Install/Upgrade to Linux Kernel 3.12.6 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Fixes in Kernel 3.12.6 taken from the changelog:

•     Btrfs: fix lockdep error in async commit
•     nfs: fix do_div() warning by instead using sector_div()
•     drm/radeon/atom: fix bus probes when hw_i2c is set (v2)
•     drm/radeon: fixup bad vram size on SI
•     mwifiex: fix memory leak issue for ibss join
•     iwlwifi: pcie: fix interrupt coalescing for 7260 / 3160
•     ARM: 7913/1: fix framepointer check in unwind_frame
•     ARM: sun6i: dt: Fix interrupt trigger types
•     ALSA: compress: Fix 64bit ABI incompatibility
•     ALSA: memalloc.h - fix wrong truncation of dma_addr_t

Linux Kernel 3.12.6 Installation

To install kernel 3.12.6 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint, open the terminal and enter these commands:

cd /tmp 

wget http://goo.gl/IfPyNp -O kernel-3.12.6 

chmod +x kernel-3.12.6 

sudo sh kernel-3.12.6 

sudo reboot

To remove kernel 3.12.6, run this command:

sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.12.6* 

sudo update-grub