Is it possible to automatically update restricted modules?

[Dave M G]

Andrew,

Thank you for replying.
> I think they were not finished compiling when you upgraded.  I think 
> the problem is that the packages become available for installation 
> before their dependencies are finished being compiled.  Had you 
> upgraded a few minutes later, you probably would have gotten the 
> linux-restricted-modules, too. ...
> Maybe it's somthing else.  I am just maing an assumption without much 
> knowledge of what is actually going on...

I'm certainly no expert either, but I don't think it's an issue of the 
packages not being compiled together. It was actually a matter of a week 
or so between when the kernel upgrade and when I clued in to updating 
the restricted modules.

Actually, my first thought was that it was possibly the Nvidia-glx 
package that needed updating. When days passed and that didn't happen, 
then I figured something else was wrong.

Also, the restricted modules are listed as different packages for each 
kernel, not different versions for one package. So that indicates that 
they don't just upgrade automatically. At least that's how I interpret it.

--
Dave M G