On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 11:54:34AM -0700 or thereabouts, Luis Finotti wrote: > Dear all, > > It seems that my kernel is a rather old version: > --------------------- > % uname -a > Linux debian 2.4.3 #2 Sat Mar 31 11:29:19 CST 2001 > i686 unknown > --------------------- > > It seems that the newer versions are 2.4.16 or later. > I thought "apt-get update/upgrade" would upgrade the > kernel, but it seems that that's not the case. (I > don't have any updates there.) > > So, how does one update the kernel. Although my > computer is running fine, I wanted to install the alsa > drivers, and I think I'd need something like > "alsa-modules-2.4.16-386" or "kernel-headers-2.4.16". > (I can't find "kernel-headers-2.4.3".)
You may wish to view the following thread from yesterday. I upgraded from the 2.2.x kernel to 2.4.25-1-386. S.Keeling helped out immensely. Just follow the instructions in that thread; <http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/05/msg03171.html> HTH -- Steve +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Monday May 24 2004 04:58:01 PM EDT +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ If computers take over (which seems to be their natural tendency), it will serve us right. -- Alistair Cooke -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
