Re: Hardware question

[Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de>]

Am Freitag, 28. Februar 2025, 21:46:35 CET schrieb Van Snyder:
> On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 14:34 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:27:40 -0800, Van Snyder wrote:
> > > "apt update" says everything is up to date, but the kernel is
> > > 6.1.0-18.
> > > I believe there are several newer ones, maybe up to 6.1.0-31?
> > 
> > That's correct.  You're probably missing the metapackage that brings
> > in new kernels automatically.  For an amd64 machine, that metapackage
> > is named "linux-image-amd64".  (If you use DKMS kernel modules,
> > you'll
> > also want the corresponding linux-headers-* metapackage.)
> 
> The NVidia 570 driver is a kernel package. What's the name of the
> corresponding linux-headers-* metapackage?

if the kernel is 6.1.0-31-amd64, the kernel-header-package is 

linux-headers-6.1.0-31-amd64

If in doubt, install the "module-assistant" package, then start it with the 
command "m-a", and then over the ncurses-gui you can easily prepare your 
compiling environmen for building kernel-modules. It is self explainary and it 
will install all packages you need for the actual running kernel.

Hope this helps.


Best

Hans