how to install 2.6.26 in Hardy for VX-1000 webcam?

[Nils Kassube]

H.S. wrote:
> Hardy has 2.6.24 kernel. I understand that to get Microsoft's VX-1000
> webcam to work, I need 2.6.26 kernel in Hardy. How does one go
> installing a newer kernel which is not already in the repos in Hardy?

Not already in the repos and probably never will be ...

IMHO there are three options.

1. Upgrade to 8.10 [1] - this is the least troublesome option.
2. Build your own kernel [2].
3. In theory you could change your /etc/apt/sources.list temporarily to 
intrepid and install the intrepid kernel. Do not upgrade, only install 
the kernel and then restore the previous setup for hardy of 
your /etc/apt/sources.list. However even if you only install the kernel 
and the other packages the kernel depends on you may render your system 
unusable. Personally I never did it for a newer kernel but only for an 
older kernel from a previous Ubuntu version and I don't know if it would 
work at all. Therefore, I would suggest you don't go this route unless 
you really know what you are doing.


Nils

[1] <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IntrepidUpgrades>
[2] <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/forum/software/CustomKernel>