Kernel Testing and Other Update Issues
Hey y'all,
I'm running 12.04 32-bit, and my Samsung laptop started having screen issues about a month ago. I submitted a bug-report and have been following instructions. I updated to a successful upstream kernel, which fixed the issue. But I need to test another kernel to further help out, and ultimately fix my problem. So I downloaded the kernel at the link provided:
"Can folks affected by this bug as a regression in 3.2.0-27.43 test the
latest test kernel?
The test kernels can be downloaded from:
http://people.canonical.com/~jsalisbury/lp1028151/
This kernel has the following commit reverted:
9a2e71ce177a1602a0502fbcbb3f11e4bae584e4"
Now, when I first tried to install the headers and images using the mainline build that had successfully worked. But I received a number of error messages, and I loaded my original kernel and am now using that kernel to try and install the test kernels. Here is the command and error output:
alcidious42@IronMan:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg i *.deb
[sudo] password for alcidious42:
dpkg: error: need an action option
Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages[*];
Use `dselect' or `aptitude' for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Options marked[*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' !
alcidious42@IronMan:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg -i *.deb
Selecting previously unselected package linux-headers-3.2.0-30-generic.
(Reading database ... 210528 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-headers-3.2.0-30-generic (from linux-headers-3.2.0-30-generic_3.2.0-30.47~lp1028151v2_i386.deb) ...
Preparing to replace linux-image-3.2.0-30-generic 3.2.0-30.47~lp1028151v2 (using linux-image-3.2.0-30-generic_3.2.0-30.47~lp1028151v2_i386.deb) ...
Done.
Unpacking replacement linux-image-3.2.0-30-generic ...
Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d .
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-30-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-30-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-30-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-30-generic
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-headers-3.2.0-30-generic:
linux-headers-3.2.0-30-generic depends on linux-headers-3.2.0-30; however:
Package linux-headers-3.2.0-30 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-3.2.0-30-generic (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up linux-image-3.2.0-30-generic (3.2.0-30.47~lp1028151v2) ...
Running depmod.
update-initramfs: deferring update (hook will be called later)
Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
(3.2.0-30.47~lp1028151v2 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
(3.2.0-30.47~lp1028151v2 was configured last, according to dpkg)
Examining /etc/kernel/postinst.d.
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/initramfs-tools 3.2.0-30-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-30-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-30-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/pm-utils 3.2.0-30-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-30-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/update-notifier 3.2.0-30-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-30-generic
run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/zz-update-grub 3.2.0-30-generic /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-30-generic
Generating grub.cfg ...
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.6.0-030600rc1-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.6.0-030600rc1-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-30-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-30-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-27-generic-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-27-generic-pae
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.2.0-23-generic-pae
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic-pae
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin
done
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-headers-3.2.0-30-generic
What should I do? Was the test kernel remotely successful in being installed? If my original kernel had the problems with the flickering, which kernel should I boot? I appreciate any help!
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