Okay, so if you have started using Ubuntu 10.10 lately, you might have noticed that the system is buggy. In my case – Terminal I/O was slow, scrolling was miserable, video was not running smooth and sometimes the permission dialog box jammed on screen. I was looking for a solution. I ended up browsing a hell lot of threads on the Ubuntu forums with similar problems but no solutions. I was getting frustrated.
Then somewhere I read that Ubuntu 10.10 Kernel might be the culprit behind the issues. I decided to give it a try. I downloaded the following files from the Ubuntu Kernel 2.6.36 rc7 (Maverick uses 2.6.35, 2.6.26 rc8 doesn’t have 32bit kernels yet) and put them in the same directory. Then I ran this command to install them:
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-rc7-maverick/linux-headers-2.6.36-020636rc7-generic_2.6.36-020636rc7.201010070908_i386.deb
http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v2.6.36-rc7-maverick/linux-image-2.6.36-020636rc7-generic_2.6.36-020636rc7.201010070908_i386.deb
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cd <directory_path> sudo dpkg -i *.deb |
The above commands installed the Kernel. I restarted my machine and everything was smooth 🙂