upgrading ubuntu kernel

New kernels for the ubuntu distribution are available from kernel-ppa. At the moment, kernel 2.6.32 provides some Intel graphics driver enhancements over the default 2.6.31 kernel shipped with Ubuntu 9.10.

To install, download ubuntu kernel 2.6.32 for your architecture (i386 or amd64), and then run dpkg:

dpkg -i linux*2.6.32*.deb

Update. 05 Dec 2009 @ 20:19. It appears that the "improved" Intel graphics driver does not properly resume from suspend. That is unfortunate.