Ubuntu Installation :: Replacing 10.10 With 10.04 Kernel?
Oct 20, 2010
A problematic system has this kernel:
2.6.35-22-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Sun Oct 10 09:26:05 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
A working system has this kernel:
2.6.32-22-generic #36-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 3 19:31:57 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Can I put the working kernel onto the problematic system? I've copying the contents of /boot from the working system (I did *not* copy the /boot/grub directory). Should I manually start editing grub.cfg for a dual kernel boot or is there a better way? The problematic issues are with video playback (choppy after upgrade) and video capture - you can only open the capture device once, then you have to reboot since upgrading.
Just over a year ago I did a main board processor and memory upgrade on my system. I was running Fedora seven i686. If I recall correctly I booted with the install disk and chose "repair existing system" or something like that. Then I typed "rpm -e --nodeps" which removed the existing kernels. Again going from memory I typed "yum install kernel" A new kernel was installed I rebooted and the system ran great.
I have been having sound problems that i can't resolve with Fedora 12 i686. The sound card drivers are not always loaded at bootup. I have posted here several times about this problem and i may have messed things up a bit with various attempts at repairing. I am wondering if removing and reinstalling the kernel as I did at the time of the upgrade might help.
Are the commands I listed correct? It's been a long time. I found the instructions on this forum but can't find them again.
I have recently set up a CENTOS server using the kernel 2.6.18-164.el5xen (x64 5.4 Install I believe). Originally I set it up with Xen to becasue I was goig to create the odd VM on it, however I no longer need to do this.Further, I believe I am having networking issues due to the installation of Xen. The machine cannot seem to locate any network addresses (eg websites) unless I put in a hosts entry for them. I believe this networking issue would be easier to rectify if the virtual networking interfaces for Xen were not installed but to do this requires a Kernel replacement. Im not experienced with doing this and the machine is located remotely to me and I dont have the original install CD available.How would I go about replacing the kernel to the non Xen version if I dont have the install CDs?
I am dual booting Windows Vista and Ubuntu 8.10. Trying to replace 8.10 with 10.04 while keeping the Vista partition. The partition manager is confusing and won't let me fully replace 8.10.
I have a PC with Windows XP SP2. It had two HDDs, one (IDE) with partitions C: (boot) and D:, and another (IDE) 200GB disk, E:.
Recently, the second disk caused the system to issue filesystem error messages on boot. I decided to image it to another location on the home LAN, and then to copy the image to a new disk. So I have used "Live Ubuntu" "ddrescue" to salvage the disk image (with only about several k of error sectors) to another file on an SMB share.
I then got a new 500 GB SATA HDD, used a "Promise 4302" IDE-to-SATA PCI controller to interface to it, loaded the "Live Ubuntu" and used "ddrescue" to copy the old disk image to the new HDD. (The Ubuntu kernel 2.6 recognized the SATA disk and its "Promise" controller with no problems). So far, all according to instructions.
Now, according to instructions, the next step is to boot the XP system and let it do CHKDISK /F on the new disk.
The problem is: the computer freezes (hangs) in the initial step of the boot.
I tried to do a "Repair install" using an XP install CD - again the PC freezes after the message: "Inspecting your hardware".
Using the same XP install CD, it tried going into the "XP Recovery console" (in order to do "CHKDISK /F") - again, the PC freezes after "inspecting your hardware".
Booting the same PC from an Ubunbtu Live CD, situation is much better. When Ubuntu boots, it says: "Incomplete multi-sector transfer, Input/output error", but then it continues normally.
I read somewhere that I should change the partition ID from 83 to 0 or 7 (NTFS). But using fdisk (or cfdisk) and changing the partition ID (=type) (and doing "w" - namely: save) - does not actually change the ID.
Right now I dual boot into Kubuntu 10.10 and Vista, and I'm interested in possibly replacing Kubuntu with Mint 10. I do like Kubuntu but I feel like Mint will be a better option for me; I've played with it on a Live CD and in VirtualBox. Can I accomplish this replacement from the Mint Live CD? I want to completely remove Kubuntu, not install over top of it if that is even possible.
I have a dual boot configuration now, Windows XP SP3 on the C drive (sda,1 it's a Dell Dimension 4700) and FC 6 on sdb. My goal is to install 10 and be able after installation to boot to either XP or 10. Some of the installation documentation baffles me, so I want clarification before I begin. 1st Question Looking at the screen shots of an installation on the fedora site, the Partition Selection Screen asks What drive would you like to boot this installation from?
