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linux kernel compatibility (piefed.social)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by bad1080@piefed.social to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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i had cachyOS installed for a couple of months but was plagued with random system freezes (only hard reset possible, no leads in journalctl). i tracked it down to an issue with the combination of wayland, KDE plasma and the kernel or at least that's what i could gather from web searches. i had at least one of those freezes per week, often more.

i am now on kubuntu which basically has the same combination of things (wayland and KDE) that should cause the problem but it has been running fine for three weeks, no freezes. so something with the cachy kernel didn't agree with my system.

i was now told i could use the arch kernel on cachyOS, which was news to me. i tried switching to the cachy LTS kernel but the issue persisted. i now wonder how does the compatibility of the linux kernel work? is it compatible because it is both arch linux? or would the kubuntu kernel also work on cachyOS?

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[–] bad1080@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

by not switching those and having no more freezes i ruled them out successfully, no?

[–] Harmonics041@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You don't have to change distro to do this BTW just install a desktop environment that uses X11 instead of Wayland and try that. If it doesn't fix it you can uninstall it.

[–] bad1080@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

i did switch to x11 on cachyOS and i had no freezes but i only tested it for a little over a week (because it uses a lot more power), so i might've gotten lucky idk.