{"id":38013,"date":"2022-03-21T14:11:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T14:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=38013"},"modified":"2022-03-21T14:11:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T14:11:56","slug":"linux-kernel-5-17-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2022\/03\/linux-kernel-5-17-released\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux kernel 5.17 Released! How to Install it in Ubuntu 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tux-icon-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-35489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tux-icon-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tux-icon-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tux-icon-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tux-icon-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/tux-icon.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Linux Kernel 5.17 was finally released last night after 8 release candidates. Linus Torvalds <a href=\"https:\/\/lore.kernel.org\/lkml\/CAHk-=wj4fFjx2pgbGNBM4wJs3=eReZ05EQyprzgT2Jv8qJ2vJg@mail.gmail.com\/T\/#u\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So we had an extra week of at the end of this release cycle, and I&#8217;m happy to report that it was very calm indeed.  We could probably have skipped it with not a lot of downside, but we did get a few last-minute reverts and fixes in and avoid some brown-paper bugs that would otherwise have been stable fodder, so it&#8217;s all good.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The new kernel comes with <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New AMD P-State driver for Zen 2 and newer systems with ACPI CPPC.<\/li>\n<li>RISC-V sv48 Support to be able to handle more memory.<\/li>\n<li>Sensor monitoring support for more ASUS motherboards.<\/li>\n<li>CXL memory hotplug support.<\/li>\n<li>Initial support for next-generation Raptor Lake S graphics.<\/li>\n<li>Initial support for a Sierra XM1210 receiver.<\/li>\n<li>Intel Alder Lake N audio support.<\/li>\n<li>Real-Time clock driver for Nintendo GameCube \/ Wii \/ Wii U.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How to Install Kernel 5.17 in Ubuntu 22.04:<\/h3>\n<p><b>IMPORTANT: The Mainline Kernel packages do not include any Ubuntu-provided drivers or patches! You must know what you&#8217;re going to do!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Kernel\/MainlineBuilds\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mainline Kernel PPA<\/a> has built the new kernel packages. It however requires <code>libc >= 2.34<\/code> and <code>libssl3<\/code>. Which means only <b>Ubuntu 22.04<\/b> user can try out the new Kernel packages. Though, Ubuntu 21.10 may try to meet the requirement via <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bkw777\/mainline\/wiki\/Install-libssl3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this tutorial<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, download the .deb packages from the link page below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/kernel.ubuntu.com\/~kernel-ppa\/mainline\/v5.17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Kernel 5.17<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For modern 64-bit PC\/laptop, download &#038; install the packages below in turns:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>linux-headers-5.17.0-051700_5.17.0-051700.202203202130_all.deb<\/li>\n<li>linux-headers-5.17.0-051700-generic_5.17.0-051700.202203202130_amd64.deb<\/li>\n<li>linux-modules-5.17.0-051700-generic_5.17.0-051700.202203202130_amd64.deb<\/li>\n<li>linux-image-unsigned-5.17.0-051700-generic_5.17.0-051700.202203202130_amd64.deb<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To make things easier, there&#8217;s a graphical tool called <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bkw777\/mainline\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Mainline<\/b><\/a> that allows to download &#038; install mainline Kernels with few clicks.<\/p>\n<p>And for <b>Ubuntu 20.04<\/b> user insist on installing the new Kernel, keep an eye on this <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~tuxinvader\/+archive\/ubuntu\/lts-mainline\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ubuntu PPA<\/a> (use it at your own risk)!<\/p>\n<h3>How to Remove Kernel 5.17:<\/h3>\n<p>Firstly, start or restart your PC and select an old kernel to boot from Grub boot-loader. After login with old Kernel, remove Kernel 5.17 via command:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt remove linux-headers-5.17.0* linux-modules-5.17.0* linux-image-unsigned-5.17.0*<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linux Kernel 5.17 was finally released last night after 8 release candidates. Linus Torvalds announced that: So we had an extra week of at the end of this release cycle, and I&#8217;m happy to report that it was very calm indeed. We could probably have skipped it with not a lot of downside, but we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[160],"class_list":["post-38013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-howtos","tag-kernel"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38013"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38013\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}