Re: Hardware question
On Sat, Mar 01, 2025 at 04:06:37 -0500, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 4:04 AM Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:27:40 -0800
> > Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 2025-02-27 at 22:35 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> > > > Your kernel is older than your CPU by about a year, so likely
> > > > doesn't have enough
> > > > backporting to fully support it properly. A newer kernel could be
> > > > all it takes to
> > > > make those MCEs go away.
> > >
> > > What's "mce?"
> > >
> > > "apt update" says everything is up to date, but the kernel is
> > > 6.1.0-18. I believe there are several newer ones, maybe up to
> > > 6.1.0-31?
> >
>
> When is the last time you rebooted? Debian does not provide live kernel
> patching. If apt says you are all up to date but uname shows an older
> kernel then it is time to reboot.
That's only true if the linux-image-$ARCH metapackage is installed,
and if the user has been using "apt update" + "apt upgrade" (or
equivalents) on a regular basis.
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