IMPORTANT: Please, do not use this HOWTO if you have installed proprietary drivers
                      from the installation package! (Yes, this is why Open Source is so cool! )

This HOWTO is mainly for LL power users and I recommend that if you don't have experience how to
update (or create a customized) Linux kernel from the source, then please don't use this guide or
use it on your own responsibility - as always.

Before doing anything, you need to make sure that you have the developer tools installed.
So, open the terminal, become root and install them..

Then close all the unnecessary applications, except the web browser.

Then, open the terminal and become root, this should be obvious
and cd to /usr/src If that directory does not exist, then create it and cd to it.
Make also your terminal window bigger, so that it is easier to read.
Then go to www.kernel.org with your web browser and see what is the latest stable kernel.

In this example we assume that the latest stable release is 4.17.2
So, in your terminal, download the kernel (you can copy the download link location from there)
to your /usr/src directory using command (assuming the kernel is 4.17.2):

Then wait... it will take some time to download it. When the download is finished, extract the package:

You may now close the web browser, if it is still open.
Create a symbolic link to the source tree, cd into the source and copy the configuration there
and begin the customization of your specific hardware -
So first, while still in /usr/src directory,  do:

Here you may make any modifications as you please. For example, if you have a multicore
Intel processor, then you can take the most out of it by selecting it here, instead of running
a "generic x86_64" configuration.

But if you don't have previous experience how to choose these options consistently,
then I suggest that you just click the 'TAB' button a few times until the 'SAVE' is highlighted,
and press 'ENTER'. Then the same to 'EXIT'.

Now, you can compile your kernel, command:
(If your processor has 2 cores, the make option is -j3)
(If your processor has 4 cores, the make option is -j5)
(Just number of cores +1 )
You may find the number of cores like this, for example:
It's not really important here actually. If you don't know it, just leave the '-j' option out of the following 'make' command.

This 'make' command builds your own kernel !

Now, this may take over an hour or more to finish, so let your
computer be and go watch TV or something (and remember to eat).

If everything did NOT went fine and you got some error message in the end,
then there is no problem. But your kernel did not update and you
don't need to read the rest of this HOWTO. Or you may send me a post
of your error message and IF I HAVE TIME, I will answer to it.
Or, maybe some helpful LL user will reply..
Anyway, you will find the log file of the whole process
in the file: /root/compile.log
You may open it with a text editor and try to find warning- and/or error
messages.

But if everything went fine and there are no error messages on the
last lines, then you may install the new modules:

Then wait until it installs... and finally install the new kernel

Again, wait until it finishes..

Reboot and see how it works.
After reboot, check the kernel version:

Well done, you are running the latest stable kernel - like mama used to made 'em!

Well, If your kernel version is still the old one, it may be that you need to run:

...and wait a moment ...and reboot again

That's all this time folks!

I am using this guide to setup my NAS in LiLi 4.0 startup:
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014...ntu-14-04/

I am down to Mount  #4, and I've edited my fstab to include all the info  BUT the name of my top directory in the NAS is 0 Shared.
I have multiple computer/iPads that use the NAS, so I prefer not to rename it 0_Shared, as it should be in Linux.
Can I use "0 Shared" in editing the fstab and will it work? It seems to.

However I get this error when I execute:
sudo mount -a
mount: /etc/fstab: parse error at line 3 – ignored

here are the contents of line 3 in fstab  this is a single line;
//10.54.29.112/"0 Shared"  /media/nas-"0 Shared"  cifs  credentials=/home/linux/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,gid=999,uid=999,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0770 0 0

I have compared my contents to the one on above link, and I can not see a difference. Can you tell where my error is please?

When I use File System, under Network, I see my NAS, and I can view pix from it. I can not save a file to it yet. My Firewall has default settings (which is Deny all Input), except for 1 Input which I allowed. I probably need to find and add more handshaking UDP's with the NAS.

tia Ron

Hi.  I need help resolving my printer issue.  As stated in the subject, I don't know where to look for a Dell B1160W printer filter.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance.




P.S. I'm a novice using the Linux OS.

