Re: USB problem, hardware issue

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Friday 21 November 2014 14:58:02 Martin Read wrote:
> On 21/11/14 11:50, Joel Roth wrote:
> > I upgraded sid, either to get new versions of software,
> > and to avoid too long a gap in time (which I was told could
> > lead to problem in upgrades having too cross too much
> > "distance".) I note that apt-get upgrade/dist-upgrade did
> > not advise installing new kernels.
>
> In general, apt-get {dist-,}upgrade will never advise installing new
> kernels. It will install new kernels automatically if you have the
> linux-image-ARCHNAME metapackage for your architecture installed; if you
> don't have that metapackage installed (e.g. because you compile your own
> kernels), then new kernels (other than minor upgrades of the currently
> installed kernel version, if you're using a packaged kernel) will only
> be installed if you explicitly install them.

Sorry, Joel.  I see that mine went off-list _again_. :-(

Lisi