Debian Backport Kernel

[Karl L.]

The kernel from Debian Jesse has been officially backported to Wheezy. If you are running Wheezy and want a more up-to-date Linux kernel you can now install the Jesse kernel, which is 3.9.6 at the moment and will be 3.10.1 once it is released, from Wheezy Backports.

 

1. Add the backports repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list.

## DEBIAN
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free

## DEBIAN-SECURITY
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

## DEBIAN-UPDATES 
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free 
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main contrib non-free

## DEBIAN-BACKPORTS
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main contrib non-free

2. Determine which kernel and firmware images you have installed.

# To track the latest backports kernel image you want the kernel image metapackage.
# It should be something like linux-image-amd64 or linux-image-rt-amd64.
aptitude search linux-image | grep -E '^i'

# You will also need to upgrade the binary firmware to the version from backports.
# This should be something like firmware-linux and firmware-iwlwifi.
aptitude search firmware | grep -E '^i'

3. Install the latest kernel and firmware images from backports.

sudo apt-get update

# Replace the linux-image, linux-headers, and firmware packages below with the ones you have installed.
sudo apt-get install -t wheezy-backports linux-image-amd64 linux-headers-amd64 firmware-linux firmware-iwlwifi

sudo reboot

[Haggis Veteran]

Worked Perfectly

    OS: Debian GNU/Linux 7.1 (wheezy)
    Hostname: laptop
    Uptime: 1 minutes
    CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual  CPU  T3400  @ 2.16GHz
    RAM (used / total): 476 / 3871 Mb
    Desktop Enviroment: GNOME 3.4.2.1
    Logged in as: haggis
    Kernel: 3.9-0.bpo.1-amd64
    Resolution: 1440x900 pixels
    Load Averages: 0.77, 0.26, 0.09
    Top Process (by memory use): /opt/google/chrome/chrome