We've got ourselves kernel 3.7 final...

From: Leann Ogasawara leann.ogasawara [at] canonical.com

We have uploaded a new Raring linux kernel. Please note the ABI Bump. The most notable changes are as follows:

Rebase to upstream stable v3.7
Re-enable build of dm-raid45
tools: hv: Netlink source address validation allows DoS (LP: #1084777)
Improved kernel config annotations for Ubuntu kernel config review
SAUCE: ACPICA: Fix ACPI mutex object allocation memory leak on error
SAUCE: drm: Fix possible EDID memory allocation oops
SAUCE: ttm: Fix possible _manager memory allocation oops
SAUCE: iwlwifi: iwlagn_request_scan: Fix check for priv->scan_request
SAUCE: i915: intel_set_mode: Reduce stack allocation from 500 bytes to2 pointers

The full changelog can be seen at:

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.7.0-6.14

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Originally Posted by zenarcher

Same here....no boot for me, either. Booting gets as far as my USB KVM switch and everything stops. Using AMD 64 bit CPU's. Same issue I've had with all revisions of the 3.7 kernel. 3.5 works just fine.

zenarcher

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Learn about git bisect.
Learn how to compile an upstream kernel.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/GitKernelBuild


For the first kernel compilation you will need this steps:

sudo apt-get install git kernel-package fakeroot build-essential
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
cd linux
cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config
yes '' | make oldconfig
CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=`getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN` fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i linux*.deb
sudo reboot


git bisect --help

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Originally Posted by anca-emanuel

Learn about git bisect.
Learn how to compile an upstream kernel.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/GitKernelBuild


For the first kernel compilation you will need this steps:

sudo apt-get install git kernel-package fakeroot build-essential
git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
cd linux
cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config
yes '' | make oldconfig
CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=`getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN` fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd kernel_image kernel_headers
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i linux*.deb
sudo reboot


git bisect --help

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compiling a custom kernel is all well and good if your only goal is to optimize YOUR system . However I prefer to test what Ubuntu is actually providing since that is the whole point of this forum .

Testing mainline kernel is the first step.
Not working ? boot from last known working kernel (3.5 in this situation)

cd linux
git bisect start
git bisect bad
git bisect good v3.5

Delete *.deb in home
Compile again, this time:

CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=`getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN` fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-bisect1 kernel_image kernel_headers

Quote:

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Originally Posted by anca-emanuel

Testing mainline kernel is the first step.
Not working ? boot from last known working kernel (3.5 in this situation)

git bisect start
git bisect bad
git bisect good v3.5

Delete *.deb in home
Compile again, this time:
cd linux
CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=`getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN` fakeroot make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-bisect1 kernel_image kernel_headers

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You should make a wiki, as you seems knowing a lot :)

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Originally Posted by ventrical

Thanks zika.
One question. Am I to assume that there will be no more release candidates for this cycle?
regards.

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For kernel ?
We will have an 3.8 kernel.
Want some more ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwXR89WYkFg

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Originally Posted by zika

Did You mean this:

Code:

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cd /tmp
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.7-raring/linux-headers-3.7.0-030700-generic_3.7.0-030700.201212102335_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.7-raring/linux-headers-3.7.0-030700_3.7.0-030700.201212102335_all.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.7-raring/linux-image-3.7.0-030700-generic_3.7.0-030700.201212102335_amd64.deb
wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.7-raring/linux-image-extra-3.7.0-030700-generic_3.7.0-030700.201212102335_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i linux*.deb

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or something else?
(Commands above are for amd64, easily corrected for i386 via simple substitute...)

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@zika,

They meant the link in my sig :) .. the Sudo Code Quick Grabber :)

btw .. I downloaded the *.deb files, installed them and it broke xorg. I had to boot into 3.5.n-n to get terminal and:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

I finally got my desktop back. I can't find that kernel install anywhere in grub.

I'm back on :desktop 3.7.0-030700rc8-generic #201212031649 SMP Mon Dec 3 22:00:46 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

Quote:

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Originally Posted by ventrical

btw .. I downloaded the *.deb files, installed them and it broke xorg. I had to boot into 3.5.n-n to get terminal and:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

I finally got my desktop back. I can't find that kernel install anywhere in grub.

I'm back on :desktop 3.7.0-030700rc8-generic #201212031649 SMP Mon Dec 3 22:00:46 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

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Does the RR version of 3.7.0 work for you?
Here:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/...nux/3.7.0-6.14

Kernel 3.7.0-6.14 i386 is working really well for me :D