Thanks leszek
I assume you are referring to:
I read the Wiki, & basically became quite scared; i'm not confident of my ability to perform the necessary tasks correctly. I'm perfectly capable of following detailed instructions that i understand, but in this case there's a LOT of jargon that i just don't understand. Eg;
What is an "out-of-tree module"? Two of its examples listed, vitualbox & nvidia, presumably apply to me given my graphics & sound cards are Nvidia, & i actively use VirtualBox with LOTS of VMs... If complying with this instruction [even though i don't yet understand it & have no idea what to do] means i would somehow have to remove my cards or their drivers, & eliminate VB, then i think i would have to forget about such a massive change to my Tower as being completely impractical.
"need to uninstall the module first" --> further to the above, i don't know what this actually means, but it sounds very intimidating.
I vaguely recall someone in the Maui forums, or the Mint forums, or both, some time ago mentioned a program [possibly by Tony George, TeeJee Tech?] that might help take me by the hand for a non-standard kernel update, so once i can make time i might search these forums to find the references, then try to download the program. --> oh, is this it? = Ukuu Kernel Upgrade Utility, http://www.teejeetech.in/p/ukuu-kernel-u...ility.html ? Would this be a good way to do this kernel update? Pls bear in mind; i have previously done many kernel updates, in Mint & Maui, but never "manually", always only via either Update Manager or Synaptic. That is, i seriously doubt my skills & knowledge to do this job manually. Maybe Ukuu would be my salvation here?
I assume you are referring to:
I read the Wiki, & basically became quite scared; i'm not confident of my ability to perform the necessary tasks correctly. I'm perfectly capable of following detailed instructions that i understand, but in this case there's a LOT of jargon that i just don't understand. Eg;
Quote:Preparing to install an upstream kernel
First, if one is using select proprietary or out-of-tree modules (ex. vitualbox, nvidia, fglrx, bcmwl, etc.) unless there is an extra package available for the version you are testing, you will need to uninstall the module first, in order to test the mainline kernel. If you do not uninstall these modules first, then the upstream kernel more than likely will not boot.
What is an "out-of-tree module"? Two of its examples listed, vitualbox & nvidia, presumably apply to me given my graphics & sound cards are Nvidia, & i actively use VirtualBox with LOTS of VMs... If complying with this instruction [even though i don't yet understand it & have no idea what to do] means i would somehow have to remove my cards or their drivers, & eliminate VB, then i think i would have to forget about such a massive change to my Tower as being completely impractical.
"need to uninstall the module first" --> further to the above, i don't know what this actually means, but it sounds very intimidating.
I vaguely recall someone in the Maui forums, or the Mint forums, or both, some time ago mentioned a program [possibly by Tony George, TeeJee Tech?] that might help take me by the hand for a non-standard kernel update, so once i can make time i might search these forums to find the references, then try to download the program. --> oh, is this it? = Ukuu Kernel Upgrade Utility, http://www.teejeetech.in/p/ukuu-kernel-u...ility.html ? Would this be a good way to do this kernel update? Pls bear in mind; i have previously done many kernel updates, in Mint & Maui, but never "manually", always only via either Update Manager or Synaptic. That is, i seriously doubt my skills & knowledge to do this job manually. Maybe Ukuu would be my salvation here?