On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:49:52 -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 10:26:02AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> On my AMD64 etch system, cntl-alt-F1 has stopped giving me a text >> console a month or two ago. Now I haven't been doing anything much to >> it excpet for regular upgrades, and the installation of an ocasional >> new Debian package. Anyone have any ideas where to start looking? >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a >> Linux april 2.6.18-3-amd64 #1 SMP Mon Dec 4 17:04:37 CET 2006 x86_64 >> GNU/Linux >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ > > Well, the kernel is out of date despite your regular upgrades. I'm on > etch and I'm at 2.6.18-6-amd64. > > Try rebooting to single-user (no X) and then doing an update/upgrade > cycle, then reboot.
I have been upgrading. Could it be that three revisions of kernels have passed me by unnoticed without a reboot? (I check /boot). Nope. Better investigate why I'm not getting the upgrades. Thanks. -- hendrik > > Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
