Re: bpo kernel 4.7 broken? Re: Some function keys not working on a ThinkPad W550s
On Tuesday 29 November 2016 02:22:40 Richard Hector wrote:
> On 26/11/16 14:27, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Nov 2016, Celejar wrote:
> >> > applications and a few things from backports. I'm currently running
> >> > kernel 4.7.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 from backports.
> >
> > Don't. That kernel is very broken. Switch to the latest 4.8 kernel
> > available from either unstable or kernel.org, or compile the latest
> > 4.4-longterm kernel from kernel.org.
>
> Woah. I was just about to install that. Am I ok, and better off,
> sticking with the 4.6 bpo kernel?
I had no joy with kernel 4.7 from backports on my HP ProBook 650.
The Broadcom-sta-dkms package is not available for that kernel version. So, no
wireless network.
Moreover, the computer would frequently freeze during start up.
Frederic
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