Re: compiled and installed new kernel, but dkpg does not find it

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Andreas Janssen wrote:
> Hello
> You are using dpkg the wrong way. If you want to get information about
> installed packages, leave out the filename extension. Try
>
> dpkg -l kernel-image*
>
> to get a list and see how they are called. Your package probably is
> called kernel-image-2.4.22-nvidia
>
> best regards
>         Andreas Janssen


BTW, removing the package seems to work. The following would remove all 
traces of files that this package installed, right?

/usr/src# dpkg --no-act -p kernel-image-2.4.22-nvidia
Package: kernel-image-2.4.22-nvidia
Priority: optional
Section: base
Installed-Size: 16832
Maintainer: H.S. <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>
Architecture: i386
Source: kernel-source-2.4.22-nvidia
Version: 10.00.Custom
Provides: kernel-image, kernel-image-2.4
Depends: coreutils | fileutils (>= 4.0)
Suggests: lilo (>= 19.1) | grub, fdutils, kernel-doc-2.4.22-nvidia | 
kernel-source-2.4.22-nvidia
Size: 7143038
Description: Linux kernel binary image for version 2.4.22-nvidia.
 This package contains the Linux kernel image for version 2.4.22-nvidia,
 the corresponding System.map file, and the modules built by the
 packager.  It also contains scripts that try to ensure that the
 system is not left in a unbootable state after an update.
 .
 If you wish to update a bootdisk, or to use a bootloader to make
 installing and using the image easier, we suggest you install the latest
 fdutils (for formatting a floppy to be used as boot disk), and LILO, for a
 powerful bootloader. Of course, both these are optional.
 .
 Kernel image packages are generally produced using kernel-package,
 and it is suggested that you install that package if you wish to
 create a custom kernel from the sources. Please look at 
kernel-img.conf(5),
 and /usr/share/doc/kernel-package/README.gz  from the package 
kernel-package
 for details on how to tailor the  installation of this or any other kernel
 image package



->HS


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