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

[Damian]

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