Re: Re: Does "apt-get dist-upgrade" upgrade the kernel?
> On 07/05/11 17:18, Camaleón wrote:
>
> Do you have the linux-image-686 package installed? (I see you're
> using the 686 version) This package is a dummy package that depends
> on the latest kernel, currently linux-image-2.6.38-2-686. If you do,
> then apt-get dist-upgrade will install the new kernel when available
> (but it won't remove your old kernel).
>
> Regards
>
> -- Dom
>
I have that setting on my sid box, but after reading this thread I
checked again. Below are the results of dpkg, apt-cache, and uname.
Surprisingly, dpkg does not show 2.6.38 whereas apt says that it exists!
dpkg -l linux-image*
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
|
Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
+++-=============================-=============================-==========================================================================
un linux-image <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6 <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6-486 <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6-686 <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6-686-bigmem <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6-amd64 <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6-k7 <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6-openvz-686 <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6-vserver-686 <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6-vserver-686-b <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6-xen-686 <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6.32-5-686 <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigm <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-486 <none> (no
description available)
rc linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686 2.6.32-5 Linux
2.6.32 for modern PCs
un linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-686- <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-amd6 <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-vser <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6.32-trunk-vser <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6.37-1-686 <none> (no
description available)
un linux-image-2.6.37-1-686-bigm <none> (no
description available)
ii linux-image-2.6.37-2-686 2.6.37-2 Linux
2.6.37 for modern PCs
ii linux-image-2.6.37-2-686-bigm 2.6.37-2 Linux
2.6.37 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM
un linux-image-686-bigmem <none> (no
description available)
$> apt-cache search linux-image
alsa-base - ALSA driver configuration files
linux-headers-2.6.38-2-486 - Header files for Linux 2.6.38-2-486
linux-headers-2.6.38-2-686 - Header files for Linux 2.6.38-2-686
linux-headers-2.6.38-2-686-bigmem - Header files for Linux
2.6.38-2-686-bigmem
linux-headers-2.6.38-2-amd64 - Header files for Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64
linux-image-2.6.38-2-486 - Linux 2.6.38 for old PCs
linux-image-2.6.38-2-686 - Linux 2.6.38 for modern PCs
linux-image-2.6.38-2-686-bigmem - Linux 2.6.38 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM
linux-image-2.6.38-2-686-bigmem-dbg - Debugging infos for Linux
2.6.38-2-686-bigmem
linux-image-2.6.38-2-amd64 - Linux 2.6.38 for 64-bit PCs
linux-image-2.6-486 - Linux 2.6 for old PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-2.6-686 - Linux 2.6 for modern PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-2.6-686-bigmem - Linux 2.6 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package)
linux-image-2.6-amd64 - Linux 2.6 for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-486 - Linux for old PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-686 - Linux for modern PCs (meta-package)
linux-image-686-bigmem - Linux for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package)
linux-image-amd64 - Linux for 64-bit PCs (meta-package)
nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-486 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux
2.6.32-5-486
nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-686 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux
2.6.32-5-686
nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-amd64 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for Linux
2.6.32-5-amd64
nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-vserver-686 - NVIDIA binary kernel module for
Linux 2.6.32-5-vserver-686
nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-vserver-686-bigmem - NVIDIA binary kernel module
for Linux 2.6.32-5-vserver-686-bigmem
nvidia-kernel-2.6.37-2-686-bigmem - NVIDIA binary kernel module for
Linux 2.6.37-2-686-bigmem
nvidia-kernel-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem - NVIDIA binary kernel module for
Linux 2.6.32-5-686-bigmem
linux-headers-2.6.37-2-486 - Header files for Linux 2.6.37-2-486
linux-image-2.6.37-2-686-bigmem - Linux 2.6.37 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM
linux-headers-2.6.37-2-686-bigmem - Header files for Linux
2.6.37-2-686-bigmem
nvidia-kernel-2.6.37-1-686-bigmem - NVIDIA binary kernel module for
Linux 2.6.37-1-686-bigmem
linux-image-2.6.37-2-686 - Linux 2.6.37 for modern PCs
$> uname -a
Linux gurh 2.6.37-2-686-bigmem #1 SMP Sun Feb 27 11:44:12 UTC 2011 i686
GNU/Linux
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