Re: Newb Hoses Install - Story at 11
Eric P wrote:
>>>An upgrade (under Etch) doesn't want to finish. I clicked 'Mark All
>>>Upgrades' in Synaptic, but it keeps failing on udev.
>>>
>>>It says:
>>>udev requires a kernel >= 2.6.12, upgrade aborted.
>>>
>>>However, the newest kernel I show in Synaptic is only 2.6.8.
>>
>>
>>Look for "linux-image-*" instead of "kernel-image-*", those packages
>>have been renamed recently to make way for the use of kernels other
>>than linux (freebsd and hurd come to mind).
>>
>
> Ah... I see it. Ok, I've installed linux-image-2.6.12-1-386 by itself.
> I did try selecting this package w/all the 'Mark for Upgrade' stuff,
> but I got same error as before.
>
> However, now I get:
> Preparing to replace udev 0.056-3 (using
> .../archives/udev_0.068-2_i386.deb) ...udev requires a kernel >= 2.6.12,
> upgrade aborted.
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.068-2_i386.deb
> (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.068-2_i386.deb
>
> Since it's still not finding the new kernel, do I just need to reboot?
> And should I remove the older kernel package before doing so? Will Grub
> be automatically configured to point to the new image?
Nevermind. Got it. Found that grub's menu.1st had already been
updated. Rebooted. Had to fiddle around a bit to get Xorg
installed/configured, but I'm back in the saddle again.
Thanks for your help, Florian!
Eric P.
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