On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 7:37 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote:
> On 27/04/17 05:44, Don Armstrong wrote: > >> Your newish hardware may require a backported kernel to function reliably. >> > > This. Any recent Dell machine will likely have a Skylake or Kaby Lake CPU > and a bad time on the stock jessie kernel, especially if using the iGPU. > Please install a 4.9.18 kernel from jessie backports or upgrade to stretch > RC3 (almost the new stable) for the same kernel. > > Kind regards, > > -- > Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> > Director > Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/> > New Zealand > > I changed my /etc/apt/sources.list file to have the first two jessie lines duplicated above them, only with "stretch" instead of "jessie", and then did an "aptitude update" and "aptitude dist-upgrade". The upgrade to stretch took me from a 3.16.0-4adm64 kernel to a 4.9.0-2amd64 kernel, and I have been able to boot now five times in a row without a freeze. I believe perhaps you've solved it for me. Thanks! -- Kent West <")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
