Dear sirs, Thank you for you unlimited support again. Instead of trying to fix the broken kernel I have formated the system and I installed a new fresh copy of Ubuntu 9.10 and updated the kernel to version that you told me about the latest one and it was successful sound is okay and everything else i am now updating my system using the upd= ate manager. can you please tell me now what is the next step to setup up the proper dri= ver for my modem ? should I now try installing this packages ?? http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/agrsm-tools_0.0.1= _all.deb [http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/agrsm-tools_0.0.= 1_all.deb ]=20 http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/agrsm-11c11040_20= 091225_i386.deb [http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/agrsm-11c11040_2= 0091225_i386.deb ]=20 Many thanks Ibrahim --Forwarded Message Attachment-- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:19:52 -0500 Subject: Re: [Fwd: Installing a kernel of the next Ubuntu release] From: marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx To: ibrahim.qasim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx CC: Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Ibrahim RE: > Is there an easier way to do this ? Manually you can get from http://ubuntu.mirrors.isu.net.sa/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/ [http://ubuntu.mirrors.isu.net.sa/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/]=20 linux-image-2.6.32-11-generic_2.6.32-11.15_i386.deb linux-headers-2.6.32-11-generic_2.6.32-11.15_i386.deb linux-headers-2.6.32-11_2.6.32-11.15_all.deb Under Linux within the same folder as (say your /home/Name folder) $ sudo dpkg -i linux*.deb Then reboot with the 2.6.32-11-generic kernel MarvS On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:25 AM, Ibrahim Kasem <ibrahim.qasim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > Occassionally it may be desirable to install a kernel+modules package > of a forthcoming Linux release, to test or establish some > functionality. =C2=A0This 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=20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ [http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/]= =20 karmic main restricted > # the URL stem=20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com [http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/] =C2=A0will in= general be > different in different countries. Keep your own. > # duplicate this line and in the 2nd change "karmic" =C2=A0to "lucid" =C2= =A0so > the line pair reads like: > deb=20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ [http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/]= =20 karmic main restricted > deb=20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ [http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/]= =20 lucid =C2=A0 =C2=A0main restricted > # SAVE this edit > > Get ready for an update including the =C2=A0"lucid =C2=A0 =C2=A0main rest= ricted" 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 =C2=A0sources.list > and again do: > $ sudo apt-get update > during which the "lucid =C2=A0 =C2=A0main restricted" package list will b= e eliminated. > > Next reboot using the 2.6.32-11 choice. =C2=A0I 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 =C2=A0forthcoming lucid release is still using gcc-4.4, s= o > modem drivers compiled =C2=A0for 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: >=20 http://packages.ubuntu.com/ [http://packages.ubuntu.com/] =C2=A0and 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 ------=_Part_106125_1427099486.1264588218264 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> <title></title> </head> <body> <strong>Dear sirs,<br /> <br /> Thank you for you unlimited support again.<br /> <br /> <br /> Instead of trying to fix the broken kernel I have formated the system and I installed a new fresh copy of<br /> Ubuntu 9.10 and updated the kernel to version that you told me about<br /> the latest one and it was successful<br /> <br /> sound is okay and everything else i am now updating my system using the update manager.<br /> can you please tell me now what is the next step to setup up the proper driver for my modem ?<br /> should I now try installing this packages ??<br /> </strong> <pre> <strong> <a href="http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/agrsm-tools_0.0.1_all.deb" target="_blank"> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/agrsm-tools_0.0.1_all.deb</a><br /> <a href="http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/agrsm-11c11040_20091225_i386.deb" target="_blank"> http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/agrsm-11c11040_20091225_i386.deb</a><br /> <br /> <br /> Many thanks<br /> <br /> Ibrahim</strong> </pre> <br /> <br /> --Forwarded Message Attachment--<br /> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 21:19:52 -0500<br /> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Installing a kernel of the next Ubuntu release]<br /> From: marvin.stodolsky@xxxxxxxxx<br /> To: ibrahim.qasim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<br /> CC: Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<br /> <br /> <pre> Ibrahim<br /> <br /> RE: > Is there an easier way to do this ?<br /> Manually you can get from<br /> <a href="http://ubuntu.mirrors.isu.net.sa/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/" target="_blank"> http://ubuntu.mirrors.isu.net.sa/ubuntu/pool/main/l/linux/</a><br /> linux-image-2.6.32-11-generic_2.6.32-11.15_i386.deb<br /> linux-headers-2.6.32-11-generic_2.6.32-11.15_i386.deb<br /> linux-headers-2.6.32-11_2.6.32-11.15_all.deb<br /> <br /> Under Linux within the same folder as (say your /home/Name folder)<br /> $ sudo dpkg -i linux*.deb<br /> <br /> Then reboot with the 2.6.32-11-generic kernel<br /> <br /> MarvS<br /> <br /> <br /> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 3:25 AM, Ibrahim Kasem<br /> <ibrahim.qasim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:<br /> > Dear sirs,<br /> ><br /> > Thank you very much for helping me with installing a new kernel,<br /> ><br /> > But this topic was advanced to me I have started using ubuntu almost one<br /> > month ago.