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Sponsor |  PinGUY | Jan 28, 12:12am | This is a great update it has fixed all the problems I was having and it seems a lot faster too.
All my hardware works properly now (my FM tuner works now thats built into my TV card). My wifi has never worked as well as its working now, I used to have to put my key in twice before I could login to my network now it logs in straight away, and bittorrent is a lot faster. Sleep/suspend to disk also works.
So over all its a great update.
Heres a list of all the changes kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_24 [kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_24]
If you are running Ubuntu 7.10 heres a easy to follow guide.
1. First you need to add the Hardy repository (this is only temporary to pull the new kernel):
echo 'deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ hardy main restricted' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hardy.list
2. Now that you've added the repository you need to update:
sudo apt-get update
3. Next you need to install the new kernel:
sudo apt-get -y install linux linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic linux-restricted-modules-generic
4. Now that you've pulled the kernel you need to remove the Hardy repository:
sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hardy.list
5. Once again you need to update so that you'll stop pulling updates from the Hardy repository:
sudo apt-get update
Alright. If you've done all of the above without errors, you've successfully installed 2.6.24-5-generic. Now you need to reboot into the new kernel:
sudo reboot
Enjoy :D
After the install you are more and likely going to have to reinstall your graphics card, the easiest way to do this is with Envy albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html [albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html]
Just uninstall the driver then install it again. When it asks you to restart hit "No" then go to System > Administration > Restricted Driver Manger then enable 3D graphics, then restart the PC.
To see what hardware is working on your PC after the update you can use a great little program called Hardinfo getdeb.net/app/Hardinfo [getdeb.net/app/Hardinfo]
If for any reason the kernel update didn't go well and you need to go back to the old kernel, reboot your computer and at Grub press esc to boot into your last kernel.
Then remove the installed kernel and then upgrade.
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-2.6.24-5-generic linux-headers-2.6.24-5-generic linux-headers-2.6.24-5 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-5-generic linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-5-generic
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Sponsor | | konradc | May 7, 11:31am | I read this post > ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-750480.html [ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-750480.html]
and it seemed to work for me.
If you're interested, here's the script (minus comments). Just have to run it as root before ejecting the bay or you get the kernel freeze. Tested on Ubuntu Hardy on a Thinkpad T61 (IDE drive in the Ultrabay)
#!/bin/sh
PATH="/bin:/usr/bin"
UB_DEV='/dev/sdb'
UB_SYS='/sys/class/scsi_device/3:0:0:0/device'
IFS=':'
for result in `df | grep $UB_DEV`; do
umount `echo $result | awk '{print $6}'`
done
echo 1 > "$UB_SYS/delete"
exit 0 |
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