Re: Updating Kernel

Thanks all for your quick reply

jeanbaptiste wrote:

> The best solution is to migrate your distribution to Stretch and leave
Jessie. Result is perfect for me.


I am going to try moving to Stretch. However I wanted to know your
experience with Stretch. Is Stretch currently on unstable or testing stage.
Do you get bugs while using it ?

Can I also know the exact model of your Dell Inspiron laptop?

With Kind Regards,

Dwijesh

On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 12:34 PM, mudongliang <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>
> On 01/06/2016 04:11 PM, Dwijesh Gajadur wrote:
> > Hello everyone and Happy New Year !
> >
> > I got a new laptop Dell Inspiron 5559. The laptop has the new 6th
> > generation Intel proceesor (Skylake) on it. After installing Debian 8 on
> it
> > I got issues with the display and there was no sound also.
> >
> > I wanted to update the kernel to version 4.3.3 to see if it solved the
> > problem.
> >
> > Can you please tell me how to update the linux kernel on Debian?
>
> First , if you consist to Debian stable, you can add backports in you
> sources.list.
> The following kernel is from jessie-backports.
>
> linux-image-3.16.0-4-amd64/stable,now 3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u2 amd64
> [installed,automatic]
>   Linux 3.16 for 64-bit PCs
>
> linux-image-4.2.0-0.bpo.1-amd64/jessie-backports,jessie-backports
> 4.2.6-3~bpo8+2 amd64
>   Linux 4.2 for 64-bit PCs
>
> linux-image-4.3.0-0.bpo.1-amd64/jessie-backports,jessie-backports
> 4.3.3-2~bpo8+1 amd64
>   Linux 4.3 for 64-bit PCs
>
> The third kernel is suitable for you?
>
> Second, if you change the your sources to testing , or even unstable,
> there are more kernels you can test.
>
>
>     - mudongliang
>
>