On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 01:59:19PM EST, Lev Lvovsky wrote: > Hi Chris, > > On Feb 1, 2010, at 11:44 PM, Chris Jones wrote:
> >> Unless there's some pre or post magic that goes on, these are the > >> same files which are currently owned by the pre-existing (debian > >> release 17) kernel package: > > This is odd. > > I keep an up-to-date ubuntu partition on the side, which I boot into > > every now and then, and every couple of weeks or so, the update > > manager installs a new version of the kernel. I can't look now but I > > believe I have something like two or three different versions of > > 2.6.31 at present. Say, 2.6.31-15, 2.6.31-16, and 2.6.31-17, > > complete with modules, headers and all. There would be more, if I > > hadn't removed a few older versions manually to keep my grub menu to > > somewhat manageable lengths. > As Boyd pointed out the versions you're refering to above are all > different from one another, and can coexist. However as Stefan > mentioned, sub-revisions of the same kernel cannot. Are you saying that my linux-image-15, -16, and -17 are revisions and that we then have 'sub-revisions'..?? > In my case, any sub-revision past 17 on the latest stable kernel > causes the system to hang on boot. Tracking down the problem will be > easier now that I don't have to jump through too many hoops to try > later sub-revisions. Well that's what I'm saying.. On that ubuntu partition of mine, when the update manager, I think they call it, installed 2.6.31.-17, it left 2.6.31-16 and 2.6.31-15 alone - regrettably, since this is a sacrificial system I have on the side, and I would much rather it got rid of earlier sub-versions. > > Not much help, I guess, but maybe worth taking another look at the > > manuals. > Oddly, there's not a whole lot of discussion about this (unless I'm > using the wrong search terms). That's something else I thought was odd. As you said, if the new sub version hangs and the previous one worked but has now been obliterated, I would have expected a few people losing their termper over this. Anyway, I cannot get involved in any kind of testing relative to this issue at the moment, but I'll be very interested if you do find a solution. Oh, and please try to convince your mailer to wrap long lines, at something like column 72, if you could. Thanks, CJ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
