[ILUG] Ubuntu update strategy for kernel

[ollie at eillo.org]

Hi Everyone,
            Thanks for the information. The problenm with the sound 
is being tracked i just have all the information collcted on the 
laptop at home so i dont currently have the info.

There are at least five different solutions all of which work for
different models.

I have exhaused all options except for for the kernel.

I installed the kernel package for the upcomming release 
which is 2.6.24 - that fixed the sound but obviously broke everything 
else :) 

Theres a post on the ubuntu forums that walks you through rolling your
own 2.6.23 vanilla kernel so hopefull i can do that without breaking 
everything!

Again the link for that is at home.

Has anyone rolled their own kernel for Ubuntu? I know for example that 
this breaks the Nvidia drivers. 

Regards,
       Oliver.


On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:56:20 +0000, Nick Murtagh <nickm at go2.ie> wrote:
> ollie at eillo.org wrote:
>> I just switched to Ubuntu 7.10 on my Dell Vostro 1500. Everything works
> fine except for
>> the sound. Im currently on a 2.6.22 kernel. I understand that getting
> the 2.6.23 or
>> 2.6.24 kernel will fix my sound issues. Will Ubuntu eventually upgrade
> to these kernels
>> or will they stick with one for 7.10.?
>>
>> If they do update the kernel is there anywhere i can check the see when
> it might happen
>> or would I be better off to just go and build my own?
> 
> Have you looked at this bug:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.22/+bug/136412
> 
> It's for a Vostro 1700 but it might work - it suggests installing the
> linux-backports-modules-generic package.
> 
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