Upgrade Kernel 3.2 to 3.5

Is it safe to upgrade the kernel from 3.2 to 3.5 in Zorin OS 6.2 Core 64-bit?? Just wondering if any Zorin users have tried using kernel 3.5.

Hi,

I don't think that the 3.5 kernel is designed for Ubuntu 12.04, it should be used with Gnome 3.6 onwards I think!!. It may/may not crash your system!!.

Regards Wolfman

Kernel 3.5 comes with ubuntu 12.04.2. So if you install 12.04.2 you will be getting kernel 3.5 by default.

Those you have installed ubuntu 12.04 (that came with kernel 3.2) will at some point upgrade automatically to kernel 3.5.

Zorin 6 is based (and follows) ubuntu's upgrades, so I would expect that you will upgrade to kernel 3.5 automatically at some point.

There is no any fear or problem to upgrade to kernel 3.5. Worst case scenario, you can just uninstall it and go back to your previous kernel.

I am planning to install kernel 3.9. I will let you know how it goes.

Thanks Wolfman and Madevinegar for your responses.

I was reading the following links:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PrecisePangolin ... .5.0-23.35
http://askubuntu.com/questions/257617/h ... o-3-5-0-23
http://askubuntu.com/questions/153325/w ... g-to-12-04
http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise-upda ... 18-generic

Since Zorin is now at version 6.2, I was wondering if it is equivalent to Ubuntu 12.04.2; therefore, the possibility of upgrading the kernel from 3.2 to 3.5.

I suppose I could update at my own risk. As Wolfman stated, it may or may not work. As Madvinegar stated, worst case scenario -- just revert back to old kernel.

I'll let you guys know how this works out for me.

Hi,

see this thread also:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4543

Regards Wolfman

Thanks Wolfman,

After reading the thread, I am wondering if it is worth upgrading to 3.5. I have not had the time to actually try this on my setup, but I'll keep you post on my results when I do attempt this.

I upgraded to 3.9 saucy. It was a little buggy, so I reverted back to 3.5.

Hi All:
I have 3.5.28 installed on my Zorin 6.0 and it doesn't boot but I then reboot into 3.2.041 and it works fine. More to the point, I uninstalled two 3.5 kernel versions, 3.5.24 and 3.5.26 (I think those are the numbers, but I'm not sure). I used Synaptic and it went fine. There was some discussion of removing kernels in an earlier post of mine that said do at your own risk, so I tried it (I figured I could always reinstall) and it was no problem. Hooray!. But then I selected, in Synaptic, kernel 3.5.28 and it said that the kernel and a bunch of other components had to be removed. That looked like it might be trouble, so I avoided that. Now I have a default boot to 3.5.28 but that doesn't work with Zorin 6.0, it doesn't boot but hangs in the middle of the boot process.
So I guess the answer I have is that 3.5.xx doesn't appear to work, and that you can remove readily earlier kernels except for the latest.
I hope that helps.

I also have one subquestion here. Do we need to keep the "extra kernels like 3.2.041 virtual and recovery. Recovery does provide some repair and check options that i used in 3.2.5 to no avail, so I can see that one, but what about the virtual kernel? It might be useful in VM but do we need it as part of our boot menu? Thanks.
Jojo

Only use the 3.2 kernels in Zorin 6 and you should keep a couple of older kernels just in case, if you want the 3.5 kernels; install Ubuntu Gnome 13.04 and good luck with it because it is buggy as is Ubuntu 13.04 and 13.10 Alpha!.

Regards Wolfman

And.......

http://askubuntu.com/questions/257617/h ... o-3-5-0-23

This one says yes do it/don't it!!:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/153325/w ... g-to-12-04

I would leave it alone as I said above!!.

Regards Wolfman

Wolfman, Ubuntu 13.04 comes with kernel 3.9 (and indeed it is buggy for the moment).

Ubuntu 12.10 comes with kernel 3.5.
Also ubuntu 12.04.2 comes with kernel 3.5.

Hi MV,

in case you haven't seen it, Zorin OS 6.3 is out now:

http://zorin-os.com/free.html

I might try it myself!!.

Regards Wolfman

Yes I have seen it but not tried it. Do you know which kernel it uses? 3.5?

madvinegar wrote:Yes I have seen it but not tried it. Do you know which kernel it uses? 3.5?

Hi MV,

I tried it out thinking it would have the 3.5 but it only has the 3.2!!.

I updated the download thread with that info:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=4577

Regards Wolfman

swarfendor437 wrote:so basically - BEHAVE!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1lJFlB-89Q

swarfendor437 wrote:Please see datek1's announcement on 6.3 and kernels - and just to add I believe that datek1 covered all this debate in another thread some time ago;

so basically - BEHAVE!

Are you talking to me?? Lol

Regards Wolfman