Updating Zorin OS 18 kernel from 6.14 to 6.18

General Help
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I'm trying to run X-Plane 12 on a new PC I built running an Intel Arc B580 GPU. X-Plane freezes and sometimes gives a Vulkan error.

One suggestion is to update the GPU drivers or the Mesa and Vulkan drivers. It seems that I can't update the drivers without updating the kernel.

Any thoughts on the issue?
Is it safe to upgrade the kernel to 6.18 as it has just been made an LTS version?

And if so, what is the safest way to update the kernel?

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If your hardware requires it, taking the chance is your only logical step. Can you experience regressions and bugs- Yes. Is it safe - It's not destructive.

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Thank you very much for your reply. I really appreciate the prompt response. I'm really new to Linux I'm on Zorin OS 18. Which one should I use Mainline Installer, TuxInvader Kernel or the Liquorix kernel.

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Mainline installer.

You can use Liqourix.

Sadly, TuxInvader only applies to Zorin OS 16 users, as no updates have been provided for 17 or 18 - I think the TuxInvader has abandoned his kernel practice.

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Ok, thank you. I'm going to try Liquorix.

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I've installed Liquorix, is there a way to activate it or just reboot

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Just reboot - the system should automatically boot into the latest kernel that you have installed.

Once booted, you can check, to be sure, with

uname -r

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Thanks, will do.

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Completed. This is what I have - Linux wadethomastt-B650-EAGLE-AX 6.17.10-1-liquorix-amd64 #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC liquorix 6.17-12ubuntu1~noble (2025-1 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

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Is your Intel Arc GPU now working?

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Going to test it..

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X-Plane loaded great didn't get any vulkan errors but as i tried to navigate through the menu it froze.

Maybe I need to upgrade the Mesa Drivers manually

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You might try the "almost stable" first and if no good, test "Unstable"

All you need to do after adding the repo is upgrade your packages:

sudo apt update && sudo apt fulll-upgrade

If you try the Unstable branch, be sure to remove the previous ernst ppa

sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:ernstp/mesarc

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Ok I already tried the update

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X-Plane still crashes. All out of ideas at the moment. I guess Intel Arc B580 Is just not compatible with it. Thanks for the assist.

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Are you running it as a program or through Steam?

If not running it through Steam, have you tried doing so?

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That's the link to the mesa unstable ppa:

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Thanks, I did not realize that the second link did not copy... LOL

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I have the Arc B580 as well and had some good help on getting mine running with the latest MESA and kernel

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Does Your System run in Wayland or X11? You can check that in Settings>About. If it runs in Wayland, I would suggest to switch to X11/Xorg. to do that, go to the Login Screen. Click there on Your Profile so that the Password Field appears. When it is appeared, You should see a Gear Icon in the bottom right Corner. Click on it and choose the Option ''zorin Desktop on Xorg'' and then log in.

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