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Why is linux-image-extra missing from 3.8.9 onwards?
I've been using kernels from Ubuntu kernel team PPA for some time now. I have setup a script that wget's all the four files required for my setup: all the amd64+all headers, total of 4 files. Kernel ...
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Should I upgrade to the “mainline” kernels?
Newer "mainline" versions of the kernel are available from the Ubuntu kernel team, e.g. 3.4 and 3.5, while Ubuntu 12.04 is on 3.2.
What are the mainline kernels?
Are they better than my existing ...
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Is it relatively safe to install kernel from “Canonical Kernel Team ppa” than “Mainline”
I already referred most of the questions stating Upgrade from Mainline Builds or Compiling from latest source or PPA and also concluded that it can cause breakage to Current stable installed system. ...
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How do I add the mainline kernel PPA?
How can I add the mainline kernel ppa to the synaptic software sources?
I have the url:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
but I am missing the ppa: line.
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Is there an up to date PPA for the linux kernel? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install a newer kernel?
I'm interested in keeping my kernel up to the latest version as often as possible (some drivers I need are relatively young and it ...
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What is the linux-image-extra package for and do I need it?
Good day everyone, I occasionally update my kernel from this web site
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
I have been always downloading 3 deb files for installing
linux header all, linux ...
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Can I use kernel 3.2 in Ubuntu 11.04?
My kernel is now 2.6.38-13 in Ubuntu 11.04.
If I want to use kernel 3.2 , do I need to compile some drivers(such as hdaps, ATI video card) freshly ?
Is there any PPA for kernel 3.2 in Ubuntu 11.04 ...
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“disk drive for /dev/shm is not ready yet” at boot
I am running Ubuntu 11.10 i386 on a laptop. I recently upgraded linux generic kernel to 3.0.0-14 with a PPA (eugensan/boiler): I actually was looking to install just one piece of software ("unison"), ...
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Screen turns gray on boot after install of a PPA
Problem
I recently added ppa:eugenesan/ppa to my maverick installation to install smartgit. Right after apt-get listed a bunch of updates that I immediately installed. After rebooting I noticed that ...
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How do I remove Kernel 3.1 that I added via a PPA?
Is there a way to remove kernel 3.1 from Oneiric?
I downloaded and upgraded to 3.1 with these instructions:
Open the terminal and run these two commands for both 32-bit and
64-bit versions of ...
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How can I install a realtime kernel?
I have read a lot of threads with similar questions, but after reading the answers, I am very confused. I have found in them lots of url's with repositories but people discusses about which ...
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How do I add the kernel PPA?
I can get Ubuntu mainline kernels from this kernel PPA - is there a way to add it to my repository list the same as regular Launchpad PPAs?
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2.6.37 (or 2.6.36) Ubuntu Kernel in Maverick. Is this possible and where can I get it?
Is it possible to get a newer kernel with the ubuntu patches applied (as a deb + related packages - such as headers, since this machine would be best not compiling the kernel for time restraints)? I'd ...
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How can I install a real time kernel?
Is there a repository I can use to install linux-rt for Ubuntu 10.10? This package used to be available from the default repositories but isn't in the 10.10 repositories.
