mumei@lemmy.world to Pop!_OS (Linux)@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoI'm getting a latest gen AMD video card, apparently I have to update the kernel for it, how do I do that?message-squaremessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up110arrow-down1message-squareI'm getting a latest gen AMD video card, apparently I have to update the kernel for it, how do I do that?mumei@lemmy.world to Pop!_OS (Linux)@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 days agoYou would be better off just upgrading the distro, honestly. If not, install the mainline kernel versions of your choice. https://ubuntushell.com/install-mainline-kernel-on-ubuntu/
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 days agoThat will likely ironically downgrade the kernel… Pop provides an up to date kernel for all current GPUs. op just needs to look at what version they should already have
minus-squaremumei@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoI was waiting for PoP 24 to leave beta for that so I think I’ll just update the kernel for now. thanks!
minus-squarejust_another_person@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoKeep in mind, there are some caveats. Mainly that headers aren’t released with the Mainline packages.
You would be better off just upgrading the distro, honestly.
If not, install the mainline kernel versions of your choice. https://ubuntushell.com/install-mainline-kernel-on-ubuntu/
That will likely ironically downgrade the kernel… Pop provides an up to date kernel for all current GPUs. op just needs to look at what version they should already have
I was waiting for PoP 24 to leave beta for that so I think I’ll just update the kernel for now. thanks!
Keep in mind, there are some caveats. Mainly that headers aren’t released with the Mainline packages.