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]]─[~] └──╼ ╼ $…
Read MoreI have just upgraded to a 5.3 kernel on Ubuntu, and it is very good to use. I tried the newest 4.15 kernel and my sound hardware was not detected, so I installed the 5.3 kernel instead. This is a great improvement. Removing the snapd service was a good way…
Read MoreCompiling and Installing a 2.4 Kernel on Debian This is quite like the installation process for the 2.6 kernel. Just unpack the kernel sources to your home directory and cd to the directory and type make mrproper to make sure the source directory is clean. Then type make menuconfigmake menuconfig…
Read MoreMicrosoft corporation is developing a custom Linux kernel, that is intended to power their Azure Sphere security framework. This is a great step for the software giant, that has formerly opposed free software and even Google. Now they are embracing Github and Linux. This is only a kernel; not an…
Read MoreTo build the latest 4.8.4 Linux kernel on Ubuntu 16.10, you will only need the ncurses-dev and build-essential packages installed. Then we are ready to install a new Linux kernel. Download the latest Linux kernel tarball. jason$ 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…
Read MoreFirstly, 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’…
Read MoreThe Nvidia drivers I am using with my Nvidia GT 740 are not working too well at the moment. I have to use nomodeset to get the desktop to come up. That is very annoying when the card works perfectly on Windows. That really needs to be fixed, Ubuntu is…
Read MoreI am running Linux at the moment with a Geforce 740 and I have not installed the proprietary drivers at all. I am using the Nouveau drivers and my system is performing very quickly indeed. Previously, I had a Radeon HD6670 installed and the open-source drivers were used. And in…
Read MoreI have just upgraded my Linux installation to kernel 4.0. This new kernel brings me many benefits. One of those is that the radeon drivers finally work and I no longer need to install the kernel source and try and compile the ATI drivers that you download from the Internet….
Read MoreHow to build a kernel on Linux from a vanilla tarball Further reading, how to compile a vanilla kernel on Debian Linux. http://securitronlinux.com/debian-testing/how-to-build-a-4-8-4-linux-kernel-on-ubuntu-16-10/. This guide will really help out a Linux user to install a kernel from source.
Read MoreI 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…
Read MoreCompiling 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…
Read MoreInstalling 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…
Read MoreThe daily builds of the new Ubuntu 14.04 are out and they are very good as well. I have installed this over my buggy and useless 13.10 installation and this is working out very well. There are no bugs and everything so far is working a treat. The Unity desktop…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreI 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…
Read MoreI 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…
Read MoreLinux 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
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