On Jun 22, 4:00 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jun 22, 1:20 pm, Andrew Sackville-West > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 06:12:42PM -0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I recently attempted to upgrade my kernel from 2.4.27 to 2.6.18 on my > > > Sarge installation. First off, I had to change my sources.list to use > > > the Etch packages because of a dependency loop involving libc6. > > > what was the problem? there are 2.6 series kernel in sarge (2.6.8 I > > think). You should be able to just do it without messing with Etch > > packages. and since you've started... you may need to finish moving up > > to Etch. > > > > However, I did the kernel installation w/ "apt-get install kernel- > > > image-2.6-686" and the installation completed successfully w/ my Grub > > > configurations updated automatically. > > > > When I restarted the machine and selected the 2.6 kernel, the boot > > > process proceeded fine (and I could read all the text scrolling by). > > > But when it came time to display the login prompt (terminal only, it's > > > a server, so there's no X11) the screen got all garbled. Essentially > > > all I can see is flickering black and white boxes covering the screen. > > > However, I can login and reboot the machine - I just can't see what > > > I'm typing. > > > > Anyone have any suggestions on this one? I tried installing the kernel- > > > image-2.6-386 on a lark, but I still ran into the same problem. I'm > > > not passing any special kernel parameters on boot to the 2.4 kernel > > > either. What am I missing? > > > I think there is some new console-font stuff happening. You can see it > > with a successful post-sarge boot .. the screen flickers while it sets > > up the consoles. Have you tried booting single-user mode? > > > A > > No, I haven't tried booting into single user mode yet. That's a good > idea. > > As for the error, I was getting this error when trying to upgrade the > kernel: > > >>kernel-image-2.6-386: Depends: linux-image-2.6-486 but it is not going to > >>be installed > >>libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.5-9+b1) but 2.3.6.ds1-13 is to be installed > > Then, I get this error when trying to upgrade libc6: > > >>WARNING: POSIX threads library NPTL requires kernel version > >>2.6.1 or later. If you use a kernel 2.4, please upgrade it > >>before installing glibc. > >>dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.5-9+b1_i386.deb > >>(--unpack): > > Would it be a good idea to change my sources back to Sarge, apt-get > update and then try installing the 2.6 kernel package again? > Essentially, some packages I'd like to install seem to be giving me > libc6 errors, so the whole point of the kernel upgrade was to be able > to upgrade libc6. > > Thanks, > Aaron > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So, I managed to revert back to the Sarge packages and install the Sarge 2.6 kernel (2.6.8) without issues. However, I'm still getting the same garbled checkerboard pattern after boot. I tried booting in single user mode and still got the same video issues at the console. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
