[solved] Re: Kernel updating

[Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com>]

Rodolfo Medina <rodolfo.medina@gmail.com> writes:

> When I close a PPP connection with `C-c', the keyboard gets stuck and I have
> to reboot the system.  The problem is reported here:
>
>  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508589
>
> In the hope of fixing it by updating the kernel, I want to install a freshly
> new one from the backport repositories.  Can anyone suggest the exact package
> name?  I have Lenny on an old Pentium III.


Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> writes:

> I would suggest linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.3-686
>
> That appears to be the closest to what is in Squeeze right now.


The problem seems to be solved updating the kernel.  It is easy to do:


I added to /etc/apt/sources.list the following line:

deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free

, then connected to internet and did:

 # apt-get update

 # apt-get -t etch-backports install linux-image-2.6.32-bpo.3-686

Now, the command `$ls /boot' got the following output:

config-2.6.26-1-686      initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686.bak  vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686
config-2.6.32-bpo.3-686  initrd.img-2.6.32-bpo.3-686  vmlinuz-2.6.32-bpo.3-686
grub                     System.map-2.6.26-1-686
initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686  System.map-2.6.32-bpo.3-686

, and in /boot/grub/menu.lst the new kernel was already listed.  Then I
rebooted.


Bye,
Rodolfo