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    2.6.24-21.27 kernel question...

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by DarkWingedOmen, Oct 17, 2008.

  1. DarkWingedOmen

    DarkWingedOmen Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently got an update to my ubuntu 8.04 the 2.6.24-21, so i searched for opinion or issues on it and in fact was a faulty in the beginning, days later a fix was released in this page. This guy offered the fix, there was 2 files to download, one .tar.gz and another .dsc, since I'm a newbie in this i don't know what to do whit them.

    Any idea? can anyone guide me through it?
     
    DarkWingedOmen, Oct 17, 2008
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  2. Amranu

    Amranu Notebook Consultant

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    what's the problem?
     
    Amranu, Oct 17, 2008
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  3. DarkWingedOmen

    DarkWingedOmen Notebook Enthusiast

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    here is the thing: the new kernel update of ubuntu 8.04 it's kind of faulty according to what I've read (specially with my wireless card Intel 3945 ABG), so, in some forum i found a fix for it, there are 2 files, one with ".dsc" extension and another with ".tar.gz"
    The question is, what am i suppose to do with them? how do i use them? or should i just update from the update manager?
     
    DarkWingedOmen, Oct 18, 2008
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  4. Amranu

    Amranu Notebook Consultant

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    Uh, find out if you have the problem first?
     
    Amranu, Oct 18, 2008
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  5. Charr

    Charr Notebook Deity

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    Quick filext search brought up this:

     
    Charr, Oct 18, 2008
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    chrixx Product Specialist NBR Reviewer

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    If you're referring to a recent update which killed Intel wireless card support across the board due to a module not loaded, this should be fixed with the latest release, so just do an aptitude update and aptitude upgrade through synaptic.
     
    chrixx, Oct 19, 2008
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