Fix no sound in Ubuntu 20.04 after kernel 5.8 installation.

I recently installed the 5.8.0-41-generic kernel and I had no detected sound hardware after booting into the new kernel, but it turns out that a package was missing from my machine. I installed this package and then replugged my sound hardware and it worked straight away. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $ sudo apt install linux-modules-extra-$(uname -r)┌──[[email protected]]─[~] … Read more

Compiling and installing a 2.4 kernel on Debian GNU/Linux Sarge.

Compiling and Installing a 2.4 Kernel on Debian This is quite like the installation process for the 2.6 kernel. Just unpack the kernel sources to your home directory and cd to the directory and type make mrproper to make sure the source directory is clean. Then type make menuconfigmake menuconfig And follow the options to … Read more

Microsoft developing a custom Linux kernel to power azure.

Microsoft corporation is developing a custom Linux kernel, that is intended to power their Azure Sphere security framework. This is a great step for the software giant, that has formerly opposed free software and even Google. Now they are embracing Github and Linux. This is only a kernel; not an entire operating system. A kernel … Read more

How to build a 4.8.4 Linux kernel on Ubuntu 16.10.

To build the latest 4.8.4 Linux kernel on Ubuntu 16.10, you will only need the ncurses-dev and build-essential packages installed. Then we are ready to install a new Linux kernel. Download the latest Linux kernel tarball. jason$ wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.8.4.tar.xzjason$ wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/linux-4.8.4.tar.xz And then unpack the Linux tarball that we have downloaded. jason$ tar -xvf linux-4.8.4.tar.xzjason$ … Read more

How to build a 4.6 kernel on Ubuntu 16.04.

Firstly, download a kernel tarball from kernel.org. jason@jason-desktop:~$ wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/testing/linux-4.6-rc1.tar.xz –2016-03-29 10:22:34– https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/testing/linux-4.6-rc1.tar.xz Resolving cdn.kernel.org (cdn.kernel.org)… 103.245.222.69 Connecting to cdn.kernel.org (cdn.kernel.org)|103.245.222.69|:443… connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK Length: 89423304 (85M) [application/x-xz] Saving to: ‘linux-4.6-rc1.tar.xz’   linux-4.6-rc1.tar.xz 100%[======================================================================>] 85.28M 1.29MB/s in 66s   2016-03-29 10:23:54 (1.28 MB/s) – ‘linux-4.6-rc1.tar.xz’ saved [89423304/89423304]jason@jason-desktop:~$ wget https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/testing/linux-4.6-rc1.tar.xz –2016-03-29 … Read more

I managed to compile the 14.4 ATI drivers on Linux Mint 16 against the 3.15 kernel.

I have managed to get the 14.4 ATI drivers to compile against the new 3.15 kernel on Linux Mint 16. I followed this guide: http://bluehatrecord.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/amd-catalyst-14-4-for-linux-loses-support-for-linux-kernel-versions-above-3-11/ and I used the commands on this page as well as this linked patch. This is how I managed to do it. I am now running a 3.15 kernel with … Read more

How to compile a 3.15 kernel on Linux the easy way using the command line.

Compiling a kernel on Linux is very easy using the command line. You may download the latest mainline kernel from kernel.org. This is 3.15. Extract the file using this command. tar -xvf linux-3.15.tar.xztar -xvf linux-3.15.tar.xz Clean the source tree using this command. make mrpropermake mrproper Then open the configuration menus using this command. make menuconfigmake … Read more

How to add the proper repository information to Kali Linux to install kernel headers.

Installing the kernel headers for Kali Linux allows the installation of Virtualbox Guest Additions and other software that relies upon the kernel headers, but the /etc/apt/sources.lst is not filled out by default. Paste this code into the /etc/apt/sources.lst at the bottom of the file. deb http://http.kali.org/ /kali main contrib non-free deb http://http.kali.org/ /wheezy main contrib … Read more

How to build a vanilla kernel from kernel.org on Linux and install it properly.

How to build and install a vanilla kernel on a Linux computer. How to build and install a vanilla kernel on a Linux computer.Getting the source code.Preparing to build the source.Compiling the kernelInstalling the kernel. This posting will explain how to build a vanilla kernel from kernel.org and properly install it to your Linux machine. … Read more

How I re-installed the fglrx ATI drivers after installing a different kernel on Linux Mint 14.

I recently installed a different kernel on Linux Mint 14 and my ATI drivers were not working. To fix this I had to install the kernel headers for the appropriate kernel that I was running. john@adeptus-mechanicus ~ $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.5.0-25-lowlatencyjohn@adeptus-mechanicus ~ $ sudo apt-get install linux-headers-3.5.0-25-lowlatency Then I could navigate to the directory … Read more

I am installing Gentoo again on a spare partition. This will be fun.

I am installing Gentoo again. I have decided to try out this source based Linux distribution one more time and see whether I can use this distribution on my computer again. I erased the contents of a spare bootable partition and I unpacked the Stage3 tarball into it and then I unpacked the Portage tarball … Read more

Linux dropping support for the 80386 CPU. Better to concentrate on more modern hardware.

Linux no longer has support for the 80386 CPU. this is the first CPU to run Linux and now that it is so outdated; it is time that support was dropped for this ancient CPU. Linux has so many features nowadays that it makes no sense to support an ancient 386 CPU when there are … Read more

Definition of the kernel versus the operating system. What it is and is not.

The kernel in an operating system is the interface that handles loading drivers and configuring hardware; the operating system that runs on top of the kernel provides a usable interface; i.e a command-line or graphical user interface that the computer operator may use to interface with the computer system and give it commands that are … Read more

Installing a vanilla kernel on Linux Mint 13 Maya. How to build from the kernel.org tarball.

The installation of a vanilla kernel on Linux Mint 13 is very simple. Once you have downloaded the kernel tarball from kernel.org you will have to unpack the tarball: tar jxvf linux-3.4-rc2.tar.bz2tar jxvf linux-3.4-rc2.tar.bz2 Then enter the directory thus created and run make mrproper to make sure the kernel source tree is clean. C:\HOME\FLYNN\DOCUMENTS> cd … Read more