Previous thread summary:
- Kernel logs indicate that my computer’s frequent crashes have to do with the mt7921e wireless network driver.
- Two people are now telling me to physically open up my computer. The one person wants me to take the battery out and power cycle, with hopes that this will reset the wireless network driver. The other wants me to take the wireless network adapter out entirely, try starting the computer without it, and plugging it back in, suspecting that the card has somehow come loose or something.
- Another person suggests getting a USB wi-fi thingamajig with a FOSS driver. He says that “wifi drivers are notoriously bad on GNU/Linux”, i.e. that unlike what the other person suggested, that it’s a software issue rather than hardware.
Most notable development: Around 3 AM I tried running sudo dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-6.14.0-37-generic — the list of kernels in GRUB’s advanced settings says that that’s the newest one. However, this command only gave me an error about the kernel being broken or not fully installed or something like that, which… Well, yeah, that’s why I’m running the command, isn’t it?
I also tried running sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-image-6.14.0-37-generic and sudo update-initramfs -c -k linux-image-6.14.0-37-generic but those didn’t seem to do anything, either, 'cause I rebooted and I was still met with the kernel panic screen.
Maybe I had to update GRUB, too? And I might as well mention now that the kernel version I’ve been using is 6.14.0-29-generic.
Edit: Ran sudo update-grub, restarted the computer, and was NOT met with the kernel panic screen. nvidia-smi indicates that the Nvidia driver is loaded, so evidently I booted into the newest kernel. However now I’m no longer connected to the Internet, but it doesn’t seem to be because of the network driver issue from earlier.
Edit 2: Literally the SECOND I submitted my last edit, the Internet connected. I’m still gonna be cautious in case the network driver issue returns, so it’s not quite time to drink stone wine and feel gay just yet. But now things are at least slightly more normal, right?