Is there an easy way to downgrade kernel to 4.14.x in ubuntu 18.04?

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It's relatively straight-forward installing a different kernel: How to update kernel to the latest mainline version without any Distro-upgrade?

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The latest kernel in the 4.14.xx chain is 4.14.67.

That said I've found kernel chain 4.13.0-xx-generic which Ubuntu maintains very stable compared to the 4.15.00-xx-generic kernel chain Ubuntu maintains. The advantage of staying on a Ubuntu kernel chain is it is automatically upgraded for you when new versions come out.

When you are on the 4.14.xx LTS Linux Kernel Chain you must periodically review when new kernels come out and install the new ones manually using the above link.

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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • anewbie
    anewbie about 1 year

    I've been having a problem with my desktop session dying: describe in this thread: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....9756&p=1379652

    This thread suggest the problem is with the 4.15 and 4.16 kernels: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=235027

    This problem did not exist with 16.04.x

    I do use ubuntu packaged zfs.

    Is there an easy way to downgrade the kernel without reinstalling 16.04 ?

    • Rinzwind
      Rinzwind about 5 years
      Why would you need to downgrade? Kernels are not removed when you do an upgrade. You can pick available kernels at the grub screen.
    • anewbie
      anewbie about 5 years
      When I upgraded from 16.04 to 18.04 it removed the old kernel. The only kernel installed are 4.15.0 and 4.4.0.
  • anewbie
    anewbie about 5 years
    But will it work ok with the ubuntu version of ZFS (which is a kernel module) or will i have to manually install ZFS if i go this route ?
  • anewbie
    anewbie about 5 years
    Also you said 4.13 is installable from ubuntu but under 18.04 i only see 4.15.x and 4.4. How would I move to 4.13 ?