[PLUG] Fixiing Slackware upgrade mistake

[Dick Steffens]

On 2/5/19 6:10 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
> You can't revert to the previous kernel using the official repos.
>
> What you can do is go back to the original 4.4.x kernel from your install
> media. All updates for slackware are kept in the "patches" folder, while
> the packages from that release are in "slackware64". You can uninstall the
> kernel-* packages, install them from the installation media, and then copy
> the vmlinuz file to your boot partition. After, that you just rebuild the
> nvidia-kernel package and you are set.

I wondered if I'd be able to get the old kernel from the install USB stick.

> Also note that you can run on nouveau with your card. From what I saw
> everything worked fine, there was just an issue specific to google earth.
> The bug has already been fixed, but nvidia still hasn't rolled that into
> their legacy drivers yet.

I'll give that a try. I just need to unblacklist the nouveau driver, and 
reinstall it?


Thanks.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens