And the packages just got promoted to trusty-proposed. (and utopic-proposed for those using 14.10)
I need at least 1 person to test this on a physical server. (please reply if you’re going to try this)
Before you start, be sure you can get into the grub boot menu, which allows you to boot back into an older kernel if needed.
Instructions for 14.04 trusty:
Step 1: Add repository source
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list
and add:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
Step 2: Pin it to prevent auto-installs
(using sudoedit for example)
Create /etc/apt/preferences.d/proposed-updates
with the following content:
Package: *
Pin: release a=trusty-proposed
Pin-Priority: 400
Step 3: Update apt cache
Run sudo apt-get update
Optional: Verify if pinning is correct:
Run apt-cache policy linux-image-generic
you should see the 3.13.0.53.60 as having the highest (500) priority, with the proposed one at 400 priority.
Step 4: Install kernel
If you have the original trusty 3.13.0 kernel:
- Run
sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic -t trusty-proposed
OR if you have the lts-utopic backported 3.16.0 kernel:
- Run
sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic-lts-utopic -t trusty-proposed
Step 5: Reboot (assuming you have the default grub config)
Instructions for 14.10 utopic:
I didn’t test this one myself.
Step 1: Add repository source
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list
and add:
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ utopic-proposed restricted main multiverse universe
Step 2: Pin it to prevent auto-installs
(using sudoedit for example)
Create /etc/apt/preferences.d/proposed-updates
with the following content:
Package: *
Pin: release a=utopic-proposed
Pin-Priority: 400
Step 3: Update apt cache
Run sudo apt-get update
Optional: Verify if pinning is correct:
Run apt-cache policy linux-image-generic
you should see the 3.16.0.38.30 as having the highest (500) priority, with the proposed one at 400 priority.
Step 4: Install kernel
Run sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic -t utopic-proposed
Step 5: Reboot (assuming you have the default grub config)