Re: The nightmare of Intel Integrated GPUs under Linux in general and Debian in particular

[deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com>]

Miguel A. Vallejo wrote:

>> I think it is important to find the appropriate kernel version for your
>> system - the one that has all the bits and bolts for your hardware. I
>> doubt I will move to newer kernel. This one seems to have all the fixes
>> at least for the hardware I am using now and especially the gpu part. I
>> also had freezes few years ago and followed the kernel releases until
>> 4.9.25.
> 
> That makes me wonder: What is the right way to do that in Debian? In
> stable releases there is no way to use another kernel except from
> backports (and they are newer, not older). And in testing / unstable
> the kernels disapears as new kernels get into. How to install and keep
> an old kernel in a new instalation?
> 
> Thanks

unpack the kernel
cp /boot/config-<whatever> .config
make oldconfig
make deb-pkg

dpkg -i ...