Dear sirs,
Thank you very much for helping me with installing a new kernel,
But this topic was advanced to me I have started using ubuntu almost one
month ago.
Is there an easier way to do this ?
thank you very much guys,
Ibrahim
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Occassionally it may be desirable to install a kernel+modules package
of a forthcoming Linux release, to test or establish some
functionality. This is really not for the Newbie as you can mess up
your System if the following steps are not followed exactly
Lines below beginning with # are my comments. These steps assume an
Internet access under LInux.
Later I'll describe the alternate case of download under Microsoft
$ ls /etc/apt/sources.list
/etc/apt/sources.list
# is the file with Ubuntu repository information.
Make a backup copy for safety.
My current system is Ubuntu karmic and the next release will be "lucid". So:
$ cd /etc/apt/
$ sudo cp sources.list sources.list.karmic
$ sudo cp sources.list sources.list.lucid
the latter to be edited
$ sudo gedit sources.list.lucid
# will show near the top a line:
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
# the URL stem http://us.archive.ubuntu.com will in general be
different in different countries. Keep your own.
# duplicate this line and in the 2nd change "karmic" to "lucid" so
the line pair reads like:
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ karmic main restricted
deb http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid main restricted
# SAVE this edit
Get ready for an update including the "lucid main restricted" with:
$ sudo cp sources.list.lucid sources.list
Update the package lists with:
$ sudo apt-get update
Search for available 2.6.32 kernels with:
$ apt-cache search linux-image | grep 2.6.32
linux-image-2.6.32-10-386 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on i386
linux-image-2.6.32-10-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32
on x86/x86_64
linux-image-2.6.32-10-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
linux-image-2.6.32-10-virtual - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32
on x86/x86_64
linux-image-2.6.32-11-386 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on i386
linux-image-2.6.32-11-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32
on x86/x86_64
linux-image-2.6.32-11-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86
linux-image-2.6.32-11-virtual - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32
on x86/x86_64
linux-image-2.6.32-301-ec2 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on x86/x86_64
linux-image-2.6.32-9-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32
on x86/x86_64
For my System, the appropriate kernel package is the 2.6.32-11-generic choice.
To get this and the linux-headers needed for compiling:
$ sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.32-11-generic
linux-headers-2.6.32-11-generic
which will also install a linux-headers-2.6.32-11 dependent for
linux-headers-2.6.32-11-generic
Once this install is done, IMMEDIATELY restore to the pure karmic package lists,
because if an automated upgrade runs, it will start a download of
ABUNDANT lucid packages and most likely break your karmic system. SO
DO:
$ sudo cp sources.list.karmic sources.list
and again do:
$ sudo apt-get update
during which the "lucid main restricted" package list will be eliminated.
Next reboot using the 2.6.32-11 choice. I have done so without harm
on my otherwise Karmic system.
Should the boot fail, just poweoff and choose the karmic kernel on
your next boot.
Fortunately the forthcoming lucid release is still using gcc-4.4, so
modem drivers compiled for 2.6.32-11 will be compatible.
Should there have been an upgrade to gcc-4.5, one would also have had to:
$ sudo apt-get install gcc-4.5
and deal with choices between gcc-4.4 and 4.5 when compiling.
Ibrahim has the DKMS module update system installed, so his needed
agrsm drivers will be compiled and auto installed during these
processes.
If one does not have Internet access under Linux yet, just bypass all
the above. Go to:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/ and search for each of:
linux-image-2.6.32-11-generic
linux-headers-2.6.32-11-generic
linux-headers-2.6.32-11-generic
After manual download and coping to your Linux partition, they can be
coinstalled with:
$ sudo dpkg linux*.deb
MarvS
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