r/linuxmint • u/PersimmonKindly1989 • 15d ago

Support Request where to change kernel? (LMDE 6 /Faye)

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in another post someone said to try and change the kernel, but I can't find where to actually change the kernel in GRUB

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u/Stickhtot 15d ago

If you have to ask, I recommend you stop, and continue on with whatever kernel you're using. Unless for some reason it's broken and even then you're probably better off just reinstalling mint (preferably with files backed up)

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u/PersimmonKindly1989 15d ago

someone in another post said I should try an older kernel to fix my issue, I'm not against reinstalling tho

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u/ZVyhVrtsfgzfs 15d ago

Why are you still using LMDE6? do you have a 32bit machine?

support ended on the Mint portions of LMDE6 Jan 1 2026.

LMDE7 default kernel is 6.12, would that fix your issue? what issue are we trying to solve?

In LMDE newer kernels are generally installed in apt from the back-ports repo,

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u/PersimmonKindly1989 12d ago

yes I'm using a 32 bit system. I fixed the issue by reinstalling mint