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Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
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6.9-rc7
Release Candidate 7, for the 6.9.0 "mainline" development kernel has been been made available for testing.
It has been over two hours and the tarball has not been posted. If and when it becomes available you should be able to find it at, https://www.kernel.org/
Yeah, but OK with 6.6.29, at least. I picked one hell of a weekend to switch to AMD. ;^) Looks like there's a fix incoming. I don't know if I"ll have time tomorrow to build the 6.8 version mentioned.
I tried to compile myself 6.9-rc7, that has the fix. For whatever reason i get a "timer doesn't work through interrupt-mapped io-apic" error.
Tried updating bios to latest (for GA-AB350M-HD3 motherboard), but didn't help.
Then i found a new option in bios! "Above 4g decoding". It just appeared there after bios update. And it works with my (now old) rx580 gpu.
So thanks random kernel bug, now baldur's gate 3 runs smoother thanks to you.
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Originally Posted by garpu
Yeah, but OK with 6.6.29, at least. I picked one hell of a weekend to switch to AMD. ;^) Looks like there's a fix incoming. I don't know if I"ll have time tomorrow to build the 6.8 version mentioned.
Might want to check if you can turn on resizable bar, through bios or a bios update. Many new games benefit from it, and it does bypass this bug.
For me the latest bios got it (says "Update AMD AGESA V2 1.2.0.B" in description, amd b350 chipset).
Might want to check if you can turn on resizable bar, through bios or a bios update. Many new games benefit from it, and it does bypass this bug.
For me the latest bios got it (says "Update AMD AGESA V2 1.2.0.B" in description, amd b350 chipset).
As I understood it, you need a 3rd gen or above CPU?
Regardless, this is a pretty big "oops" on their part, and they're working on a fix. (I've been using 6.6.29. It's recommended to always have a last-known-good kernel on your system, if you're using current.)
As I understood it, you need a 3rd gen or above CPU?
Regardless, this is a pretty big "oops" on their part, and they're working on a fix. (I've been using 6.6.29. It's recommended to always have a last-known-good kernel on your system, if you're using current.)
I got a first gen and it works. And I don't know where to find the 6.6.29 kernel package now that I upgraded.
The kernel 6.9.0 is running on Slackware64-current with "TP-Link Archer T2U PLUS [RTL8821AU]" USB-WiFi.
The external driver source is https://github.com/aircrack-ng/rtl8812au
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
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FWIW: The new 6.9.0 kernel built without error and has been running on -current for the last several hours without a cough, hiccup or sneeze.
VirtualBox (7.0.97-163068), WINE, DOSEMU, LibreOffice, VeraCrypt, VLC, XnView-MP, Firefox, Vivaldi, Basilisk and Mousepad are all working as they should in LuckyCyborg's KDE4-Town.
Distribution: Slackware64-current with "True Multilib" and KDE4Town.
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Year 2024, Round 24
Another batch of updates has been scheduled for release on Thursday, 16 May 2024, at approximately 10:00, GMT. If no problems are found while testing the release candidates, they might be available sometime on Wednesday (depending on your time zone).
The details:
6.8.10-rc1, with 336 patches, https://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/...5.1/05885.html
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