Booting an installation? Maybe this meansFrom what drive are you installing? Once 10 is installed, what drive should be the boot drive? From what drive should I boot to install? Would somebody explain the intent of this Partition Screen question? BTW, I will be installing from CDs. 2nd Question: Upgrading Boot Loader I don't understand the Installation Guide, section 8.3 on upgrading vs skipping. I think I got into trouble on this very point going from FC3 to FC6. The boot loader on my Dell must be grub. So, I think I want to upgrade. Perhaps the confusion is that I'm replacing FC6, not upgrading, and upgrade here means only for grub, not for the install.
I installed Fedora13 to dualboot w/ my windows 7. I quickly found out that I don't care for fedora. I was referred to Ubuntu, and put Ubuntu 10.04 on in VirtualBox. Lo and behold, I like Ubuntu a WHOLE lot more! So, I promptly went to Disk Manager (in win7) and deleted the Fedora partitions (told you i'm a noob). Of course that was a poor choice, and I was only able to get my computer to boot again by reinstalling f13. neat.
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
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SO what i was thinking is go back to Disk Manager, delete partitions sda 3,4, & 5 (the linux ones), then reboot from the Ubuntu live disk? But I don't know what the sdb1 partition is?
Currently I have a dual boot Win 7 / Fedora 14 on my Dell Inspiron 1546. After being unable to upgrade to F15 I think it's time to try something different like Ubuntu 11.04. I'd like to format all the Linux partitions, install Ubuntu there and being able to boot to Win 7 from Grub (just like I currently do with Fedora). Can I just go ahead and install like usual, or is there anything else I should consider? Do you think Ubuntu will have a problem finding Win7?
What does upgrading mean? does it imply replacing the older packages with new without reinstalling the entire OS or Reinstalling the new version keeping into view the existing package list. Can I upgrade the Ubuntu 9.1 amd 64 with Ubuntu 9.1 i386 version using the alternate installation CD
I originally installed UNR 9.10 on my Asus EeePC 1005HA in november and after significant fiddling with fiddly bits and messing about with the terminal and gconf-editor got rid of the dreadful netbook launcher interface (which is, perversely, especially impractical for netbooks). Now that I've updated to 10.04, the netbook launcher is back. I can get it away by logging into GNOME instead of Netbook Edition but the panel is still misbehaving. And even if I get everything to behave normally, I figure I may be in the same situation next time I update.So all things considered, I think I should probably just install regular Ubuntu and get it over with.
Can I install regular non-netbook edition from a USB-stick? (Since the EeePC has no optical drive and my external CD reader/burner is ancient and very slow)Can I install Ubuntu 10.04 over my UNE 10.04 without formating the HD thereby losing all my files (and having to reinstall all my apps)?
I get the following error message trying to install dazuko on xubuntu 10.04: "headers for target kernel version could not be found" But when I run sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r), I get the message that I already installed the headers. My current kernel is 2.6.34-020634-generic
How can I install dazuko withouth having this problem??
Over the past few days I have been trying to install an older kernel (kernel 2.6.28.1) on ubuntu 9.10 64-bit WUBI installation. I compiled, installed, and updated my grub for the kernel. When I reboot, the grub menu correctly gives me the option of booting into the older kernel but when I do so I receive the following error message:
error: you need to load the linux kernel first.
I am at a complete loss on how to fix this. I even downgraded grub but I still get the same error.
With the recent upgrade kernel, my ATI driver can no longer work. After upgrading to the new kernel, upon reboot I would get stuck at the "checking battery status" and can't boot into kubuntu.
I'm running Kubuntu 10.10 64 on intel i5 with radeon hd 4870.
So I thought I messed something up since I was fooling around with conky script the day before. I did a clean install of kubuntu 10.10 64 and reset all my settings and my files. At this point, everything works smoothly and I can reboot multiple times without a problem.
I proceeded to install the Radeon catalyst driver following the documentation, which worked perfectly for me on the previous kernel. After rebooting, I can no longer get pass the "checking battery state" black screen. I had to boot into safe book, uninstall all fglrx and also delete xorg.conf to be able to boot back in normally.
9.04 this morning updated my kernel to I believe it is 2.6.28.18 and upon the reboot I had no desktop. It booted wanting to go into low graphics.
So I drop to shell and stop the gdm and try to run the latest nvidia run file I have and it hangs saying I have a x server running.
