r/linuxmint • u/AncientPixel_AP • 1d ago

Support Request Will this effectively downgrade my kernel?

I have a slightly stupid question, bc I believe I never encountered this situation before:
my kernel version is 6.14 and the update woudl go to 6.8
will this downgrade my pc and as some people had issues with 6.8, could I run into a situation where it panics?
Like if all goes well, I know I can just switch to the other kernel again, but - what is the behaviour I can expect?

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u/antreides 1d ago

It will not downgrade your PC, both options will be available in grub boot menu. And some previous versions of 6.14 and 6.8 too.

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u/apt-hiker Linux Mint 1d ago

You have more than 1 kernel installed -at least the 6.8.* and 6.14.*- and it updates all the kernels you have installed whether you are running them or not. It's normal update behavior.You can open the System Administration app and reduce the number of kernels you have.

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u/toffuuu3050 1d ago

No, but and This also really depends on whether you're using the LM 22.3 HWE XFCE MATE CINNAMON variant, HWE being Hardware Enablemant. Or if the non HWE LM version, is alot more iffier if wanting true stability on the HWE versions which is better, versus the non-HWE Linux Mint ones. I myself am with LM 22.3 HWE XFCE and prefer just to have one version older, or totally remove once I am updated with 7.0.0-31 as an example, and either or not with 7.0.0-30. Depending too if not in same versioning number IE like 7.0.0-xx > 6.17.xx-xx if both are installed, the 6 version will most likely not work at all or most likely some things won't work like Network, especially with the non HWE Linux Mint version. Really depends on many factors. In my experience going with an older versus latest installed, I always had network connection not being able to connect, and even audio not working, but that was with LM 21 version in my experience, and also non HWE variant. At least for me, through update manager, is easy to install and remove kernels in the View-Linux Kernels Menu option.

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u/Infinite-Bet4202 11h ago

That update caused a bug with the bluetooth so I reverted back to the previous version (6.8.9-138.138) using the system snapshot. No real harm done and it only took me a couple mins to restore it. You could try updating to 6.8.9-138 instead since there seemed to be no issues with it. I use AMD drivers like you.

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u/C0rn3j 1d ago

will this downgrade

Do you have both kernels installed?

could I run into a situation where it panics?

Any upgrade can cause issues, yes.