Hello Linux Lite forum,
I have been running the 3.x series on my computer for the past year and would like to upgrade from version 3.8 to 4.0. Version 3.8 is currently running fine but would like to upgrade to the new Ubuntu base + LL features. I recently downloaded the ISO using the torrent from the Linux Lite website. I have verified the md5 checksum of the file and ran the command 'file linux-lite-4.0-64bit.iso' which shows the ISO file is bootable. I have tried using both etcher and dd to try writing the ISO image to two different USB drives which complete successfully each time. The dd command I used was 'sudo dd if=linux-lite-4.0-64bit.iso of=/dev/sdc bs=4M' which did appear to work fine. Each time I boot to the USB drive, it shows the Linux Lite 4.0 boot screen with the available boot options, I leave the default boot option then after a few seconds it drops to a Busybox screen and stops so it never gets any further than this let alone to the live desktop. I have tested both of my USB drives with etcher and the same dd command with the xubuntu 18.04 ISO and it boots fine into the live desktop. I really want to stay with Linux Lite and get upgraded to v4.0. I am attaching three screenshots, in a .zip file, showing the md5 checksum verification, file output of the ISO, dd output after writing the image to the USB drive and finally where I end up at busybox. Please help figuring out what may be causing this to occur.
Thanks much, Mark

I just updated my Intel Graphics Driver using Intel-Graphics-Update-Tool and after finishing the update I rebooted my laptop for the updates to take effect. Now am stuck at the Linux Lite Logo with "Waiting for network configurations.... and the 60s more". After this I get a blank screen that stays that way forever.
I have tried getting some solutions but none works.
The startx only works with sudo through the terminal.
Someone kindly help, I need the desktop.

So I recently installed LL4.0 from the ISO onto an Acer Aspire-E500, and the boot takes way longer than it should.

Referencing the boot.log (see attachment) I see ton of:

  A start job is running for vboxadd.service (1min 39s / 5min 2s)

entries followed by:

  Failed to start vboxadd.service.
    See 'systemctl status vboxadd.service' for details.

Any ideas why this is happening (and or how to rectify it)?

I have somehow managed to lose the wording on the top of the Thunar screen.  I have the arrows and Path bod. , But the wording above the Arrows has gone.  How can I restore the  Thunar display to default?  Thanks  LL3.6 64 bit

I have an existing Linux install (16.04.4), and am trying to install LL 4.0 alongside, thus dual boot. When installing I reach the options screen where I am offered the chance to install alongside existing Ubuntu install. At the drive selection, it does not show the HDD but only the usb I am installing from. If I quit the installation, I then see icons for the HDD on the desktop. If I try to install again I still do not see the HDD as an option to install to. Hardware in question is an MSI CR 620 laptop.

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Hi, I'm having occasional intermittent Wi-Fi issues on the laptop that I installed LL 4.0. It occasionally says it can't reach a website (like the message you get if wi-fi is not available) but when I hit reload on that same page, the page loads fine the second time around. I never had those problems previously on LL 3.8 for this same laptop, or currently on my main machine on 3.8.

Initially I assumed the outages was due to our Wi-Fi going out, but that hasn't been the case - I've had no problems with internet on my main machine. So here is my question:

For troubleshooting purposes, is there a command that I can use to output the Internet/Wi-Fi settings on either of my machines so I can see at a glance what these settings currently are? I'd like to run this command on both my machines (the LL 4.0 laptop where I'm currently experiencing issues vs the LL 3.8 machine that is doing fine). They are both on the same Wi-Fi, so it might help if I can see what the difference is in set-up/settings. I tried the man pages for ip-related commands but it wasn't clear to me which one(s) I'd need. Any help would be much appreciated thanks.

I've done a search for the answer and it must be something easy as I couldn't find any specific instructions for removing a camera SD card from my built-in computer card reader.

LL 4.o read the card beautifully & downloaded the photos with no problems but when I looked for a way to remove the card, I couldn't find one.

I probably need instructions for removing a flash drive also as I haven't tried using a flash drive yet!

Thanks in advance!

J