On Sun, 2010-04-18 at 17:57 -0400, Jack Whiskey wrote: > Updating to 2.6.32-4-686 fixed the problem. The device has now been detected > and discs are auto-mounted by the Gnome desktop system. > > Two notes: > > When installing the new kernel, aptitude gave 7 instances of the following error: > > debconf: Unknown template field '_description', in stanzaX of \ > /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-2.6.32-4-686.templates > > It looks as though the '_' was inserted to prevent the actions from being run. No, that's a mistake I made when preparing for translation of the upgrade questions for Linux images. It will be fixed in the next version. > The change in the device naming system didn't cause me any problems, > but coding in a warning of the change might be warranted. The linux-base package explains the change and all the kernel packages have NEWS files which apt-listchanges will show. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.
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