Thanks. The 'sudo dpkg' command was what I needed. I inferred that the package can be installed independently.
It seems the kernel works like a charm. The upgrade manager complains that an updated kernel by the Ubuntu Kernel Team is available, which I happily ignore. Furthermore, I made the kernel the default in grub. Based on the behaviour of the laptop, the patch is not merged into the 2.6.27-1[2-4], but maybe later (Jaunty? 2.6.29 that was released today?) -- Battery Status Detected Incorrectly (MSI-1719 / GX700) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/323823 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
