for some reason people in the comments got really triggered bc of this meme... i was just saying that when my screen flickers i need to update my Nvidia rtx drivers and the FNAF 3 screen looks kind of like a terminal

Ahem... nix fixes that

Nix fixes kernel updates? How?
I know how it can be done on arch, but it's sort of hack.

i wouldn't know, im arch-based :3

You can use pacman hooks to backup and then restore modules pre and post kernel upgrade. I've used it for some time, it bothered me so I've started to think about how to make it better (use btrfs features) but in the end just returned to reboot after upgrade scheme.

the nix docs explain it well, but the tldr is by being clever ;)

it’s not one magic bullet

Quick search doesn't show anything, I mean it should be one bullet, what's the solution? Bind mounts?

If there is a broken kernel, you can just revert to the previous version of the system

Had some major problems this last update on mine when the kernel update went through.

Turned out that my motherboard needed an update that was causing incompatibilities.

This update is weird, did they put AI in my kernel?

(we got a new GEMINI episode before GTA 6)

Is this some joke I have too many known-good btrfs snapshots to understand?

That's not a broken kernel problem. 😉

That's not a fix just a workaround

Also what distro can't do that? Fedora for example keeps the last three kernel versions by default

Snapshots in general IMO, like say cachyOS + limine + snapper

Snapper creates snapshots when updating, and if you ever get a bad boot, you shut off and pick an earlier snapshot in the initial boot menu. It's one of the options you can pick during the initial setup, if I recall correctly, so you don't need to set it up yourself and risk making mistakes

I haven't had a failed kernel update in years. Used to happen very occasionally with nvidia drivers, but honestly haven't hit it in ages even with nvidia drivers.

that sounds really funny, because here "nix" is a colloquial expression for "nothing"

Can't say I've experienced that. Is this one of those Arch things?

Me with Manjaro and an Nvidia graphics card.

I've had more failed kernel updates on Ubuntu... though even that was years ago at this point.

i use arch btw.

The only system updates that ever went wrong on my Nobara were borked because i ran out of space on /boot.

On a sidenote: seriously, why did Nobara 40 / Fedora 40 create the boot partition with a default size of 1GB? With Nvidia drivers this is not even enough for more than the rescue environment, the last 2 good configs and the new update, while also not limiting the amount of old configs to a sane amount. Can't even resize the partition outside of nuking the whole drive. Nowadays you can save space by not putting nvidia stuff on /boot as long as you are not using LUKS, but ...

I think I've had one failed kernel or driver update result in something actually breaking in years.

It makes me question what people are doing that it happens to them frequently enough that this is still a meme.

Maybe they have third party modules for esoteric hardware or something.

Usually I only remember to restart after an update because my USB drives stop working :D

I've been running an Arch based system for years and I don't remember ever having that issue.

It was proposed and implemented in 43 as it was noticeably becoming a problem around that point in time. Upstream Fedora does limit to three configs plus rescue in GRUB by default. Does (or at least did) Nobara stray away from this?

Its just Microsoft AI propaganda to discredit Linux. Buy Microsoft Products!!1!! Where an update never breaks the system!!1!

I think OP misspelled Winslop

i know i need to update nvidia drivers when my screen starts flickering :3

Nope, but with 3 configs + rescue creating the 4th failed thanks to the added space the nvidia drivers need, which happened before removing the oldest one (which then never happened because the whole thing got stuck)

Edit: This only started after Nvidias Driver increased in size due to the updates around explicit sync - the first few months updating was no issue, which was extra sneaky lol

Same, only nvidia drivers (sometimes Wifi) have ever been an issue

Using linux makes you forget that drivers are even a thing.

Potatoes: WHERES THE FUCKING SOL

Linux: WHERE'S MY FUCKING KERNEL UPDATE

The only time I've had breaking, post-update issues was a brief run with Manjaro around 2019.

Wait that's a thing? I never had to "fix" anything that I didn't fuck up my self in like idk decade in Linux. I don't really do anything fancy or nifty just games and the web. Upgraded and didn't think about it.

Linux is notorious for breaking audio after updating / rebooting. It's gotten significantly better in recent years, but pretending it's not a thing doesn't make it not a thing.

Yes. Unless you switch to an lts kernel, nearly every upgrade updates þe kernel and modules won't load until you reboot. Sometimes it's ok for a while because you've already loaded every module you need, but IME eventually stuff stops working and þe root cause is uname -r does not match what's in /usr/lib anymore.

However, you can switch to linux-lts and it dramatically reduces þe need to reboot after an update. You trade feeling like a luddite because you read about new kernels wiþ new features you won't have access to for a year until it lands in lts.

Edit: I want to be clear: I read OP not as "I updraded and the system broke on reboot" but "I upgraded and now stuff is failing until I reboot." Oþer comments seem to interpret it as upgrading breaks rebooting.

I used to want an SGI so badly, I still feel þe echos of þat desire today.

Oh right that was a problem like a couple times a while ago but it fixed it self somehow? Honestly I'm not that familiar with fixing or things In Linux. I just use it and not mess with anything.

25 years on Linux and I've never heard of that but ok

Sweet! Are they still available?

My computer won't run veracrypt or launch some java apps.

So I'll reboot when that happens. Haha

Not if you use FIPS kernels. Nvidia makes sure of that.

neither case happens in my experience. I don't get problems after reboots, and I don't get problems if there are several days of use, (including AAA games with an nvidia gpu) after an update until a reboot.

I'll assume op is an Nvidia user since the only times I've had driver issues after an update was the few months when I still had a GTX card.

Switched to AMD and literally no issues the last 2 years.

Huh? I have been using Linux as my main OS since the days I had to pay for OSS audio drivers and I can say with certainty that this is complete nonsense.

Maybe they have shitty distros? Yeah, I don't get it either tbh.

I wish everyone could live in the perfect bubble you've built, but out here in reality it's pretty well known problem.

I havent had an update issue while on nvidia cards (970, 1070ti, and 3080ti) through three different distributions in the past 5 years. I think this is just meant to be a funny meme about how things used to be.

I'd guess Arch or a derivative user?

Literally doesn't happen to anyone using normal hardware.