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(let me know if anything fails later on - this line might be missing some things you need, but I already had installed). Open a terminal and install some required tools: $ sudo apt install git debhelper dkms build-essential fakeroot cpio curl xz-utils See caveat below in case this you're reading this years down the track. I've forked the original repo from github to add steps to simplify installation and cleanup and to ensure it updates correctly when your kernel updates (DKMS). (you can check your kernel version by running uname -r - paste it into a comment if things go badly - it might help me help you) These steps should probably also work on 18.04 if you're also running the 5.4 (HWE) kernels. Please let me know if you have any problems. I've tested this on 20.04 running the original "5.4" series kernels - your 20.04 may be running a later version. You don't need to type the $.Įach of the commands I've included below may output some information or ask for confirmation - I've not included that in the output below to keep things smaller. In my example commands below I have included the $ so it looks similar. Note when you open a terminal (hit start (or cmd) - PS - you can remap the apple command and option keys to be in the normal "PC" position - a tale for another askubuntu question) and type terminal select the app that comes up - you should be facing a prompt which says your name which directory you are in and ends in a $. So I've divided this into sections with details, then another section with some commands to run - if you don't understand anything I'm saying, just try following the steps in "Simplified Steps"

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OK - I'm writing part of this for you, part of this for more technical users - for internet posterity - ie google finds this page for them. OK - I've fiddled around a little bit and done some smoke-testing - a few apps - cheese, teams - and reopening after suspend and seem to have had some success.īut as someone who has never used terminal before











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