On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:01:46 -0400, Andrew Reid wrote: > On Wednesday 23 April 2008 11:25, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> >> I have been upgrading. Could it be that three revisions of kernels have >> passed me by unnoticed without a reboot? (I check /boot). Nope. Better >> investigate why I'm not getting the upgrades. > > If you have both linux-image-2.6-<arch> and > linux-image-2.6.18-<version>-<arch> on your machine, then
It turns out I hadn't installed linux-image-2.6-amd64, so it didn't automatically notice the new kernel, because there was no dependency. I installed the new kernel, and it crashed during reboot. I booted the new kernel a second dime, and it didn't crash this time. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a Linux april 2.6.18-6-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Feb 10 17:50:19 UTC 2008 x86_64 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ Still no ctl-alt-F1, though. Next I'll try replacing the keyboard. -- hendrik. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
