Bug#449526: linux-image: dpkg refuses to activate the last kernel version
Package: linux-image
Version: impossible to activate the last version
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.22-2-686 depends on:
ii initramfs-tools [linux-initr 0.90a tools for generating an initramfs
ii module-init-tools 3.3-pre11-4 tools for managing Linux kernel mo
Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.22-2-686 recommends:
pn libc6-i686 <none> (no description available)
-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.22-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.22-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.22-2-686:
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.22-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.22-2-686: false
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.22-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.22-2-686:
* linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.22-2-686: false
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.22-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.22-2-686:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.22-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.22-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/preinst/initrd-2.6.22-2-686:
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.22-2-686: false
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.22-2-686:
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.22-2-686: true
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.22-2-686
I've got four versions of linux-image installed on my box but I can't get the last one to be used.
here are the different version installed :
linux-image-2.6-686 2.6.22+10
linux-image-2.6.18-4-686 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12
linux-image-2.6.21-2-686 2.6.21-6
linux-image-2.6.22-2-686 2.6.22-4
the active one, (refering to the links in / path) is 2.6.18-4-686
and there's no way to force the use of 2.6.22, except modifying by hand the links
when trying dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-2.6.22-2-686, I always get the messages :
>Not updating initrd symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
>(2.6.22-4 was configured last, according to dpkg)
>Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated/reinstalled
>(2.6.22-4 was configured last, according to dpkg
and the --force option doesn't force the configuration.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR@euro, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR@euro (charmap=ISO-8859-15)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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