"ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa" - How do I use?

[Jonathan Hudson]

On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 07:29:05 -0400, Jesse Palser wrote:

>  "ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa" - How do I use?
>
>Hi,
>
>I am trying to upgrade
>from Lucid kernel to Maverick kernel
>on my Ubuntu 10.04 32bit Linux OS.
>
>Someone on this list suggested:
>"ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa"
>but I do not know how to use that.
>
>Can someone explain further?
>Thanks!
>
>Jesse
>

From memory, something like (as root)

# add-apt-repository ppa:kernel-ppa/ppa
# aptitude update
# aptitude install linux-image-lts-backport-maverick

then reboot to enjoy the new kernel

and to revert back to the standard kernel, something like:

# ppa-purge kernel-ppa/ppa

you might need to hunt down and install ppa-purge first.

-jh