Re: Squeeze-updates not working

2011-12-03 Thread bd satish
Thanks Bob, Tom and Porcia ! Bob's "Bohr model of linux kernel" was an excellent one. I was just curious to know the nomenclature of that package & now i have an idea of what happens. I'm happy with current kernel because all my hardware is detected/working properly, so I find no reason to upgrade

Re: Squeeze-updates not working

2011-12-02 Thread Bob Proulx
bd satish wrote: > [~]:11 $ cat /proc/version > Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-39) (da...@debian.org) ^2.6.32-39 is running > [~]:12 $ apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 > linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: > Installed: 2.6.32-39 > Ca

Re: Squeeze-updates not working

2011-12-02 Thread Porcia Silvia
On Sat, 03 Dec 2011 00:40:01 +0100 bd satish wrote: > How to upgrade to new kernel ? Isn't squeeze stable? How about the unstable? You could add testing and unstable main to your sources.list then do: #apt-get install linux-image-amd64 This will bring with it the latest linux kernel and module

Re: Squeeze-updates not working

2011-12-02 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 7:36 PM, bd satish wrote: > > [~]:11 $ cat /proc/version > Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-39) (da...@debian.org) > (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-4) ) #1 SMP Thu Nov 3 03:41:26 UTC > 2011 > > [~]:12 $ apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 > linux-image-2

Re: Squeeze-updates not working

2011-12-02 Thread bd satish
Hi , Here's the output: [~]:11 $ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.32-5-amd64 (Debian 2.6.32-39) (da...@debian.org) (gcc version 4.3.5 (Debian 4.3.5-4) ) #1 SMP Thu Nov 3 03:41:26 UTC 2011 [~]:12 $ apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64 linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64: Installed: 2.6.32-39

Re: Squeeze-updates not working

2011-12-02 Thread Bob Proulx
bd satish wrote: > I recently installed Debian 6.0.3, with Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 kernel. > ... > However, I still cannot upgrade to the new kernel in spite of adding > these lines in /etc/apt/sources.list : > > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian squeeze-updates main > deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/