Has anyone with Mint 17.3 installed yesterday's linux-firmware 1.127.24 update (level 5, security update)?
If so, has it caused any problems?
level 5 Firmware update
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- Pjotr
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Re: level 5 Firmware update
Yes, although in Mint 18.3. No problems here. But your mileage may vary.
In Update Manager, check the changelog whether it could be of use to you (just the top entry; the older entries are for older versions). If not, you might want to blacklist it: installing it, is not without risk. I once experienced that one of my machines wouldn't boot anymore after such a firmware update.
In Update Manager, check the changelog whether it could be of use to you (just the top entry; the older entries are for older versions). If not, you might want to blacklist it: installing it, is not without risk. I once experienced that one of my machines wouldn't boot anymore after such a firmware update.
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Re: level 5 Firmware update
Thanks, Pjotr.
In between my post and your reply I intemperately went ahead and installed it.
So far no problems.
Fingers crossed.

In between my post and your reply I intemperately went ahead and installed it.
So far no problems.
Fingers crossed.

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Re: level 5 Firmware update
Just out of curiosity, if having installed this update caused problems (it was a Level 4 on 18.3 and so far OK), would Timeshift be able to restore to an earlier fully working system?
Thanks
Thanks
Re: level 5 Firmware update
If you created a snapshot before the install, then yes.WiltshireJon wrote:Just out of curiosity, if having installed this update caused problems (it was a Level 4 on 18.3 and so far OK), would Timeshift be able to restore to an earlier fully working system?
Thanks
Re: level 5 Firmware update
I had problems after installing the firmware update and reloaded 18.3. The screensaver as well as power manager were missing. I looked no further before re- loading 18.3. I had a problem there too, the usb stick with the 18.3 iso was not recognized so I had to reload the stick.
So what am I missing now that my firmware is out dated? Should I try again? I downloaded 18.3 Dec 6; will I still be offered that firmware update or is it a part of the Dec 6 download?
So what am I missing now that my firmware is out dated? Should I try again? I downloaded 18.3 Dec 6; will I still be offered that firmware update or is it a part of the Dec 6 download?
Last edited by Ozo on Fri Dec 08, 2017 12:29 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: level 5 Firmware update
Still Mint 17.2 in case it might matter (based on the same Ubuntu 14.04.5 as all Mint 17.x releases):misterxyz wrote:Has anyone with Mint 17.3 installed yesterday's linux-firmware 1.127.24 update (level 5, security update)?
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karl@paulchen ~ $ inxi -Sxx; apt-cache policy linux-firmware
System: Host: paulchen Kernel: 3.13.0-137-generic i686 bits: 32 gcc: 4.8.4
Desktop: Xfce 4.12.2 (Gtk 2.24.23) dm: mdm Distro: Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela
linux-firmware:
Installed: 1.127.24
Candidate: 1.127.24

Old bugs good, new bugs bad! Updates are evil: might fix old bugs and introduce no new ones.