Otherwise I am needing assistance with getting my desktop back! I can boot into an older kernel and if need be I would like to roll back that latest update this morning, but once again I am forgetting the command line for that.
i just updated my mainboard, because of a failure in the grafic chip. Now I have a icore 7-2600K CPU with 16GB memory.The system will not boot with the latest kernel version Kernel 2.6.38.11 - Kernel 2.6.38.10 . It crashed and resets the system.
But when I am using Kernel 2.6.35.30, then it works, as you can see. As well the kubuntu 64bit CDROM does not work. Crashed as well.
Trying to install virtualbox in F12 but fails when recompiling kernel module. Output of vbox-install log is:
Attempting to install using DKMS removing old DKMS module vboxdrv version 3.1.6 Deleting module version: 3.1.6 completely from the DKMS tree. Creating symlink /var/lib/dkms/vboxdrv/3.1.6/source -> /usr/src/vboxdrv-3.1.6
DKMS: add Completed.
Error! Your kernel source for kernel 2.6.32.11-99.fc12.i686.PAE cannot be found at /lib/modules/2.6.32.11-99.fc12.i686.PAE/build or /lib/modules/2.6.32.11-99.fc12. code....
there is an issue with the way the Linux Kernel addresses memory by default and the graphic drivers for my Asus G1Sn. I have a patch that I had compiled against a custom kernel for 2.6.27.xx how ever it does not work with the latest kernel in Fedora 11. It is beyond me to rewrite the patch to work with a different kernel.
I use a pretty fresh installed RHEL 5.4, which should be very similar to Fedora. After the basic installation I installed xen and xen-kernel via yum with no errors. I can select the xen-kernel at boot time. But after booting the normal kernel shows up.
I installed the latest kernel liquorix (2.6.35) but when i want to install the Nvidia driver downloaded on the Nvidia website (256.53), i have an error message because Nvidia doesn't found the kernel source tree.
I install linux-image-2.6.35-6.dmz.2-liquorix-686_2.6.35-16_i386.deb, linux-headers-2.6.35-6.dmz.2-liquorix-686_2.6.35-16_i386.deb and build-essential. I don't understand why the installation doesn't works.
I recently decided to try out Fedora 12 (which uses Grub, not Grub2) along side my Ubuntu 9.10 which does use Grub2, and Windows 7 (yuck). I would like to use Grub2 to boot (Fedora's Grub does not recognise my 9.10 install). I've searched for a way to simply remove Grub, but have only found ways to remove it by using "the Windows fix" (fdisk /mbr or something similar) which I do not want to do, and I do not want to modify Grub's menu.lst, I just want it gone and to install Grub2. I am most likely going to remove Fedora soon anyway.
I have a first generation Macbook that shipped with Tiger. I don't often use the os x partition anymore, as I installed Windows XP on a 15 gig partition back when bootcamp was still in beta and I normally use that when I'm on my laptop. Since Tiger is rather old and the only reason I would want to upgrade to leopard is to have access to bootcamp again (they disabled access to the bootcamp application in os x, but I can still boot into windows), I have been thinking about wiping out my os x installation and using ubuntu instead. Does anyone have any thoughts on the pros and cons of totally removing os x?
The main reason I hesitate to just jump in and do it is because if I decide to install os x again I won't be able to install bootcamp again, unless I buy leopard. If I wipe out os x and install ubuntu, will I still be able to access windows in the same way? Windows uses bootcamp drivers to run properly, so I have never quite been sure if it is pulling something off of the os x partition or if it is totally standalone.
I am new to Linux. Thanks in advance for correcting my misunderstanding and answering.
I would like to modify the gdm for testing purpose. To get started, I first get the source code of gdm (using apt-get source, or download the latest version from official gdm website) and compile it without any modification. Then I replaced one of the binary file of gdm. However, it resulted in "Ubuntu is running in low graphics mode" error.
My questions are: 1. why simply replacing the binary did not work? 2. I think it is possible that the way I configure/compile the program wrongly. So, is there a way to know how those programs are compiled in the distribution?
Just yesterday I did a fresh install on my aspire one of ubuntu 11.04. It then installed konqueror and (apperently at the same time dolphin). Now I did allot of googling and now it works to a level that if i press home folder in my unity bar it opens in Dolphin.Nice But the most important thing still doesnt work, that is if I want to save a document from libreoffice or pdf or what ever program it still opens a window of nautilus. I need it to be a window of dolphin because nautilus doesnt understand the networkdirs you can make with dolphin. (makeing a nautilus network dir doesnt work).
im using firefox 3.5.7 with ubuntu 9.10 but firefox since 3.5.6 and 3.5.7 keeps crashing a lot-just now it crashed my entire system-the whole screen went black. So to that end is use of opera or chrome secure for ubuntu?
