On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 12:46 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > On Fri, 2025-02-28 at 14:34 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 11:27:40 -0800, Van Snyder wrote: > > > "apt update" says everything is up to date, but the kernel is > > > 6.1.0-18. > > > I believe there are several newer ones, maybe up to 6.1.0-31? > > > > That's correct. You're probably missing the metapackage that > > brings > > in new kernels automatically. For an amd64 machine, that > > metapackage > > is named "linux-image-amd64". (If you use DKMS kernel modules, > > you'll > > also want the corresponding linux-headers-* metapackage.) > > The NVidia 570 driver is a kernel package. What's the name of the > corresponding linux-headers-* metapackage?
The NVidia 570 driver is a kernel package. It's installed by downloading and running an bash script that requires the kernel headers. If I get the metapackage linux-image-amd64 will I need to rebuild the NVidia driver every time it loads a new kernel? If I get a new kernel by way of "apt update" it leaves a line in grub to load older kernels. Will the metapackage do that so I can at least boot something until I rebuild the NVidia 570 driver to go with a new kernel?