<br /> > Is there an easier way to do this ?<br /> ><br /> > thank you very much guys,<br /> > Ibrahim<br /> ><br /> > Occassionally it may be desirable to install a kernel+modules package<br /> > of a forthcoming Linux release, to test or establish some<br /> > functionality.  This is really not for the Newbie as you can mess up<br /> > your System if the following steps are not followed exactly<br /> > Lines below beginning with # are my comments. These steps assume an<br /> > Internet access under LInux.<br /> > Later I'll describe the alternate case of download under Microsoft<br /> ><br /> > $ ls /etc/apt/sources.list<br /> > /etc/apt/sources.list<br /> > # is the file with Ubuntu repository information.<br /> ><br /> > Make a backup copy for safety.<br /> > My current system is Ubuntu karmic and the next release will be "lucid". So:<br /> > $ cd /etc/apt/<br /> > $ sudo cp sources.list sources.list.karmic<br /> > $ sudo cp sources.list sources.list.lucid<br /> ><br /> > the latter to be edited<br /> > $ sudo gedit sources.list.lucid<br /> > # will show near the top a line:<br /> > deb <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/" target="_blank"> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/</a> karmic main restricted<br /> > # the URL stem <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/" target="_blank"> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com</a>  will in general be<br /> > different in different countries. Keep your own.<br /> > # duplicate this line and in the 2nd change "karmic"  to "lucid"  so<br /> > the line pair reads like:<br /> > deb <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/" target="_blank"> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/</a> karmic main restricted<br /> > deb <a href="http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/" target="_blank"> http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/</a> lucid    main restricted<br /> > # SAVE this edit<br /> ><br /> > Get ready for an update including the  "lucid    main restricted" with:<br /> > $ sudo cp sources.list.lucid sources.list<br /> > Update the package lists with:<br /> > $ sudo apt-get update<br /> ><br /> > Search for available 2.6.32 kernels with:<br /> > $ apt-cache search linux-image | grep 2.6.32<br /> > linux-image-2.6.32-10-386 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on i386<br /> > linux-image-2.6.32-10-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32<br /> > on x86/x86_64<br /> > linux-image-2.6.32-10-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on<br /> > x86<br /> > linux-image-2.6.32-10-virtual - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32<br /> > on x86/x86_64<br /> > linux-image-2.6.32-11-386 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on i386<br /> > linux-image-2.6.32-11-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32<br /> > on x86/x86_64<br /> > linux-image-2.6.32-11-generic-pae - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on<br /> > x86<br /> > linux-image-2.6.32-11-virtual - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32<br /> > on x86/x86_64<br /> > linux-image-2.6.32-301-ec2 - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32 on<br /> > x86/x86_64<br /> > linux-image-2.6.32-9-generic - Linux kernel image for version 2.6.32<br /> > on x86/x86_64<br /> ><br /> > For my System, the appropriate kernel package is the 2.6.32-11-generic<br /> > choice.<br /> > To get this and the linux-headers needed for compiling:<br /> > $ sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.32-11-generic<br /> > linux-headers-2.6.32-11-generic<br /> > which will also install a linux-headers-2.6.32-11 dependent for<br /> > linux-headers-2.6.32-11-generic<br /> ><br /> > Once this install is done, IMMEDIATELY restore to the pure karmic package<br /> > lists,<br /> > because if an automated upgrade runs, it will start a download of<br /> > ABUNDANT lucid packages and most likely break your karmic system. SO<br /> > DO:<br /> > $ sudo cp sources.list.karmic  sources.list<br /> > and again do:<br /> > $ sudo apt-get update<br /> > during which the "lucid    main restricted" package list will be eliminated.<br /> ><br /> > Next reboot using the 2.6.32-11 choice.  I have done so without harm<br /> > on my otherwise Karmic system.<br /> > Should the boot fail, just poweoff and choose the karmic kernel on<br /> > your next boot.<br /> ><br /> > Fortunately the  forthcoming lucid release is still using gcc-4.4, so<br /> > modem drivers compiled  for 2.6.32-11 will be compatible.<br /> > Should there have been an upgrade to gcc-4.5, one would also have had to:<br /> > $ sudo apt-get install gcc-4.5<br /> > and deal with choices between gcc-4.4 and 4.5 when compiling.<br /> ><br /> > Ibrahim has the DKMS module update system installed, so his needed<br /> > agrsm drivers will be compiled and auto installed during these<br /> > processes.<br /> ><br /> > If one does not have Internet access under Linux yet, just bypass all<br /> > the above. Go to:<br /> > <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/" target="_blank"> http://packages.ubuntu.com/</a>  and search for each of:<br /> > linux-image-2.6.32-11-generic<br /> > linux-headers-2.6.32-11-generic<br /> > linux-headers-2.6.32-11-generic<br /> > After manual download and coping to your Linux partition, they can be<br /> > coinstalled with:<br /> > $ sudo dpkg linux*.deb<br /> ><br /> > MarvS </pre> <br /> <br /> </body> </html> ------=_Part_106125_1427099486.1264588218264--