I tried to install OSS to see if it would allow my mircophone to work properly in the WinXP guest I was running in VirtualBox. I couldn't get it to install properly so now I'm left without any sound on my system. I was wondering how I could get rid of what ever files from OSS that are left and reinstall ALSA.I'm running Ubuntu 9.10.
So I tried to install OSS to see if it would allow my mircophone to work properly in the WinXP guest I was running in VirtualBox. I couldn't get it to install properly so now I'm left without any sound on my system. I was wondering how I could get rid of what ever files from OSS that are left and reinstall ALSA. I'm running Ubuntu 9.10.
I am having problems with either my boot list (/boot/grub/grub.cfg) or my Master Boot Record. It is possible that something else in this area is causing the problem, however.
Configuration overview:
Machine:Sony Vaio VGN-NS140E laptop Systems: Dual-booting Vista and Ubuntu Partitions:Vista Recovery (NTFS) Vista OS
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Below is some information on how I believe I created this problem and an overview of steps I took while trying to fix the problem. Several days ago, I ran GParted off of an Ubuntu Natty Narwhal (11.04) LiveUSB to remove an older, broken linux partition containing either the Maverick Meerkat (10.10) or the Lucid Lynx (10.04) release.
That partition had been my original linux partition for this machine. For reference, the partition originally had Intrepid Ibex (8.10) installed. I was unable to load it properly after downgrading from Maverick Meerkat to Lucid Lynx. Maverick had some glaring functionality issues with my laptop model.I needed to remove the partition in a Live session because it was located within an extended partition alongside my currently used Ubuntu partition.
After deleting this partition and rebooting the laptop, it was either the Grub Loader menu or a grub-rescue prompt that appeared. I'm pretty sure that it was the grub-rescue prompt at this point. Unable to move forward from this prompt, I turned off the computer and re-inserted my USB drive to boot into a Live session again. Booting into a Live session worked successfully.
At this point I was able to browse the web for possible solutions. I read somewhere that I should run sudo update-grub from the terminal. After doing this and rebooting the computer, I was taken to the Grub Loader menu. Unfortunately, all of the entries I tried to boot from brought me to the grub-rescue prompt. There were 3 error lines above the prompt, but I don't remember all of them at the moment. I know that one of them did say "Error: You need to load the kernel first."
At the time, I was hoping this could be a fairly easy fix. I had the idea to simply create a new Ubuntu partition where the old one had been. I installed Natty Narwhal to a new partition within my extended partition. When I restarted my computer after the install had been completed, I did not have the results I'd expected or hoped for. The grub-rescue prompt still came up when I attempted to boot into any of the entries listed in the Grub Loader. Also, the new install I had created was not available in the list.
I tried to get information from various commands in either the grub or grub-rescue prompt. Somehow, I was able to determine the kernel name I needed and edited the boot command (the screen accessed when you press 'e' on the Grub Loader) to include it. This was no help at the time. I again restarted the computer and booted into a Live session. I re-installed Natty Narwhal on top of the install I just created, thinking that there may have been a problem with it. After restarting the computer, I was still having the same problems as with the first installation attempt. I ran another Live session.
By looking at other user's Boot Info Script RESULTS.txt files on this forum and following some links, I was able to gain a better understanding of the Grub boot command. With this information and some more experimentation in the grub-rescue prompt, I was able to determine the UUID of my Natty Narwhal partition, edit the boot command mentioned two paragraphs ago, and boot into Ubuntu with only one error. In this new Ubuntu installation, I ran sudo update-grub in the terminal. The command returned entries that matched with those I saw in GParted, but I still had the same problems and incorrect entries when I restarted the computer.
While it is possible that I could determine all of the necessary start-up boot commands to manually enter each of my bootable partitions, this is really rather inconvenient. I want to know how I can permanently fix the Grub or other necessary files so that my bootloader can take back responsibility for this task. It would also be nice to get back into my Lucid Lynx partition because Natty is a bit buggier than I'm okay with. Fixing my problems with Natty is a topic for another post, however.
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Boot Info Script 0.60 from 17 May 2011 ============================= Boot Info Summary: =============================== => Grub2 (v1.99) is installed in the MBR of /dev/sda and looks at sector 1 of the same hard drive for core.img. core.img is at this location and looks for (,msdos6)/boot/grub on this drive.
