Issues with ubuntu kernel

[James Gregory]

On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 04:06:22PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 12:36:00PM +1000, James Gregory wrote:
> 
> > I thought that may be it, but apt isn't showing me new kernels. It's
> > quite likely I'm doing something wrong though. I've done apt-get update,
> > and doing this:
> > 
> > root at ubuntu:~ # apt-cache search linux-image
> 
> apt-cache search only shows you the names of the packages, not their
> version.  In the case of the kernel, the package name includes a release
> number, but the package itself has a different version.

Ok. I found this a little confusing, coming from a background of RPM
based systems, which in general tell you the version number everywhere.

> 
> apt-get update only updates the list of available packages.  apt-get upgrade
> actually downloads and installs the latest versions.
> 
> sudo apt-get install linux-k7 will give you the latest kernel, and keep you
> up to date with future upgrades.

Ok, I did this (or something similar) and got a newer kernel installed.
I'm not quite sure how to find out which one it is given the versioning
system you describe. Here's some dpkg output that may help:

root at ubuntu:/var/cache/apt/archives # dpkg -l 'linux-image*'
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
un  linux-image    <none>         (no description available)
un  linux-image-2. <none>         (no description available)
ii  linux-image-2. 2.6.8.1-13     Linux kernel image for version 2.6 on AMD K7
ii  linux-image-2. 2.6.8.1-2      Linux kernel image for version 2.6.8.1 on 38
ii  linux-image-2. 2.6.8.1-6      Linux kernel image for version 2.6.8.1 on AM
ii  linux-image-2. 2.6.8.1-12     Linux kernel image for version 2.6.8.1 on AM

Uname says this:

Linux ubuntu 2.6.8.1-2-k7 #1 Sat Sep 18 11:23:11 BST 2004 i686 GNU/Linux

Anyway, I'm writing to let you know that it appears to have solved my
bootup problem. I managed to boot the machine twice this morning without
intervention. Will test it more when I'm closer to the machine.

Thanks,

James.

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