Linux 3.8-rc1

[rrnbtter]

Greetings,
Just follow Ventrical's lead on the 3.7 kernel I install 3.8 in Lucid.
rrnbtter-laptop:~$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.8.0-030800rc1-generic (root@gomeisa) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #201212212135 SMP Sat Dec 22 02:45:41 UTC 2012

Everything was fast and working except that I didn't have any drivers for my Atheros WIFI, nor my US Cellular USB modem.

After rebooting to my 2.6 kernel and doing some research on the internet. I rebooted back to the 3.8 kernel but had a boot failure do to a failed Home dir scan. I put my RR harddrive back in my computer and I can access the Home dir on the Lucid drive just fine with my USB adapter. So I may wait for an update on the kernel and give it another go.
FYI

[rrnbtter]

Greetings,

Well, when I rebooted my RR partition I plugged my Lucid disk into a USB port and it had a single bad sector. Now boots fine from the USB port into both 2.6 and 3.8 kernels.

rrnbtter-laptop:~$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.8.0-030800rc1-generic (root@gomeisa) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #201212212135 SMP Sat Dec 22 02:45:41 UTC 2012

rrnbtter-laptop:~$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.32-21-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) ) #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010

Other than no internet everything is working with no errors so far.

[paul_in_london]

Since I have to stick with the nvidia 304.x series, this is what worked for me.

1. Purged nvidia-current-updates
2. Installed nvidia-current
3. Downgraded nvidia-current to the previous version
4. Locked nvidia-current via synaptic and:
   

   $ sudo -s
   # echo nvidia-current hold | dpkg --set-selections

paul@lubuntu-64:~$ apt-cache policy nvidia-current
nvidia-current:
  Installed: 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu2
  Candidate: 313.09-0ubuntu1~xedgers~raring1
  Version table:
     313.09-0ubuntu1~xedgers~raring1 0
        500 http://ppa.launchpad.net/xorg-edgers/ppa/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
 *** 304.51.really.304.43-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/restricted amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
paul@lubuntu-64:~$

paul@lubuntu-64:~$ uname -a
Linux lubuntu-64 3.8.0-030800rc1-generic #201212212135 SMP Sat Dec 22 02:36:00 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
paul@lubuntu-64:~$

[ventrical]

I just installed the new kernel on:
amd64bit on Intel

ventrical@ventrical-PY028AA-ABA-A1106N:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 80)
02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
02:05.0 Communication controller: LSI Corporation V.92 56K WinModem (rev 03)
ventrical@ventrical-PY028AA-ABA-A1106N:~$

raring ringtail , fully updated and this time around it dropped my USB wireless, so I had to plugg in my eth0 cable. Works great on other kernels.

I'll try an update.

[ronacc]

just FYI , my wireless is working fine with 3.8 rc1 , I have a realtek 8185 chip .

[ventrical]

Greetings,

Well, when I rebooted my RR partition I plugged my Lucid disk into a USB port and it had a single bad sector. Now boots fine from the USB port into both 2.6 and 3.8 kernels.

rrnbtter-laptop:~$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.8.0-030800rc1-generic (root@gomeisa) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #201212212135 SMP Sat Dec 22 02:45:41 UTC 2012

rrnbtter-laptop:~$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.32-21-generic (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.4.3 (Ubuntu 4.4.3-4ubuntu5) ) #32-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 16 08:10:02 UTC 2010

Other than no internet everything is working with no errors so far.

Thanks for this info. I am about to install the 3.8RC on Lucid. It works great except it has this funky bug with nvidia-96 drivers, but it is very stable , (no graphics) and a lot faster GNOME. I am doing this experiment with these newer kernels with the hopes of dragging something out of Lucid that I can bring up into Raring

[manulemaboul]

After failing to boot all the 3.6.x and 3.7.x, 3.8.0 RC1 booted woohoo.

Now I'm struggling to get an nvidia driver that works with it. Wich one is actually working ?
Tried reverting to 304.43 but it fails to build for 3.8.0.

[ronacc]

nvidia-current is working for me NOT the nvidia-current-updates .

[manulemaboul]

313.09 ?

Building initial module for 3.8.0-030800rc1-generic
ERROR (dkms apport): kernel package linux-headers-3.8.0-030800rc1-generic is not supported
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 3.8.0-030800rc1-generic (i686)

:/.

[ronacc]

304.43 in synaptic it is labeled 304.51 .