[mythtv-users] Need to update kernel because of PCTV 292e stick .. help

Stephen Worthington stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz
Thu Apr 9 18:17:08 UTC 2015


On Thu, 09 Apr 2015 17:02:56 +0100, you wrote:

>On 31/03/2015 11:05, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 09:36:51 +0100, you wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On 31/03/2015 09:19, John Pilkington wrote:
>>>> On 31/03/15 00:48, Damian wrote:
>>>>> On 30/03/2015 22:59, Andre Newman wrote:
>>>>>> On 30 Mar 2015, at 21:53, Mark Perkins <perkins1724 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 31 Mar 2015, at 6:42 am, "Damian" <myth at surr.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I've plugged my new PCTV trippleStick (292e) into my backend server,
>>>>>>>> but it's not being detected.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I then read that it needs Kernel 3.16 or newer.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I run MythBuntu and assumed that it had a pretty recent Kerel, but
>>>>>>>> found ...
>>>>>>>> uname -r
>>>>>>>> 3.13.0-48-generic
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is there a very safe and easy way for me to update the kernel to
>>>>>>>> 3.16 (or newer)? I really don't want to break anything, so if it's
>>>>>>>> not incredibly easy, I'd probably rather wait until MythBuntu
>>>>>>>> catches up to the right version.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What do you think?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Damian
>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> There was a similar thread only a couple of days ago. See link by
>>>>>>> Stephen in 3rd post, I assume is what you will need.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/584624
>>>>>> Yes, that’s what I use on Ubuntu for a T292e
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This explains and gives full instructions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Andre
>>>>> Thanks Mark, John and Andre,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm about to go away for a few days, but that's the perfect feedback to
>>>>> get me started when I get back!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>> Damian
>>>> I used the "Anyone wishing to opt into the hardware enablement stack
>>>> for Trusty" incantation last night, from my existing 14.04 setup.  It
>>>> took a few minutes and all seems well (using 290e).
>>>>
>>>> John
>>> That's encouraging, thanks John!
>>>
>>> Is it simply a matter of copying and pasting this into the terminal? ...
>>>
>>> sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-lts-utopic xserver-xorg-lts-utopic libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-utopic libegl1-mesa-drivers-lts-utopic
>>>
>>> Damian
>> Yes, that is the command.  I normally do an "apt-get update" first so
>> I have the latest package lists.
>>
>> When I do a major upgrade like this, I usually do an image backup of
>> my system partition first.  If it works, it works well.  But if not,
>> there is no easy way back without a proper backup.  It is not quite as
>> big an upgrade as a new version of Ubuntu, but it carries the same
>> risk that your system may not boot up properly.  I use a CloneZilla
>> boot disk for image backups, and it takes around half an hour to
>> backup my system partition (30 Gbytes in use), and a bit less if I
>> need to do a restore.  So before starting I always make sure I have
>> enough time before my next scheduled recording for a backup, upgrade,
>> testing and a possible restore if necessary - at least two hours,
>> preferably three.
>OK people,
>
>I'm back from my trip and about to do this thing!
>
>I've seen a couple of different possibilities though. There's this ...
>
>sudo apt-get install --install-recommends linux-generic-lts-utopic 
>xserver-xorg-lts-utopic libgl1-mesa-glx-lts-utopic 
>libegl1-mesa-drivers-lts-utopic
>
>and this ...
>
>sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-utopic xserver-xorg-lts-utopic 
>libegl1-mesa-drivers-lts-utopic xserver-xorg-video-all-lts-utopic 
>xserver-xorg-input-all-lts-utopic
>
>and maybe others?
>
>Which should I be doing?
>
>I'm running a standard Mythbuntu backend that's regularly updated etc.
>
>Thanks,
>Damian

Follow the official instructions:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/LTSEnablementStack


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