Here is another script for those who like to test new kernels. As always … use on our own risk it might break your system. Works fine for me on my Dell Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz × 8 with an GeForce GT 220/PCI/SSE2, 3.9 GiB memory, 32 bit system. Probably won’t work with ATI cards.
First download the file and extract the content into your download folder. After that make the file executable using the following command line in a terminal window (press Ctrl+Alt+T to open a terminal window):
For 32 bit systems:
chmod +x Downloads/upgrade-kernel-to-3.2-rc7-precise-32bit
For 64 bit systems:
chmod +X Downloads/upgrade-kernel-to-3.2-rc7-precise-64bit
To run the script copy+paste the following line:
For 32 bit systems:
sudo ./Downloads/upgrade-kernel-to-3.2-rc7-precise-32bit
For 64 bit systems:
sudo ./Downloads/upgrade-kernel-to-3.2-rc7-precise-64bit
Download the script for 32 bit systems
Download the script for 64 bit systems
There’s alway a mistake to make the script executable for 32bits system. Download folder is wrote with 2 “W”.
Thanks for these scripts. Are very usefull…
Thanks for the notice, thought i removed all the mistakes. Removed the 2nd w in the article. Merry xmas and thanks again.
You should note that the kernels from mainline do not have the full ubuntu patches (Notably the patch that allows ureadahead to work.)
If you want RC7 deb’s that work on Oneiric you can pull the regular ones from
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/precise/+source/linux/3.2.0-7.13
32bit:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-7.13/+build/3043750/+files/linux-headers-3.2.0-7_3.2.0-7.13_all.deb
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-7.13/+build/3043750/+files/linux-headers-3.2.0-7-generic_3.2.0-7.13_i386.deb
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-7.13/+build/3043750/+files/linux-image-3.2.0-7-generic_3.2.0-7.13_i386.deb
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64bit:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-7.13/+build/3043750/+files/linux-headers-3.2.0-7_3.2.0-7.13_all.deb
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-7.13/+build/3043747/+files/linux-headers-3.2.0-7-generic_3.2.0-7.13_amd64.deb
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.2.0-7.13/+build/3043747/+files/linux-image-3.2.0-7-generic_3.2.0-7.13_amd64.deb
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There is also a backport PPA for oneiric 3.2 kernels that’s
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ptn107/ppa/ubuntu oneiric main
To add that just use the following command:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ptn107/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Thanks for the info, i’ve been searching for more info on new kernels and how to install/download them. The easiest way (at least i thought it was easy) was downloading them from the mainline server. Maybe you can tell me a bit more about the proper way to get the newer kernels working. Please send me an email so we can talk about kernel stuff. I’m kinda new to the whole kernel things and really want to know more about them.
Please send a mail to: tinuz@n00bsonubuntu.net or add me to your facebook: martijn.vanpoorten
Thanks in advance,
tinuz
You can also merge your scripts into one by so:
if $(uname -a | grep ‘x86_64’); then
#insert your 64-bit script here
else
#insert your 32-bit script here
fi