Previously we discussed how to compile a custom kernel for Ubuntu Intrepid. What if a new version is released? Do we really need to go through all these steps again? Luckily we don’t, if you used git to get the source code.
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Today is the day that the new Ubuntu Intrepid has been released. Personally I have been running Intrepid for a couple of weeks, mainly to get a head start of building packages for Getdeb. I love it when a new release come out. Upgrade my laptop, set up a new building environment for package building, check out what new packages are available and what the upgraded packages look like. I mainly use my laptop for development and packaging but I do watch some video’s and listen to some music every now and then.
Previously I wrote an article on how to compile a custom kernel for Ubuntu Intrepid, it used the apt-get method for getting the kernel source. If you prefer to use git to get the latest kernel source you can use this post. Most of this post is a copy of the previous post but to make it easier to follow the instructions I decided to write up everything in this post as well.
Updates:
Jan 8, 2009: Added git add to the “commit the changes” section.
Dec 11th: Added installation of needed packages.
Nov 27th: Added command to change to intrepid directory.
Oct 31st: I changed some steps in the section Getting ready for compilation to be prepare ourselves for compiling new releases of the kernel.
I run Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10 on Dual Core 2 laptop with 4 GB of memory. The default kernel supplied by Ubuntu doesn’t support the 4GB memory, I could choose to run the server kernel but I also want to take advantage of the Core2 support in the kernel so I took it upon myself to compile a custom kernel.
Unfortunately the Ubuntu developers thought it was better to change the way kernel is build in Intrepid and the official Ubuntu How to compile a kernel on the Wiki isn’t set up for Intrepid yet. Most of the stuff I had to discover myself and to make sure I remember for the next time, but also to help benefit others for when they want to compile their own custom kernel, I decided to write it all down.
Updated: Nov 7, 2008
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I recently wrote some code for the GetDeb site that would allow people to browse through the releases on the home page. Previously you would only see the latest 20 releases and that was it. To navigate I added two text links, Previous and Next, when ever necessary.
The project leader decided to change the logic of the previous and next by switching them around. It’s one of those things that I understand but I also don’t get.
