Comment 53 for bug 528467

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Geir Ove Myhr (gomyhr) wrote : Re: [Bug 528467] Re: [i855] GPU hung (drm i915 intel) on Lucid Lynx

On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 1:59 AM, Warren E. Downs wrote:
> Regarding ppa kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/, I tried adding
> the source but it wasn't recognized.  I noticed that there is no 'dists'
> directory under it like apt expects.  Is there another source or do I
> have to install the kernel manually (which I can do but I hate the
> maintenance headache when I update packages later).

kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/ is not a normal PPA, so you cannot add
it to /etc/apt/sources or sources.d. You have to install them
manually, but since the kernels install in parallel with the other
kernels you have, there is not really any maintenance headache. See
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/MainlineBuilds .