fake-pae
PPA description
Patch the /proc/cpuinfo (add missing pae flag) so that new Ubuntu versions can be installed on Pentium-M processors without apt-get error messages..
Problem
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Ubuntu versions from Quantal (12.10) onwards only contain PAE-enabled kernels.
The kernel package's install script (preinst) will grep for the string " pae "
in /proc/cpuinfo. If it is not found then it will simply refuse to install,
leaving apt-get in a state with unconfigured packages and broken dependencies.
But most (all?) of the affected Pentium-M processors could run these kernels
without any problems if it only were allowed to install them!
Solution
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The package "fake-pae" will install an upstart job that will patch /proc/cpuinfo
on every boot (using a simple bind-mount) which will effectively disable this
artificial install restriction.
If you own such a laptop (for example many of the older ThinkPad models) and
currently have Precise (12.04) installed (which is the last version officially
supporting non-pae kernels) and want to upgrade to Quantal (12.10) then simply
install the package "fake-pae" from this ppa. After this the distribution upgrade
to 12.10 and any subsequent upgrade should work flawlessly.
It can also be used to correct problems *after* you have upgraded already and
now have broken package dependencies due to the linux-image-3.5 package not
installing properly. Try to install fake-pae and then again try to solve the
package conflicts, this time the kernel packages should complete installation
without errors and you have a working system again.
If you are curious you can download and unzip the source package from this ppa
to see how this is done, all the magic happens in fake-pae.conf, this is
effectively the only thing that is contained in this package, along with the
postinst and prerm scripts to install and uninstall it.
Adding this PPA to your system
You can update your system with unsupported packages from this untrusted PPA by adding ppa:prof7bit/fake-pae to your system's Software Sources. (Read about installing)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:prof7bit/fake-pae sudo apt update
For questions and bugs with software in this PPA please contact Bernd Kreuss.
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