Didar Hussain wrote:
Hi, I'm a new Debian user. I want to know how do kernel updateshappen?Let me explain: I've installed "Woody" on my PC. The kernel is the default 2.4.18-bf2.4 There have been certain recent kernel vulnerabilities. I'm sure these got patched. Then why is that when I do a `apt-get upgrade'I do not see any kernel update mentioned? Will I see it only if I install one of the optimized kernel-image packages?
Hi Didar. You have to tell it to upgrade kernel specifically. If you run apt-get install kernel-image you'll get an error-message sayingthat you have to pick the one to install, this allso lists the possibilities:
debian:~# apt-get install kernel-image Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Package kernel-image is a virtual package provided by: kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7-smp 2.6.6-1 kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7 2.6.6-1 kernel-image-2.6.6-1-686-smp 2.6.6-1 kernel-image-2.6.6-1-686 2.6.6-1 kernel-image-2.6.6-1-386 2.6.6-1 kernel-image-2.6.5-1-k7-smp 2.6.5-4 kernel-image-2.6.5-1-k7 2.6.5-4 kernel-image-2.6.5-1-686-smp 2.6.5-4 kernel-image-2.6.5-1-686 2.6.5-4 kernel-image-2.6.5-1-386 2.6.5-4 kernel-image-2.4.26-speakup 2.4.26-1 kernel-image-2.4.26-1-k7-smp 2.4.26-2 kernel-image-2.4.26-1-k7 2.4.26-2 kernel-image-2.4.26-1-k6 2.4.26-2 kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686-smp 2.4.26-2 kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686 2.4.26-2 kernel-image-2.4.26-1-586tsc 2.4.26-2 kernel-image-2.4.26-1-386 2.4.26-2 kernel-image-2.4.25-1-k7-smp 2.4.25-3 kernel-image-2.4.25-1-k7 2.4.25-3 kernel-image-2.4.25-1-k6 2.4.25-3 kernel-image-2.4.25-1-686-smp 2.4.25-3 kernel-image-2.4.25-1-686 2.4.25-3 kernel-image-2.4.25-1-586tsc 2.4.25-3 kernel-image-2.4.25-1-386 2.4.25-3 You should explicitly select one to install. E: Package kernel-image has no installation candidate debian:~# So if you're running a pentium II or above you just run: apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686 or whatever kernel is appropriate for your machine :) Hope this helps. Sturla