post kernel 2.6.24-21 update problems SOLVED - sort of...

[Derek Broughton]

O. Sinclair wrote:

> I originally posted this on Dell-users mailinglist but thought perhaps
> it could help someone on this list too. Note that there are steps to be
> done before diving into this, such as enabling a ppa repository w Dell
> specific files. Instructions found on Dell Linux wiki:
> http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Ubuntu_8.04

Yes, it's well worth having this here.

> I have now uncommented hardy-updates in sources.list and following that
> am now "nagged" to upgrade linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic...
> 
> I now get:
> # apt-cache policy linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic
...
>     Version table:
>        2.6.24-21.32 0
>           500 http://zw.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
>    *** 2.6.24-21.30Dell1 0
>           500 http://ppa.launchpad.net hardy/main Packages
> 
> Candidate version is once more from Ubuntu Kernel Team. Am NOT going to
> update. Problem solved for now but this was a tricky one...

# sudo aptitude hold linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-21-generic

Should fix that...
-- 
derek