linux-generic-pae in maverick

Asked by keepitsimpleengr

How can I install linux-generic-pae kernels in 32bit maverick?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said :
#1

sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-pae

Then reboot and select the kernel from the boot menu.

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keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer) said :
#2

:~# apt-get install linux-image-generic-pae
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-image-generic-pae

The linux-image-generic-pae package is apparently not in the maverick repositories.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#3

Please issue the following commands in a terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install linux-generic-pae

If this does not work please paste the output of the commands into a new mesage in this tread that we can check.

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keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer) said :
#4

Manfred Hampl said:
>If this does not work please paste the output of the commands into a new mesage in this tread that we can check

⋯:~$ sudo apt-get update
[sudo] password for ⋯:
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-updates Release.gpg
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org maverick Release.gpg
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/kernel-ppa/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/restricted Translation-en_US
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-updates/universe Translation-en_US
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/kernel-ppa/ppa/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/repos/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/repos/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.24/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/0.24/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-security Release.gpg
Ign http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ maverick/partner Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick Release
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release.gpg
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/testing/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-security/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-security/multiverse Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en
Ign http://extras.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-security/restricted Translation-en_US
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en
Ign http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/ubuntu/ maverick-security/universe Translation-en_US
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick Release
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick Release
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-updates Release
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-security Release
Ign http://ppa.launchpad.net/mythbuntu/testing/ubuntu/ maverick/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick/main Sources
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org/ maverick/free Translation-en
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick Release
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner Sources
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick/universe Sources
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick/multiverse Sources
Get:1 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [197B]
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en
Hit http://extras.ubuntu.com maverick/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-updates/main Sources
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-updates/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-updates/universe Sources
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_US
Hit http://archive.canonical.com maverick/partner amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-updates/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-updates/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-updates/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-updates/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-updates/multiverse amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-security/main Sources
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-security/restricted Sources
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-security/universe Sources
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-security/multiverse Sources
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-security/main amd64 Packages
Get:2 http://dl.google.com stable Release.gpg [197B]
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-security/restricted amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-security/universe amd64 Packages
Hit http://mirrors.us.kernel.org maverick-security/multiverse amd64 Packages
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org/ maverick/free Translation-en_US
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main amd64 Packages
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main Sources
Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net maverick/main amd64 Packages
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable/main Translation-en
Ign http://dl.google.com/linux/earth/deb/ stable/main Translation-en_US
Get:3 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,347B]
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org/ maverick/non-free Translation-en
Get:4 http://dl.google.com stable Release [1,338B]
Get:5 http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages [1,071B]
Ign http://packages.medibuntu.org/ maverick/non-free Translation-en_US
Get:6 http://dl.google.com stable/main amd64 Packages [474B]
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org maverick Release
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org maverick/free amd64 Packages
Hit http://packages.medibuntu.org maverick/non-free amd64 Packages
Fetched 4,624B in 3s (1,508B/s)
Reading package lists... Done
⋯:~$ sudo apt-get install linux-generic-pae
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package linux-generic-pae

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#5

from https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnablingPAE

Physical Address Extension is a technology which allows 32 bit operating systems to use up to 64 Gb of memory (RAM), something which is normally achieved by switching to a 64 bit system.

As I can see from your download attempt you are using the software sources for amd64 systems.

Either you have already a 64 bit system and consequently there is no need (and no possibility) for a pae kernel on your system.
OR
Your update management is wrong when it looks for 64 bit packages (and if you really have a 32 bit system).

Please open a terminal and execute the following command
uname -a
This will reveal if you have a 32 or 64 bit system.

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keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer) said :
#6

⋯:~$ uname -a
Linux KISE-055 2.6.35-27-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Tue Feb 22 20:25:46 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

So it has 64 bit. I assumed it was 32 bit because it is not using the 4.096 GB installed (and reported on POST) memory.

⋯:~$ grep Memory: /var/log/messages
Mar 17 10:04:14 ⋯ kernel: [ 0.000000] Memory: 3205756k/3276352k available (5716k kernel code, 452k absent, 70144k reserved, 5375k data, 912k init)

⋯:~$ sudo lshw -short | grep memory
/0/0 memory 64KiB BIOS
/0/4/5 memory 384KiB L1 cache
/0/4/6 memory 1536KiB L2 cache
/0/2f memory 4GiB System Memory
/0/2f/0 memory 2GiB DIMM Synchronous 667 MHz (1.5 ns)
/0/2f/1 memory 2GiB DIMM Synchronous 200 MHz (5.0 ns)

Looks like I may have a memory problem

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keepitsimpleengr (keepitsimpleengineer) said :
#7

SOLUTION:

Review of BIOS settings revealed improper settings for both CPU and RAM.

When these were corrected, the problem was resolved.

Help came from foxconn tech support and also hardinfo ("System Profiler and Benchmark" on Ubuntu Software Centre", the benchmarks included were very helpful.)