installing kernel 3.4

[Gary Kirkpatrick]

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:07 AM, tv.debian at googlemail.com <
tv.debian at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 03/04/2013 09:52, Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
>
>>
>>
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>> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 9:15 AM, tv.debian at googlemail.com
>> <mailto:tv.debian at googlemail.**com <tv.debian at googlemail.com>> <
>> tv.debian at googlemail.com
>> <mailto:tv.debian at googlemail.**com <tv.debian at googlemail.com>>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 03/04/2013 08:57, Gary Kirkpatrick wrote:
>>
>>         I am trying to make my Asus 1025 ce have full 3d (it only runs 2D
>>         now).   If I install linux kernel 3.4 will that make a
>>         difference?  Can
>>         I even do that given I am running 12.04.2?
>>
>>         Here are instructions:
>>         http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-**__install-linux-kernel-3-4-0-**
>> on-__ubuntu-12-0411-10<http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-__install-linux-kernel-3-4-0-on-__ubuntu-12-0411-10>
>>         <http://ubuntuguide.net/how-**to-install-linux-kernel-3-4-0-**
>> on-ubuntu-12-0411-10<http://ubuntuguide.net/how-to-install-linux-kernel-3-4-0-on-ubuntu-12-0411-10>
>> >
>>
>>         12.10 can not run on this machine near as I can tell from
>> searches.
>>         Does installing 3.4 in effect convert 12.04 to 12.10?
>>
>>         Thanks
>>
>>
>>         garyk
>>
>>
>>
>>     Hi Gary,
>>
>>     what issue are you trying to solve exactly, what is the graphic
>>     circuit in your laptop ? (NVidia, AMD, Intel ?) Did you try
>>     different drivers for this graphic adapter ?
>>
>>     In 10.04 you can easily try a newer kernel (3.5 from 12.10) by
>>     installing the package "linux-generic-lts-quantal" . But it may not
>>     solve your graphic problem if you need a proprietary driver for you
>>     graphic adapter to work properly.
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>> This unit comes with the not-linux friendly (yet if ever) Intel GMA 3600
>> (I think I am saying this right) requiring Cedarview drivers.
>>
>> I can not get the launcher to hide, launcher icons to change size, a few
>> other difficulties.  Otherwise not bad!
>>
>> garyk
>>
>>
>>
> I am not familiar with this hardware, but the searching I could do it
> doesn't look good:
>
> Intel doesn't seem to care:
>
> http://communities.intel.com/**thread/29157?start=150&tstart=**0<http://communities.intel.com/thread/29157?start=150&tstart=0>
>
> Ubuntu/kernel support seems minimal at best:
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/**showthread.php?t=1953734&page=**15<http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1953734&page=15>
>
>
> Maybe you will get slightly better results with a 3.5* kernel, but I
> wouldn't expect full working 3D hardware acceleration with this chip.
>
> I will leave it to someone with hand-on experience with this hardware to
> help you, but I would not be too optimistic.
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I did not make a good choice.  It does work pretty well and really it is
just bells and whistles I am missing.  I like 12.04 better than say
Lubuntu- which is not to denigrate it at all.  Just not as easy to use for
me.


garyk


garyk
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