Well, on the previous post I do give tutorial on how to compile custom kernel on your Ubuntu box debian way. But it seem like it's hard for beginner to start compiling, and stripping the kernel and choose a appropriate driver to be compiled along.
So here is the easy way for Ubuntu users to upgrade to latest kernel 2.6.25 which has been release on the launchpad by the development team.
sudo vi /etc/apt/source.listEdit the source.list file and add the following line at the end of the files:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kernel-ppa/ubuntu hardy mainSave and exit the text editor, and run:
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/kernel-ppa/ubuntu hardy main
sudo apt-get updateAfter finish updating your apt list, you need to install the new kernel by running this command:
sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.25-1-generic linux-headers-2.6.25-1This command will install the 2.6.25 kernel with the Ubuntu Patches already been implement. So no need to wirries about your drivers and etc. But this isnt a stable release yet. I've been reading about kernel 2.6.25 to be included officially on the hardy repo as this 8.04 is a LTS.
Enjoy
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Great stuff. I followed the instructions in your last post. I'm not a newbie to linux, but in the interest of time I just selected all the defaults when compiling the 2.6.25 kernel. Let's just say not much worked properly. I fell back to the stock 8.04 kernel. Now I'm updating my system per this post. Thanks again!
ReplyDeletei followed the guide until "sudo apt-get install linux-image-2.6.25-1-generic linux-headers-2.6.25-1" where i got the error "E: Couldn't find package linux-image-2.6.25-1-generic"
ReplyDeleteplz help....
thanx...
i canot edit the source.lst, error: not permise
ReplyDeletehelp me plz
thanks
actually there is no package available at this moment at the repo i stated in the post. sorry for the problem, seem like the developement team has delete the 2.6.25 kernel package in the repo.
ReplyDeleteThe only way to get 2.6.25 kernel on ubuntu is by self-compile the kernel. There is a howto i wrote earlier. search my blog and i'm definitely sure that you will see the tutorial i wrote on 'compile 2.6.25 kernel'
Thanks!
ReplyDeleteBTW: Its called /etc/apt/sources.list and not source.list
This may confuse some.
Christopher
About removed packages ( the relevant packages had been removed from that repo ):
ReplyDeleteYou can get them here:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/all/linux-ports-headers-2.6.25-1/download
http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/i386/linux-image-2.6.25-1-386/download
http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/i386/linux-headers-2.6.25-1-386/download
Thanks for the guide
Matjaž