Without any clear reason, today an error appeared on my home server, in fact the server crashed and did not respond to any commands, the only option was the hardware reset, from the button! The server is a HTPC, with remote access (headless server), based on a Ryzen 2400G processor, 16GB Ram, 1xNVMe, 1xSSD, 4xHDDs […]
Below are the usual 4 Commands to Find Linux Kernel Version uname uname -r # find Linux kernel version uname -a # for all information related to kernel version, lsb_release lsb_release -r # for the exact version lsb_release -a # for all information related to the Ubuntu version, lsb_release -sr # distribution version number: proc/version cat /proc/version # details about for […]
To upgrade to linux 5.5.0 kernel, you can perform the following steps: 1st) Download the following files to an empty folder (for 64bit & generic kernel): wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.5/linux-headers-5.5.0-050500_5.5.0-050500.202001262030_all.deb wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.5/linux-headers-5.5.0-050500-generic_5.5.0-050500.202001262030_amd64.deb wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.5/linux-image-unsigned-5.5.0-050500-generic_5.5.0-050500.202001262030_amd64.deb wget https://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v5.5/linux-modules-5.5.0-050500-generic_5.5.0-050500.202001262030_amd64.deb 2nd) execute the command: sudo dpkg -i *.deb 3rd) In the end, after the installation has taken place, all you have […]
My Ubuntu Server 18.04, is without a monitor / keyboard connected (headless server) and has been running for several years, but today I updated to the latest kernel version because I couldn’t find the solution to a problem that suddenly appeared and without any apparent cause: AMD-Vi IO_PAGE_FAULT error. From what I found online, it […]