Re: Lenovo T520i X11 Intel i810 "static display" issue

[keitho@strucktower.com]

Hi Martin-

Thanks once again, I really appreciate your help.

I downloaded the linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64 deb file from Debian Sid as you
suggested, but when I tried to install it I got this error message from
the package instaler:

"Error: Dependency is not satisfiable: linux-base (<=3~)"

Hmm... I thought at first that referred to the fact that I had booted into
my 3.1.0-rc1 kernel, but I also tried it after booting into my old
2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel and still I get the same error message.

Can you explain how to work around this?

When I search inside Synaptic for linux-base I only see the one that's
installed- 2.6.32-35, even though I am running the 3.1.0-rc1 kernel... so
I am confused. Do I need to add a new/different repository to my
sources.list file in order to install a later version?

Thanks so much,

Keith Ostertag

> Am Donnerstag, 25. August 2011 schrieb keitho@strucktower.com:
>> Hi Martin-
>
> Hi Keith,
>
>> Thanks for your reply.
>>
>> Can you tell me _how_ to "try exactly 3.0.0 from the debian package"?
>> If I donwload the source for 3.0.3 (the most recent stable kernel on
>> kernel.org) I will then need to build a .config file- and obviously my
>> attempts so far have been wrong. I'm new to Linux, and guessing at the
>> thousands of configuration lines in make menuconfig isn't working for
>> me...
>>
>> The most recent debian distribution only uses 2.6.39 (or so), so I am
>> not sure how you mean to try 3.0.0 from "the debian package".
>>
>> Can you explain further? Is there some way to get a 3.0.0 kernel with
>> "default" or generic .config file that will work with debian on my
>> T520?
>
> Get linux-image-3.0.0-1-amd64 3.0.0-2 from Debian Sid. No need to build a
> kernel, just use the binary package.
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de
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