That makes sense. Ok, I think it is better to keep the older kernel because I do need some stable stuff.
Bowen On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 10:34 PM, Gavin Flower < gavinflo...@archidevsys.co.nz> wrote: > On 25/09/16 14:31, Adam Williamson wrote: > >> On Sat, 2016-09-24 at 18:55 -0500, Bowen Wang wrote: >> >>> Thanks! I am currently working on learning xkb. I will post my way if it >>> can work. >>> I know the Rawhide is not very stable, but it provides the cutting-edge >>> features and software. >>> There is another issue I just found: >>> I download the image of Rawhide 20160923 version, then I upgraded my >>> system >>> today. When restarted the laptop again, there seems to be another grub >>> entry. How can I delete the old one? There are 3 entries in my grub list >>> totally, the last is a rescue mode entry. >>> Can you tell me how to delete the old one? >>> >> This is normal, but don't worry, it won't keep growing forever :) The >> default Fedora config is to keep three kernels installed at once. This >> is a safety measure to ensure that if you update to a kernel that >> doesn't work, you can still boot with one of the older kernels. Once >> you have three kernels installed, you'll find Fedora will start >> removing the oldest kernel when installing a new kernel. >> >> If you really just want to have one kernel installed at a time you can >> configure this, I think, but I'd have to look up how. I really >> recommend sticking with the default, though, it's a helpful safety >> measure. >> > > One time about 12 years ago I had a kernel update that had a bug which > prevented me connecting to the modem, I was able to reboot to the previous > kernel & continue as before. I raised a bug report, & the next kernel I > downloaded had that bug fixed. > > So Yes, it is good to keep a few previous kernels around just in case ... > > > Cheers, > Gavin > > _______________________________________________ > test mailing list -- test@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to test-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org >
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