On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 6:36 AM, William Ivanski <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a Lenovo laptop, with CPU Intel Core i5, which I use to work. > I installed Debian Wheezy and the system freezes randomly. No response to > keyboard or mouse clicks, just mouse moves. Needed to restart all the times. > > I searched a lot about this problem, and many people suggest the > installation of a newer kernel (current is 3.2). > Currently, on kernel.org, stable release is 3.7.5. > > I never compiled a kernel before, so I am afraid of the problems it might > create. I'm worried about virtualbox, which I installed through aptitude. > I'm also considering upgrade to Debian unstable branch. It have a kernel > newer than 3.2, doesn't it? > > So my questions are: > > 1) Which is better? Keep Debian Wheezy and compile a new kernel, or upgrade > to Debian Sid? > 2) Have you guys compiled a kernel before? How it was? Can you provide me a > good tutorial about it?
sid/unstable has the same kernel version as wheezy/testing because we're in freeze. This [1] is a good kernel compilation page by one of this lists members. You don't need to compile a kernel though; you can install 3.7.3 from experimental. 1) http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/Kernel.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=szit0b-5pegth0e3+54pnkfegwetiq_whq5xexjp-8...@mail.gmail.com
