Re: Release process notes [WAS Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1)]
Hi Greg
Thank you for taking the time to explain in detail.
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2023 at 10:16 PM
> From: "Greg Wooledge" <greg@wooledge.org>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Release process notes [WAS Need clarifications about how to deal with the installed problematic kernel, linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 (6.1.64-1)]
>
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> If you removed linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 and linux-image-amd64 as I'm
> sure many people did, then in order to get back to normalcy, you would
> have to reinstall the linux-image-amd64 metapackage. But the question is
> *when* to do this. If you did it right away, it would just reinstall
> the buggy kernel, so that's no good. You had to wait. But... how long?
> It makes sense to wait until we have a confirmed good kernel version
> available; otherwise, we just have to repeat this cycle all over again.
>
May I refer you to my other post titled "From which kernel should I upgrade my installed Debian to linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64?" (URL: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2023/12/msg00632.html).
Based on your above statements, I should boot my installed Debian using the kernel named linux-image-6.1.0-13-amd64 (the version prior to the buggy one).
Next in a terminal I should either
(1a) sudo apt remove linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64
or
(1b) sudo apt purge linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64
(1a) or (1b) will remove the metapackage linux-image-amd64, yes/no?
(2) sudo update-grub
(3) sudo shutdown -r now
Upon reboot, the GRUB menu will automatically boot using linux-image-6.1.0-13-amd64 as the buggy kernel named linux-image-6.1.0-14-amd64 has been removed in either (1a) or (1b), am I right?
Next in a terminal I typed the following commands:
sudo apt update && apt upgrade
(Note: The name of the metapackage, linux-image-amd64, will be listed in the terminal.)
After upgrading and rebooting my device, my installed Debian will have linux-image-6.1.0-15-amd64 as the latest kernel. Am I right?
Best wishes.
Stella
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