Re: How do I update kernel in Debian 4

[Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>]

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008, Bob Cox wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 16:24:00 +0800, Bret Busby (bret@busby.net) wrote:
>
> > Hello.
> >
> > We have Debian 4.0 running on one of our computers; a server of sorts.
> >
> > Accessing that computer, for system updates, etc, is done through
> > telnet.
> >
> > Running uname -a, which I understand returns the kernel version, returns
> > 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 GNU/Linux
> >
> > In searching on the Internet, I cannot find an easy way, using apt-get,
> > of updating (or upgrading) the kernel, and it is clearly not
> > automatically done when running apt-get update followed by
> > apt-get-upgrade.
> >
> > The GUI system update/upgrade facility on my workstation (also Debian
> > 4.0), automatically includes kernel updates; the last one done today
> > (from Synaptic File -> History, "linux-image-2.6.18-6-k7
> > (2.6.18.dfsg.1-18etch6) to 2.6.18.dfsg.1-22").
> >
> > How do I get what automatically works with the GUI update/upgrade
> > facility, to work with a command line apt-get update then apt-get
> > dist-upgrade facility, to update/upgrade the kernel?
> >
> > Thank you in anticipation.
>
> To start with, could you post the output of:
>
> cat /etc/apt/sources.list

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 
20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main

# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 
20070407-11:40]/ etch contrib main

# deb http://ftp.uwa.edu.au/mirrors/linux/debian/ stable main contrib 
non-free


# deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ stable/updates main contrib 
non-free
# deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/ stable main 
contrib non-free

# deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/ main contrib 
non-free

# deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/pool/ main contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.uwa.edu.au/mirrors/linux/debian/ etch main contrib 
non-free
# deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free


deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
# deb http://ftp.wa.au.debian.org/debian/ etch/updates main contrib 
non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib



> and, if it exists, this one:
>
> cat /etc/apt/preferences

cat /etc/apt/preferences
cat: /etc/apt/preferences: No such file or directory


> If these are ok, one other possibility is that the kernel package is on
> 'hold'.  Try this:
>
> aptitude search ~ahold
>
> --
> Bob Cox.  Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK.
> Registered user #445000 with the Linux Counter - http://counter.li.org/

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