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Title: Installing 3.13 Kernel
Post by: TuxInAGalaxy on October 15, 2016, 09:49:23 PM
I already looked that this.... https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/installing-software/linux-lite-kernel/ (https://www.linuxliteos.com/forums/installing-software/linux-lite-kernel/)  And I see that we got a thread going on and on and on.

In Linux Mint there is a simple graphical installer for the kernels.  When I'm running Mint I often have more than one kernel on my system and I also have the grub customizer to help me keep things in the order I want them in. 

Currently I am running this machine specs.

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System:    Host: gregory-Vostro-400 Kernel: 4.4.0-42-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)
           Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 (Gtk 2.24.28) Distro: Ubuntu 16.04 xenial
Machine:   System: Dell product: Vostro 400
           Mobo: Dell model: 0GN723 v: ��� Bios: Dell v: 1.0.15 date: 06/23/2008
CPU:       Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E4600 (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3) bmips: 9576
           clock speeds: max: 2400 MHz 1: 2000 MHz 2: 2000 MHz
Graphics:  Card: NVIDIA GT218 [GeForce 210] bus-ID: 01:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.18.4 drivers: nvidia (unloaded: fbdev,vesa,nouveau)
           Resolution: [email protected]
           GLX Renderer: GeForce 210/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 340.96 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 NVIDIA High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
           Card-2 Intel 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.4.0-42-generic
Network:   Card: Intel 82562V-2 10/100 Network Connection driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: ff00 bus-ID: 00:19.0
           IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 595.8GB (18.2% used) ID-1: /dev/sda model: HITACHI_HTS54323 size: 320.1GB
           ID-2: /dev/sdb model: Hitachi_HDP72502 size: 250.0GB ID-3: USB /dev/sdc model: Cruzer_Edge size: 8.0GB
           ID-4: USB /dev/sdd model: Cruzer_Glide size: 15.7GB
           ID-5: USB /dev/sde model: USB_SD_Reader size: 2.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 286G used: 12G (5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 8.07GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda1
RAID:      No RAID devices: /proc/mdstat, md_mod kernel module present
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 0.0:60C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 226 Uptime: 2:45 Memory: 2294.2/3950.2MB Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Gcc sys: 5.4.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.3.461) inxi: 2.2.35

I think I'm having some issues due to the 4.4.0-42-generic x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 5.4.0)  I want to try and install the 3.13 kernel because when I was running Mint on this machine it seemed to run happier on that kernel. 

One thing I don't understand about Ubuntu, Linux Lite and others based on Ubuntu is how to locate and install other kernels. 

How can I can install kernel 3.13?

Don't worry if I can only get some other kernels installed I can recover from boot errors.  I make the grub menu show up and all I need to do is select a different kernel if something doesn't go right.

Also how do you remove a kernel from Lite?
Title: Re: Installing 3.13 Kernel
Post by: torreydale on October 15, 2016, 10:10:42 PM
You can use Install/Remove Software (ie. Synaptic Package Manager) to install the linux header and linux image of the kernel version you want.  You can then use Lite Tweaks to remove the kernel(s) you don't want.  But I don't know if running a Ubuntu 16.04 based version of Linux Lite (ie. the 3.x series) will fair well with the 3.13 kernel.  It is maintained for the Ubuntu 14.04 LTS based distros.
Title: Re: Installing 3.13 Kernel
Post by: Jerry on October 15, 2016, 10:34:33 PM
Install:

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install linux-headers-linuxlite-3.13.0 linux-image-linuxlite-3.13.0 -y
Reboot, choose 3.13 from Grub and boot.

Remove old kernel:

Menu, System, Lite Tweaks, Kernel Removal.
Title: Re: Installing 3.13 Kernel
Post by: TuxInAGalaxy on October 16, 2016, 09:23:21 PM
Install:

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install linux-headers-linuxlite-3.13.0 linux-image-linuxlite-3.13.0 -y
Reboot, choose 3.13 from Grub and boot.

Remove old kernel:

Menu, System, Lite Tweaks, Kernel Removal.

Thank you I will try that and report back.   :)
Title: Re: Installing 3.13 Kernel
Post by: Jerry on October 23, 2016, 05:00:10 PM
Any luck TuxInAGalaxy?
Title: Re: Installing 3.13 Kernel
Post by: TuxInAGalaxy on July 31, 2017, 04:27:55 PM
Any luck TuxInAGalaxy?

Yes everything worked out fine.