Re: Hardware question
On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:00:41 -0800
Van Snyder <van.snyder@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 12:46 -0800, Van Snyder wrote:
> > 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?
>
> The NVidia 570 driver is a kernel package. It's installed by
> downloading and running an bash script that requires the kernel
> headers. If I get the metapackage linux-image-amd64 will I need to
> rebuild the NVidia driver every time it loads a new kernel?
>
> If I get a new kernel by way of "apt update" it leaves a line in grub
> to load older kernels. Will the metapackage do that so I can at least
> boot something until I rebuild the NVidia 570 driver to go with a new
> kernel?
>
>
>
It will normally install a new kernel and keep the previous one. I
can't remember if it removes earlier ones or whether I do that, as I
run apt autoremove regularly. Autoremove certainly leaves the last
kernel installed as well as the current one.
--
Joe
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