karma kernel in lucid

[O. Sinclair]

On 08/09/2010 14:05, claydoh at claydoh.com wrote:
>> Anyone knows how to, if it is even possible, to install a Karmic kernel
>> under Lucid? I have quite a few issues I suspect are kernel-related and
>> putting a higher kernel gives me headaches with my wifi (tried that in
>> other words).
>>
>> Regards
>> Sinclair
>>
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> You should be able to just fine by finding the packages and manually
> installing them - you will get new menu entries in grub just like any
> kernel addition.
>
> However, care should be taken if you run proprietary video drivers, as
> these probably will break. It might even break free drivers depending on
> their particular xorg/kernel requirements. But you at least can boot back
> into other kernels if there are problems.
>
> Another option is to try so-called vanilla kernels, ones that have not
> been modified for Ubuntu use
>
> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/
> You can try older, current and newer versions
>

As it happens sometimes I found the solution after googling around, in a 
ubuntuforums thread.

You can find kernels that are mainline here:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/

I downloaded the following packages:
linux-headers-2.6.31-02063113-generic_2.6.31-02063113_i386.deb
linux-headers-2.6.31-02063113_2.6.31-02063113_all.deb
linux-image-2.6.31-02063113-generic_2.6.31-02063113_i386.deb

then did sudo dkgi -i *.deb from konsole in the download directory and 
rebooted chosing the new/old kernel

experiences so far: faster boot once you are in KDE, no funny "hangs" 
like I get in Lucid kernel

Hibernate working perfectly (only reboots in lucid kernel)
suspend works better but still issues w usb etc
powertop reports far less diskwrites and more solutions (like sata link 
management etc) and I will try battery times more when I have more time 
to play around

an indicator for charging battery I never even saw before came to light..

All in all: better
still damned flicker on vga-out though (works perfect in Win7 so not 
hardware fault).

Note I can not go UP in kernel as drivers for wireless bail out every 
time I try (have tried 3 times now I think).

I will stay on this until I can try Maverick beta or rc. To me Lucid 
seems to be "off target", at least for desktop and especially laptop.

Regards,
Sinclair