> On 07/05/11 17:18, Camaleón wrote: > > Do you have the linux-image-686 package installed? (I see you're > using the 686 version) This package is a dummy package that depends > on the latest kernel, currently linux-image-2.6.38-2-686. If you do, > then apt-get dist-upgrade will install the new kernel when available > (but it won't remove your old kernel). > > Regards > > -- Dom >
I have that setting on my sid box, but after reading this thread I checked again. Below are the results of dpkg, apt-cache, and uname. Surprisingly, dpkg does not show 2.6.38 whereas apt says that it exists! dpkg -l linux-image* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-=============================-=============================-========================================================================== un linux-image <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6 <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6-486 <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6-686 <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6-686-bigmem <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6-amd64 <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6-k7 <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6-openvz-686 <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6-vserver-686 <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6-vserver-686-b <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6-xen-686 <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigm <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-486 <none> (no description available) rc linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 2.6.32-5 Linux 2.6.32 for modern PCs un linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686- <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd6 <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-vser <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-vser <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6.37-1-686 <none> (no description available) un linux-image-2.6.37-1-686-bigm <none> (no description available) ii linux-image-2.6.37-2-686 2.6.37-2 Linux 2.6.37 for modern PCs ii linux-image-2.6.37-2-686-bigm 2.6.37-2 Linux 2.6.37 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM un linux-image-686-bigmem <none> (no description available) $> apt-cache search linux-image alsa-base - ALSA driver configuration files linux-headers-2.6.38-2-486 - Header files for Linux 2.6.38-2-486 linux-headers-2.6.38-2-686 - Header files for Linux 2.6.38-2-686 linux-headers-2.6.38-2-686-bigmem - Header files for Linux 2.6.38-2-686-bigmem linux-headers-2.6.38-2-amd64 - Header files for Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 linux-image-2.6.38-2-486 - Linux 2.6.38 for old PCs linux-image-2.6.38-2-686 - Linux 2.6.38 for modern PCs linux-image-2.6.38-2-686-bigmem - Linux 2.6.38 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM linux-image-2.6.38-2-686-bigmem-dbg - Debugging infos for Linux 2.6.38-2-686-bigmem linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64 - Linux 2.6.38 for 64-bit PCs linux-image-2.6-486 - Linux 2.6 for old PCs (meta-package) linux-image-2.6-686 - Linux 2.6 for modern PCs (meta-package) linux-image-2.6-686-bigmem - Linux 2.6 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package) linux-image-2.6-amd64 - Linux 2.6 for 64-bit PCs (meta-package) linux-image-486 - Linux for old PCs (meta-package) linux-image-686 - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package) linux-image-686-bigmem - Linux for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package) linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package) nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-486 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.32-5-486 nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-686 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.32-5-686 nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-vserver-686 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.32-5-vserver-686 nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-vserver-686-bigmem - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.32-5-vserver-686-bigmem nvidia-kernel-2.6.37-2-686-bigmem - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.37-2-686-bigmem nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem linux-headers-2.6.37-2-486 - Header files for Linux 2.6.37-2-486 linux-image-2.6.37-2-686-bigmem - Linux 2.6.37 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM linux-headers-2.6.37-2-686-bigmem - Header files for Linux 2.6.37-2-686-bigmem nvidia-kernel-2.6.37-1-686-bigmem - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux 2.6.37-1-686-bigmem linux-image-2.6.37-2-686 - Linux 2.6.37 for modern PCs $> uname -a Linux gurh 2.6.37-2-686-bigmem #1 SMP Sun Feb 27 11:44:12 UTC 2011 i686 GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4dc5dbd3.30...@fastmail.fm
