Bug#696554: System freezes and lockups
On 2012-12-27 18:48 +0100, Mar Mel wrote:
> Yes, thanks for the kernel suggestion. I was planning to install 3.6.9 from
> experimental today but first I wanted to give the latest LTS kernel 3.4.x series
> a shot. Last night after having another full freeze, I installed the 3.4.23
> kernel, but met with the same results of constant nouveaux syslog errors.
>
> I've installed 3.7.1 from experimental today, and so far (30 min) have not had a
> single nouveaux message or freeze. I will continue using this kernel for the
> next several days if it is problem-free.
>
> One issue I have is I can't seem to install the headers I need for Virtualbox to
> run.
Yes, that is not possible. However, loading the virtualbox kernel
module invalidates your warranty on the kernel anyway. Have you tried
to reproduce the problem with the 3.2 kernel and vboxdrv.ko _not_ loaded?
> It seems the linux-kbuild-3.7 package is not in the experimental repository.
> Could you please advise how I might get the needed headers installed?
Build your own kernel from source (e.g. with "make deb-pkg"). There
might be other ways, but I don't know them.
Cheers,
Sven
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