New kernel in X60
I have two questions about the installation of a new linux kernel on my X60 gluglug laptop.
By following the instructions on the following website:
https://trisquel.info/en/wiki/update-linux-libre-kernel (thanks!)
I installed the linux-libre kernel (v. 3.13). Now I have no idea how to switch to the new kernel because grub is installed in the bios and therefore the new kernel doesn't show up in the grub menu list at the beginning of the boot process. How can I switch to the new kernel?
It would be nice if I can compile the linux kernel myself. Do I have to compile the kernel on the same computer as on which I like to install the compiled kernel?
Ask Francis Rowe?
The new kernel should be running. You can see what kernel you are running with the command uname -r
You have to choose "boot seabios" or "load config ecc.", in those cases it will boot the latest kernel, while with the previous options you boot the stock, updated, Trisquel kernel.
>Do I have to compile the kernel on the same computer as on which I like to install the compiled kernel?
No, doesn't even have to be the same architecture.
Thanks for your help!
"boot seabios" worked. My X60 is always in the docking station with closed lit and the boot menu didn't show up on the external monitor. I will deinstall the old kernel, so that Trisquel will start up with the new kernel without choosing "boot seabios" in the menu.
You have two options:
+ modify the grub configuration and reflash the libreboot. That's too much hassle for a small thing like that.
+ modify /vmlinuz and /initrd.img soft links to point to your new kernel.
To save you some time: you should upgrade to the latest 3.10.x kernel. The kernel from 3.11 on have introduced a bug into the graphical chip driver. So there will be no pretty graphical interface with any of those kernel.
I realise I wasn't clear enough. On Gluglug X60 Mr. Rowe set up two symbolic links in the root partition. The files at which those two links point out are the ones used by the libreboot configuration.
Hello Elodie,
thanks for your help!
I installed Trisquel from scratch after the Gluglug X60 arrived. Therefore I haven't those two links that Mr. Rowe set up. The last of your two options looks very nice and I will try this. I think that I will compile the linux-libre-3.2.57 kernel, because for this version a Grsecurity patch exist.