Can't boot into the LTS kernel

adnan449

I installed the LTS kernel, and selected the lts kernel in the following boot, but I am left with a blinking cursor. What should I do?

Harvey

As I posted on reddit
There are two possibilities I can see:

You have an nvidia GPU with the proprietary GPU drivers installed for the current kernel not the LTS kernel
Your hardware is not supported by the 4.14 LTS kernel

Note a lot of people see LTS as "more stable" which is not necessarily true. Unless you have a reason to run the LTS kernel, don't.

adnan449

Harvey I think #2 applies for me, I am using a 3900XT + 5700XT machine. I am using an LTS kernel because of my realtek WiFi chipset (rtl8812-AU). The kernel doesn't ship a driver for it and I need to manually install the driver for it from the aircrack-ng repo.

How often does Solus introduce kernel upgrades within a point release like 4.2?

Harvey

adnan449
LTS kernels do not see new feature additions, only recieving bug fixes and some new hardware enablement (rare). Solus uses the 4.14.x LTS which was released in November 2017 and will receive bug fixes until January 2024.

So its absolutely #2. Your hardware is far too new for that LTS kernel branch.

adnan449 How often does Solus introduce kernel upgrades within a point release like 4.2?

Solus will update the kernel frequently unless there is a reason not to. This can potentially happen every single week. Update history of the current kernel https://dev.getsol.us/source/linux-current/history/master/

EDIT:
I should also point out that LTS kernels still get updated frequently as well.
https://dev.getsol.us/source/linux-lts/history/master/

EDIT2:
Marking topic as solved as the kernel is working properly. It just doesn't support your hardware. An the 4.14.x LTS branch will never support your hardware.