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Post by gothica on Oct 28, 2021 14:52:13 GMT
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Post by Hippytaff on Oct 28, 2021 16:41:26 GMT
You can see a list of, and install kernels from Synaptic. Menu > Applications > System Tools > Synaptic Package Manager. It's pretty 'fun' to navigate, so I just searched 'kernel' and scrolled through the results.
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Post by enigma9o7 on Oct 28, 2021 17:35:06 GMT
Firstly, this is not officially supported/etc/proceed at your own risk, there is very little reason to do this. But if you want to...
One way is using the update manager. If you don't have it already (it comes with apppack) then
sudo apt install mintupdate
then Edit-->Preferences-->Expert: Allow installation of mainline kernels:
then Tools-->Kernel Manager
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Post by gothica on Oct 28, 2021 17:58:20 GMT
Firstly, this is not officially supported/etc/proceed at your own risk, there is very little reason to do this. But if you want to...
One way is using the update manager. If you don't have it already (it comes with apppack) then
sudo apt install mintupdate
then Edit-->Preferences-->Expert: Allow installation of mainline kernels: <button disabled="" class="c-attachment-insert--linked o-btn--sm">Attachment Deleted</button>
then Tools-->Kernel Manager
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after update with update manager if my system wont start and something more happens - what should i do? how to revert changes? |
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Post by enigma9o7 on Oct 28, 2021 18:08:25 GMT
after update with update manager if my system wont start and something more happens - what should i do? how to revert changes?
From the GRUB menu, go to advanced options, you'll see the old kernel(s) there.
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Post by Hippytaff on Oct 28, 2021 18:27:14 GMT
Sorry, I should have been more precise. Don’t just install a random kernel. You need to know the correct one. 🙂
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Post by kev392 on Oct 29, 2021 5:49:28 GMT
I would not install an unsupported kernel, unless there is a specific bug fix. In your case the touchpad. I would want proof there is a bug fix for this problem. I would also reach out to ylee or thewaiter (our Bodhi developers) and ask for their advice. I hope your problem gets solved. |
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Post by thewaiter on Oct 29, 2021 6:16:49 GMT
The kernel updates apparently do not help. I think it is time to check something else. Boot to previous kernel as Enigma noticed, uninstall the last kernel you added and give us the terminal output of these commands: lspci lsusb inxi -Fxz I think you have something bad defined in Xorg.conf or bad synaptic driver. We will see... Stefan EDIT: I have found something relevant: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/512280/chuwi-lapbook-air-14-touchpad-recognized-but-not-fully-workingTry the 2nd solution first. It looks easy to test: sudo sh -c 'echo on > /sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:17.0/power/control' |
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Post by enigma9o7 on Oct 29, 2021 6:53:42 GMT
installing new or old kernels rarely fixing anything btw. better just to use distro provided kernel and smile.
(unless you have an actual hardware problem you're trying to resolve, related to very new or very old hardware)
Sure, linux 5.4 added exfat, but we had that already with fuse. Sure, linux 5.14 added ntfs, but we have that already with fuse. Woohoo! microsoft filesystems.
5.4 also improved floppy disk speed. Thats super duper important. One of the main reasons I like OS/2 better than dos+desqview is floppy disk access speed; os/2 is like amazingly better. Under doubledos or deskview (or worse yet win 3.1) accesing a floppy disk bascially took all resources, cant do anything else at the same time. OS/2 allowed you to access flopy disk and still be full speed multitasking!
But yeah modern linux... all of it is good. No need to update anymore, they arelay figured it out years ago.
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Post by gothica on Oct 29, 2021 11:32:22 GMT
The kernel updates apparently do not help. I think it is time to check something else. Boot to previous kernel as Enigma noticed, uninstall the last kernel you added and give us the terminal output of these commands: lspci lsusb inxi -Fxz I think you have something bad defined in Xorg.conf or bad synaptic driver. We will see... Stefan EDIT: I have found something relevant: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/512280/chuwi-lapbook-air-14-touchpad-recognized-but-not-fully-workingTry the 2nd solution first. It looks easy to test: sudo sh -c 'echo on > /sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:17.0/power/control' how can i make sure that touchpad address is: pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:17.0 ? |
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Post by gothica on Oct 29, 2021 11:39:55 GMT
currently i've applied this advice: askubuntu.com/questions/1091056/trackpad-not-functioning-properly-on-geobook-1m- changed my /etc/default/grub to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi_osi=Linux" - added these lines in my /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf: :msg, contains, "i2c_hid_get_input: incomplete report" -/dev/null & ~ - suppress these warnings from the console: dmesg --console-level 3 then reboot, gettings these logs: $ cat /var/log/syslog | grep i2c cat /var/log/kern.log | grep i2c sudo dmesg | grep i2c |
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Post by thewaiter on Oct 29, 2021 12:27:34 GMT
OK, you applied the patch. Conclusion? Did it help?
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Post by gothica on Oct 30, 2021 7:54:50 GMT
OK, you applied the patch. Conclusion? Did it help? S here is my testing experience for 1 day (yesterday): i have several times restarted system and done power on, in system logs i haven't seen these warn messages.. and touchpad works without stopping at all.. Today i power on (cold start) my laptop and check the logs again, there were messages with these warning again... but touchpad still working... I'm not sure whether these messages has influence to touchpad, but i will continue testing, and if it occurs again (touchpad stops working) i will post here.  |
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Post by gothica on Nov 4, 2021 6:32:53 GMT
seems the touchpad issue gone (but still sometimes after power on these messages still appear).
i will continue experiments 1 more week and will post results here, if it will be ok, then this thread can be marked as SOLVED.
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Post by gothica on Nov 4, 2021 21:15:15 GMT
well. today touchpad hangs again... and i have to run key shortcut (WIN+Esc) to execute script for restart touchpad: - pressing WIN+Esc - enter root password - wait 1-2 sec and the problem fixes... but this is not a solition at all. I believe that patch w - hich i described here bodhilinux.boards.net/post/5760/thread is not a complete solution, but it helps ti avoid this issue for a longer time! (may be itis not true) update: in ~30 minutes while using Chromium it occurs again.. damn! my hipotese (correct me if i'm wrong) - may be this issue is Chromium related? - like "when i use Chromuim with touchpad for a long time.... it can occurs" |
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