Comment 83 for bug 438318

Hi this is Pietro, still semi-noob wanting to know:
If I follow Kristoffer's suggestion, and install Kernel 2.6.32 the noob way (via gdebi), will this cause a problem when updating to Lucid? 2.6.32 is not in the standard repos of Karmic (checked via Synaptic), and gdebi warns that I probably should not install a new kernel via gdebi.
If this will NOT cause problems, Kristoffer, can you please advise about the most kosher way to install this newer kernel? I.e., post a sequence of shell commands, or a quick step-through via gdebi, or an adjustment to the repos for Synaptic (under Karmic) to make the system package manager aware of this minor detour from a standard install.
If this WILL cause problems in updating to Lucid later this month, can you please suggest a quick way to 'undo the deviance' so that we can resume with standard system updates?

Sorry if this seems off-topic, but a number of posts confirm Kristoffer's fix in post #53. And if I read them correctly, posts #70 and later suggest that we will still need this fix after Lucid is released. Thanks.