VirtualBox on Host Running Kernel 4.12

Upgrading to Linux kernel 4.12 will break VirtualBox. Attempting to re-install VirtualBox 5.1.22 (either from the Ubuntu repositories or by downloading the binaries directly from virtualbox.org) will not help – the installation will fail. Thankfully, there is a patch available that can be applied – but only to the version of VirtualBox from virtualbox.org. IfRead more about VirtualBox on Host Running Kernel 4.12[…]

16 Jul

syd Posted in Networking No Comments

Intel 8260 Wireless with Kernel 4.12

If your laptop has an Intel 8260 wireless adapter and you have upgraded to the 4.12 kernel, your wifi probably isn’t working anymore. This is because the minimum firmware API version has been updated to 22 in a recent commit to the Intel 8000 series driver source code (in iwl-8000.c): /* Lowest firmware API versionRead more about Intel 8260 Wireless with Kernel 4.12[…]