On Sat, July 29, 2006 1:11 pm, Don Gould wrote: > Thanks Craig, > > See: http://www.bowenvale.co.nz/dmesg.txt > > I'm sorry, I still don't quite understand how to upgrade the kernel > within ubuntu. > > Thou the installer has now done it 4 times as I have a choice. > > Does anyone know if I can just 'apt-get' it or do I have to follow > instructions at kernel.org?
as always you have choices. apt-get or its gui front ends will do the job well, updating your grub/lilo and installing ancillary packages as needed. download and compile your own will muck up dependencies and associated packages (perhaps) but is likely to get a more recent version. I'd stick to the ubuntu packages via apt-get and friends if I were you. It is always best to stick with your distro's packages unless there is very good reason not to. The package for the kernel is called linux, which seems to be a wrapper for linux-386, linux-686 etc. In dapper it appears to be stuck at 2.6.15. > > Yes, yes, I know 'google is my friend' problem is that I'm finding more > advise than I can deal with, and I'm not sure which is the best way to > go in most cases. > > Cheers Don > > On Sat, 2006-07-29 at 12:46 +1200, Craig FALCONER wrote: >> I have to agree with the 2.6.17 suggestion... >> >> On installing 2.6.17.6, my laptop started working a whole lot better.... >> speedstep started working, my suspend stuff did something other than >> die, >> and my atheros NIC associates and gets a dhcp lease in ~2-3 seconds, >> compared with 60-90-notatall seconds earlier. >> >> I'd recommend trying 2.6.17 just to see what happens. (that's for >> anyone) >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Nic Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Friday, 28 July 2006 5:16 p.m. >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Make debug - translate... >> >> Nic Scott said: >> I have this chipset, >> ... >> You can use ndiswrapper, or use a new kernel (2.6.17+) where native >> drivers are included. > -- > Don Gould > www.thinkdesignprint.co.nz - www.tcn.bowenvale.co.nz - > www.bowenvale.co.nz - SkypeMe: ThinkDesignPrint > >
