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A few days ago I reported a strange issue with an old laptop after installing 12.04. I now know this is a problem with the kernel module presently supporting 12.04 (3.8), since with kernel 3.2 the laptop behaves regularly (booting Debian Wheezy).

Knowing that 12.04 was initially released with kernel 3.2, I would like to try that first version on this laptop, but presently one can only download 12.04.3. So the question is to either obtain the first 12.04 release or revert 12.04.3 back to kernel 3.2.

Thanks.

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Luís de Sousa
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To install the Linux 3.2 kernel, install the linux-image-3.2.0-23-generic package. Then follow the steps here.

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Ramchandra Apte
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  • Well, I installed that package but GRUB is not showing up at boot. I'll try to tweak it somehow. – Luís de Sousa Oct 06 '13 at 15:22
  • @LuísdeSousa have you followed the steps listed at the end of my answer? "Then follow the steps here". – Ramchandra Apte Oct 07 '13 at 05:59
  • The laptop wasn't booting with the Shift key pressed. Going through [this guide][1] eventually got me there. Thanks. [1]: http://askubuntu.com/questions/68547/editing-the-default-boot-item-in-grub-menu-a-definitive-answer – Luís de Sousa Oct 07 '13 at 10:47
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There are possible two ways to get linux-kernel 3.2.x

  • Since you can download only 12.04.3 from official site, one way is to download Ubuntu 12.04 searching the torrents. If you don't get, I'll create one for you, I've Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.04.2 images of x86 and x64 bits.

  • You can install Kernel 3.2.x from repository. Just search : Linux 3.2 in Synaptic you'll get a list of kernels from there you can install Kernel 3.2.x

Reply if you need further assistance..

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You can install the original 12.04. Search here, at the bottom of the page: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

With that, you can update and Ubuntu will keep the 3.2.x kernel.

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