• 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Windows: You got a kernel panic from an update just once this week? I went through two BSODs today!

    Mac: It’d happen more often if I actually had software! You get everything!

    Arch: While getting updates can cause crashes sometimes, new stuff is fun.

    Debian: You guys are getting updates?

    • Hiro8811@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      What? I never had an update break my system on Arch, even with nvidia proprietary drivers.

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        6 months ago

        2-3 years ago, an update to GRUB completely fucked the bootloader on Arch systems. I remember it well because it was the only time I was thankful for choosing Manjaro (which receives updates on a delayed schedule).

        (edit) Found it! https://archlinux.org/news/grub-bootloader-upgrade-and-configuration-incompatibilities/ A breaking change in the GRUB configuration caused systems to become unbootable. Manual intervention was required to regenerate the config files (I think it was supposed to be handled by a pacman hook but can’t be sure).

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        6 months ago

        I’ve had two instances in the past year on Purple Arch (Endeavor) where a kernel update “broke” my system. In both cases, the system still booted fine though, so not all definitions of "broken"may apply.

        The first time there was a bug with the kernel drivers for my wireless card which caused a component of Network Manager to lag out the entire UI to the point it was basically unresponsive trying to find a connection, but never did.

        The second time, it was a bug with the Vulkan drivers that caused all my games to crash within 60 seconds of starting up. Games are the main thing I use my PC for, so my system was effectively “broken”, even though everything else was fine.

        I am of course not discrediting your fortune - I merely wanted to share

        • Petter1@lemm.ee
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          Yea, that is not your system broken, but just an package update that was faulty, and probably fixed with an update a few hours later, isn’t it?

          And you were able to role back such packages with yay/pacman, I suppose?