On Fri, 28 Feb 2025 22:00:41 -0800 Van Snyder <van.sny...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 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? > > > It will normally install a new kernel and keep the previous one. I can't remember if it removes earlier ones or whether I do that, as I run apt autoremove regularly. Autoremove certainly leaves the last kernel installed as well as the current one. -- Joe
