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Re: Linux 5.6

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

One special thing about exfat is that when it gets corrupted you are screwed.

In difference to ... ?

And adding to what guerrilla said, it seems to end up bad more easily than fat32, at least in my experience. I only have anecdata for this, but old files appearing as 0 bytes, filesystems that decide they won't mount again, things that I've only had and seen on other people's systems with exfat.

Re: Linux 5.6

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post #54

If anyone else - like me - has tried updating the kernel this morning and figured out wifi with an intel card was broken: It seems they broke the iwlwifi driver [1] and here [2] is the patch to fix it. [1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.... [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.g...

Good to know. I've been using the rc releases for a bit without issue but will likely run into that immediately when upgrading.

Re: Linux 5.6

#63

Upgraded to a system with an X570 motherboard and an RX 5700 XT graphics card... for the most part, since Kernel 5.3, every release has been more stable and mostly better performing... though having to manually download drivers a couple times from the kernel git repo has been a pain, I really appreciate the effort. ----- Rant ahead... If only the front end could button up more... Gnome's blank screen + password seems…

I also have a particular dislike for disjointed ui experiences. I also like sane and customizable desktop environments. From that perspective, having tried a whole of bunch of them (except tiling ones as I'm too lazy to memorize shortcuts), I have found XFCE to be the right balance (for me). Lightweight, sensible defaults, snappy and sufficiently customizable. I personally like Papirus icons + Numix style + Tahoma default font.

Re: Linux 5.6

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post #54

If anyone else - like me - has tried updating the kernel this morning and figured out wifi with an intel card was broken: It seems they broke the iwlwifi driver [1] and here [2] is the patch to fix it. [1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.... [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.g...

I just got a thinkpad x1 carbon and have similar issues with the intel chipset for wifi and audio with newer kernels as well. Only thinkpad over ever had issues with .

Re: Linux 5.6

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post #55
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I'm just a kernel newbie looking at small issues in my free time, but seeing my name in the shortlog feels very rewarding.

As an open source maintainer, I can tell you that we appreciate the small fixes and updates that come from people just getting their feet wet. Even little things like spelling mistakes, or fixing a bug in an infrequently used command line option go a long way towards a better overall product.

As an open source user and (in the past, contributor), I wholeheartedly agree with that. The fact that a software has no bugs is what makes it a product I can rely on.

For example, I'm a KDE user since 20 years. And although it has come a long way, there's always this little bug here or there. Because of that , I can't recommend it to some non IT user who's going to use it alone, I can't 100% trust it.

So OP is right : fixing little bugs makes a incredible difference.

(as far as KDE is concerned, kudo's to Nate Graham who's been looking at small issues for some times now and that really makes a difference)

Re: Linux 5.6

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post #54

If anyone else - like me - has tried updating the kernel this morning and figured out wifi with an intel card was broken: It seems they broke the iwlwifi driver [1] and here [2] is the patch to fix it. [1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.... [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.g...

I just got a thinkpad x1 carbon and have similar issues with the intel chipset for wifi and audio with newer kernels as well. Only thinkpad over ever had issues with .

I have the same notebook (2019 edition) with Arch linux; everything is fine except audio, which won't work (basically the mic). Since I run every week or second into trouble after upgrading, I already thought about changing the distribution to something more stable, like Ubuntu/Debian. But I doubt my mic will work there :-(

Re: Linux 5.6

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post #54

If anyone else - like me - has tried updating the kernel this morning and figured out wifi with an intel card was broken: It seems they broke the iwlwifi driver [1] and here [2] is the patch to fix it. [1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.... [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.g...

You may already do this, but bugs like these are the reason I usually recommend having two kernels. The "oh crap did the latest release break X" is a lot easier to test if you can just reboot into the LTS kernel.

Re: Linux 5.6

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post #54

If anyone else - like me - has tried updating the kernel this morning and figured out wifi with an intel card was broken: It seems they broke the iwlwifi driver [1] and here [2] is the patch to fix it. [1] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.... [2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net.g...

It's been broken for a while

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1863769

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1864188

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bugs?field.searc...

Re: Linux 5.6

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post #3

I'm just a kernel newbie looking at small issues in my free time, but seeing my name in the shortlog feels very rewarding.

It should feel rewarding. You've contributed to and improved one of the most important pieces of software in the world!

Re: Linux 5.6

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post #66

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I just got a thinkpad x1 carbon and have similar issues with the intel chipset for wifi and audio with newer kernels as well. Only thinkpad over ever had issues with .

I have the same notebook (2019 edition) with Arch linux; everything is fine except audio, which won't work (basically the mic). Since I run every week or second into trouble after upgrading, I already thought about changing the distribution to something more stable, like Ubuntu/Debian. But I doubt my mic will work there :-(

Probably is just a config issue: for some reason this morning the wrong mic was selected as default and the update may have played a role since I don't remember changing it myself, but a quick look at pavucontrol solved the problem. PS: I'm using Arch Linux on a Lenovo too, but not a thinkpad.
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