23, 2020 9 hours ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: YAY! I like it when it just works. You could have that feeling all the time if you made the move to Arch 1 Quote
securitybreach Posted October 23, 2020 Posted October 23, 2020 7 hours ago, abarbarian said: You could have that feeling all the time if you made the move to Arch Yes Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted October 23, 2020 Author Posted October 23, 2020 Arch fanbois! I just can't get away from 'em. 1 1 Quote
sunrat Posted October 24, 2020 Posted October 24, 2020 19 hours ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: Arch fanbois! I just can't get away from 'em. I hear ya. Debian FTW! 1 Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 16, 2021 Author Posted March 16, 2021 OK, it's that time again... Time for a Slackware kernel upgrade! Oh, boy! And... let's not forget about those updated Nvidia drivers, too. Anyway... I've downloaded all the necessaries and will take care of this chore sometime in the next few days or so. YAY! 1 1 Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 11, 2021 Author Posted April 11, 2021 Finally got around to this... Kernel upgraded to 4.4.261; also, Nvidia drivers upgraded to 390.141. All's well. 1 Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 11, 2021 Author Posted April 11, 2021 I haven't been too far. 1 1 Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 15, 2021 Author Posted April 15, 2021 On 4/11/2021 at 2:04 PM, V.T. Eric Layton said: Finally got around to this... Kernel upgraded to 4.4.261; also, Nvidia drivers upgraded to 390.141. All's well. I developed excessive CPU cycle usage immediately after upgrading to kernel 4.4.261 recently. This has continued to be an issue for the last few days since the upgrade. I finally got tired of it and reverted to the previous (back-up) kernel 4.4.240. All's fine again now. Quote
securitybreach Posted April 15, 2021 Posted April 15, 2021 Maybe the next update will fix that. Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted April 16, 2021 Author Posted April 16, 2021 Yup... probably. This is a very rare thing in Slackware. I've only had kernel issues after an upgrade a couple times in 15 or so years, so... can't really complain. 1 Quote
trigggl Posted May 2, 2021 Posted May 2, 2021 On 10/23/2020 at 1:15 PM, V.T. Eric Layton said: Arch fanbois! I just can't get away from 'em. I may need to come back to the board. We need some Gentoo fanbois to balance out the Arch fanbois. 3 Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted June 2, 2021 Author Posted June 2, 2021 On 4/15/2021 at 4:42 PM, V.T. Eric Layton said: I developed excessive CPU cycle usage immediately after upgrading to kernel 4.4.261 recently. This has continued to be an issue for the last few days since the upgrade. I finally got tired of it and reverted to the previous (back-up) kernel 4.4.240. All's fine again now. Well, it seems that this may not have been a kernel issue at all. The past few weeks I've been experiencing herky-jerky mouse action and HIGH CPU usage with Firefox. I think maybe the browser was the issue all along. I've upgraded the kernel to the latest (4.4.261) Slack security upgrade and reinstalled my Nvidia. All seems OK at the moment. I'll have to see if FF starts misbehaving, though. I understand that the newer versions of FF are more stable and not as CPU hungry. The FF that is on Slackware 14.2 is v68.x ESR. A pal on LinuxQuestions.org tells me that he's successfully upgrade his 14.2 FF to v84.x. I may have to attempt this in the next few days. Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted June 2, 2021 Author Posted June 2, 2021 Running top in terminal since rebooting with this new kernel. I have my usual FF and Thunderbird up and running. So far, CPU is lazing along at under 10% or so. Quote
V.T. Eric Layton Posted June 2, 2021 Author Posted June 2, 2021 Oh, one note... Nvidia had a newer driver this time than back when I first tried the 4.4.261 kernel. I wonder if it was and Nvidia issue back then? They sure came out with an upgraded driver quickly since that last one. A fix maybe? Previous was 390.141; this new one is 390.143. Quote
sunrat Posted June 2, 2021 Posted June 2, 2021 3 hours ago, V.T. Eric Layton said: The FF that is on Slackware 14.2 is v68.x ESR. Does it have moss growing on it? Even crusty old Debian Buster has FF78 ESR. 1 1 Quote
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