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What is the easiest way to install Jaunty's kernel on Intrepid?

Asked by Pablo Antonio

That's it. There's a bug devs in launchpad say it's fixed in Jaunty's kernel. I want to have Jaunty's kernel as an option; everything else is working okay here, so I don't want to replace this kernel. I just need the new kernel temporarily.

What is the easiest way to install Jaunty's kernel on Intrepid? Do I need to compile it? Remember I don't want to loose the kernel I have now.

Thank you.

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midnightflash (midnightflash) said : 		#1

There is no real easy way... there will be (little but dependency) problems after all.

And yes... to compile the kernel youself would (by now) be the easiest way to do this.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Kernel/Compile

And: Don't even think about to take the one from the Jaunty-repos. This will give you huge problems!

What advantage do you think you could get by this?
A special hardware not running with the Intrepid one?

Greetings

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Pablo Antonio (crazy2k) said : 		#2

What about installing this .deb? https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/jaunty/i386/linux-image-2.6.28-8-generic/2.6.28-8.26

What's wrong with that? If that's a way to do it, how can I get the dependencies that package asks for?

Thanks.

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Best midnightflash (midnightflash) said : 		#3

You ask for the dependencies... And exactly that will become a problem, if you have to ask.

You will get them... and you will have to install other parts of Jaunty... and finally the system will stuck and hung in an unusable state.

The only neat way is to compile the Kernel yourself and manually do "the dependencies" by compiling the modules and the packages depending on the modules.
It is possible this way... I have done once for Ubuntu (and do it with/for my Gentoo-Linuxes about every 6 weeks, but it is much easier for/with Gentoo)... and some people are doing this regular for Ubuntu.

Just wait the some weeks... and then upgrade to Jaunty.
Or upgrade to the Jaunty alpha now... with all other instabilities.

But don't try to use the .deb!

Greetings

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Pablo Antonio (crazy2k) said : 		#4

Ok. Thanks for your advice. I think I'm not going to touch that .deb :)

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Pablo Antonio (crazy2k) said : 		#5

Thanks midnightflash, that solved my question.

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midnightflash (midnightflash) said : 		#6

Hi there again!
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds
Here you can easy test newer kernels. And easy as can be. As .deb!
But those kernels are vanilla from kernel.org... so to say without any Ubuntu-patches/drivers/backports.

So this (if for your distribution-version) should be easy and not (very) dangerous.
Biggest pitfall: you might fail to get f.e. your desktop if you are using nVidia-graphics or ATI with the closed drivers. You will have to build the modules on your own then.

Greetings.