Comment 45 for bug 585651

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Cima (andrea-cimatoribus) wrote : Re: [Bug 585651] Re: [LUCID] Cannot install on eDP laptops such as HP Elitebook 2540p or 8440p

Any hope of a bug fix on older kernels? This kernel seems to work just
great on my machine.

On 08/24/2010 03:29 PM, madbiologist wrote:
> Yes, kernel 2.6.35.3 is a stable release. Non-stable kernel releases
> are designated with an -rc suffix, for example the latest kernel at the
> time of writing this is 2.6.36-rc2. The upcoming Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick
> Meerkat" has released several alpha releases using the 2.6.35 kernel. I
> have been using Maverick alpha 3 (plus official updates to firefox,
> libcairo2 and mesa) for several weeks now without an issue, although
> admittedly my hardware is rather old. My system's uname is Linux
> 2.6.35-14-generic i686. 2.6.35.3 is the third maintenance release of
> the 2.6.35 kernel and should be fine for use on a production machine.
> Maverick will be shipping with this kernel, or possibly 2.6.35.4 (the
> Maverick KernelFreeze is scheduled for September 16th, 2010, as per
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MaverickReleaseSchedule )
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