BTW, Ralf, it is a good idea to build the 3.6.11-rt25 kernel. It has a lot of bug fixes as I heard from the mailing lists.
Also, can you provide us a comparesent on the performance and audio recording on both the 3.5-lowlatency and the 3.6-rt kernel:-P Regards, Howard Chan (smartboyhw) On 2012-12-22 下午1:46, "Ralf Mardorf" <[email protected]> wrote: > You can purge a kernel by apt or completely remove it with synaptic, > without any risk, that this will break anything of other installed > packages. But as Mike already hinted, you always should keep a kernel, > that does work and I'll add, you always should keep a backup of your > complete install. > > You also should reconsider if upgrading packages, just for version > hunting is useful. Of course, security update are important and > sometimes you perhaps want new features, but if you want a stable > production environment, you should be aware, that upgrades could make > your Linux unstable. > > If you completely will remove a kernel you can't do it by simply > removing the package. Assumed you needed special drivers, they will not > be removed, you have to delete them manually. > > ls /lib/modules > > will show you, if there are drivers kept for a kernel you removed. > > On Quantal I've 3.5.0-18-lowlatency and 3.6.5-rt14 installed. Both > kernels do work, but I only use the self-build kernel-rt. I keep the > lowlatency kernel, just in case I should install something and my > self-build kernel should cause issues. > > > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users >
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