To compile your own kernel you can follow these steps
sudo su cd /usr/src wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/linux-3.2.1.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-3.2.1.tar.bz2 cd linux-3.2.1 # if you dont have already installed these apt-get install build-essential kernel-package # use local config to get a kernel based on actual configuration make localmodconfig # always use available cores + 1 for concurrency level export CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=5; PATCH_THE_KERNEL=YES make-kpkg --revision 1 --append_to_version -custom --bzImage --arch-in-name --initrd kernel-image dpkg -i ../linux-image-3.2.1-custom_1_amd64.deb