Comment 729 for bug 993187

Dear all,

I had the complete freeze bug with my laptop running ubuntu. Tried installing gnome 3 (which I like much) but it did not solve the problem (see previous posts). A few days ago, I installed kernel 3.6.10-030610-generic. The freeze problem seems to have gone for good.

I followed the procedure given at this address:

http://la-vache-libre.org/?s=installer+le+noyau+linux+3.6.10

The commands they give are:

cd /tmp

wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/upubuntu.com/linux-kernel-3.6.10 -O linux-kernel-3.6.10

chmod +x linux-kernel-3.6.10

sudo sh linux-kernel-3.6.10

sudo reboot

That's written in french, but the sequence of commands looks rather straightforward. The page first explains how to install the kernel 3.7. Scroll the page down to the section where they talk of 3.6.10 (avoid odd numbers in kernel versions...). Note that the authors nevertheless warn that installing a new kernel can have (bad) consequences and that you'd better make a backup (honestly, I did not and proceeded with the install).
The last sudo command given at the bottom of the page tells you how to remove the kernel 3.6.10 if you're not happy with it:

sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.6.10*

Note that you may have to re-install some of your drivers (or update some of them). For example, I had to install the appropriate alx driver for my atheros network card.

If after installing the kernel, you have troubles with your Nvidia card, you may (hopefully) solve them with:

cd /usr/src/linux-headers-3.4.4-030404-generic/arch/x86/include
sudo cp -v generated/asm/unistd* ./asm