13th February 2017, 14:19
OK, your words give me more sense of reassurance than i felt earlier, thank you. Is this a fair action-plan summary then?:
1. As i am using the Nouveau graphics driver already, i do not need to take any action here.
2. I also don't need to do anything with my sound card.
3. As i am already using the latest Oracle VB version [5.1.14, per an earlier post of mine in this thread], i do not need to do anything here either.
4. Download linux-headers-4.9.9-040909_4.9.9-040909.201702090333_all.deb
5. Download linux-headers-4.9.9-040909-generic_4.9.9-040909.201702090333_amd64.deb
6. Download linux-image-4.9.9-040909-generic_4.9.9-040909.201702090333_amd64.deb
7. Run your command [substituting the actual correct names of course]
8. Reboot
9. Presumably if i didn't make an error, grub will show kernel 4.9.9 as the new default at top of boot list. Select it [or let it auto-select via timeout]
10. Hold my breath, cross my fingers, stand on one leg, & see what happens.
If my above steps are ok, here's my final question for now... what happens if at some point in the future i decide to return to using the Nvidia graphics driver? [my guess for your possible answer is that i would need to wait til Nvidia release a driver for my card that is specifically compatible with kernel 4.9.9]?
1. As i am using the Nouveau graphics driver already, i do not need to take any action here.
2. I also don't need to do anything with my sound card.
3. As i am already using the latest Oracle VB version [5.1.14, per an earlier post of mine in this thread], i do not need to do anything here either.
4. Download linux-headers-4.9.9-040909_4.9.9-040909.201702090333_all.deb
5. Download linux-headers-4.9.9-040909-generic_4.9.9-040909.201702090333_amd64.deb
6. Download linux-image-4.9.9-040909-generic_4.9.9-040909.201702090333_amd64.deb
7. Run your command [substituting the actual correct names of course]
8. Reboot
9. Presumably if i didn't make an error, grub will show kernel 4.9.9 as the new default at top of boot list. Select it [or let it auto-select via timeout]
10. Hold my breath, cross my fingers, stand on one leg, & see what happens.
If my above steps are ok, here's my final question for now... what happens if at some point in the future i decide to return to using the Nvidia graphics driver? [my guess for your possible answer is that i would need to wait til Nvidia release a driver for my card that is specifically compatible with kernel 4.9.9]?