Bug#1111095: A question.

From	Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject	Bug#1111095: A question.
Date	2025-08-20 10:20 +0200
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2025 at 10:14:11AM +0200, Uwe Kleine-König wrote:
> Control: tag -1 + moreinfo
> 
> Hello,
> 
> On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 11:19:19AM +0200, topaze666 wrote:
> > Just a little feedback after a few days' "use". Unfortunately, at this
> > stage, my system is unusable because there are far too many crashes. It's
> > switching between windows that at some point will inevitably crash the
> > system.
> > 
> > Question: could using a previous kernel (while keeping the latest official
> > kernel, with the option of switching from grub), provide a temporary
> > solution (1), to regain a stable configuration available? I'm talking about
> > an older kernel officially provided by Trixie.
> > 
> > (1) I'm aware that this kind of bug is often tricky or time-consuming to
> > fix.
> 
> The most time-consuming task is on determining the culprit and you're in
> the best position to debug that.
> 
> There are many kernel packages available at
> https://snapshot.debian.org/package/linux/, can you do a package
> bisection and pinpoint the oldest kernel that has this issue? (That is,
> pick a kernel somewhat in the middle between 6.1 (from bookworm, good)
> and 6.12 (from trixie, bad), say 6.7-1 and test that. Depending on
> the result, continue to search between 6.1 and 6.7-1 (if 6.7-1 is
> bad) or 6.7-1 and 6.12 (if 6.7-1 still works). Tell us if you need more
> guidance here.
> 
> Make sure to uninstall the old kernels at the end to not be exposed to
> security issues that are already fixed in later kernels.

Another thing you can test is installing a 6.16 kernel from
experimental.

Best regards
Uwe

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Bug#1111095: A question. topaze666 <topaze666@gmail.com> - 2025-08-17 11:30 +0200
  Bug#1111095: A question. Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com> - 2025-08-20 10:20 +0200
  Bug#1111095: A question. Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@baylibre.com> - 2025-08-20 10:20 +0200

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