[ubuntu-uk] help needed testing upstream kernel

[Neil Perry]

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On Nov 7, 2011 10:21 PM, "Alan Pope" <alan at popey.com> wrote:
>
> On 07/11/11 22:07, alan c wrote:
>>
>> Can somebody please offer some off list support to guide me through
>> 'testing using the upstream kernel'?
>> I found a bug re a particular webcam, which is being diagnosed, and I
>> have been asked if I can test using the upstream kernel. There are
>> some guidance notes, but I need help to get my head round it.
>> I am willing to try, but not having done anything similar I want to
>> avoid wasting lots of time or getting an invalid result.
>>
>
> It's pretty easy actually.
>
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
>
> That folder has a giant list of upstream kernels, both i386 and AMD64
builds.
>
> This page describes how you do it:-
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds
>
> With this bit being the specific part you need:-
>
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds#Installing_Mainline_Kernels
>
> So what I'd do is:-
>
> 1) Figure out what version of kernel you're currently running with "uname
-a"
> 2) Look up the kernel on
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/info/kernel-version-map.html and see
which mainline one it maps to
> 3) Go to http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ and find the
mainline one  you need
> 4) Download the files as per
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds#Installing_Mainline_Kernelsto
a folder
> 5) Open a terminal and navigate to the folder where you downloaded the
kernel deb files to.
> 6) Use "sudo dpkg -i linux*.deb" to install them
> 7) Reboot to the new kernel (use shift at boot time to force dpkg to show
a menu) and test your device.

Do you mean grub Mr pope?
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
>
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