I'm not sure the subject is asking the right question, but determining available versions of any Debian package has always vexed me. In opensuse, it's pretty simple from shell prompt to get a list of packages available in currently configured repos, one line each, including package name with version. I have yet to find an equivalent I can rely on using dpkg* or apt*. Attempts either produce multiple lines per package, scrolling off screen, or results in only one package sans version, or results in several packages, but all sans a version.
The online option https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages omits old-stable. Is there an alternative that does not? What's the (best?) way to determine which kernel(s) are available from which source(s) when full-upgrade stops providing new kernels? The ultimate question: Is my GPU supposed to be supported by a current Bullseye kernel? Current situation (in ~date order): i5-11400 CPU/GPU was "born" 2021Q1 w/ RocketLake-S GT1 UHD Graphics 730 8086:4c8b graphics Bullseye was released 2021-08-14, roughly 6 months later, with 5.10 kernel. Latest available backport kernel: bullseye-backports 6.1.90-1 from 2024-05 works as expected. <https://packages.debian.org/bullseye-backports/kernel/linux-image-6.1.0-0.deb11.21-amd64> Current Bullseye kernel (as on kernel.org) 5.10.234-1 boots, but acts as though it lacks needed GPU support: (limited to VESA/FBDEV 1024x738) # dmesg | grep aile # uname -a Linux ab560 5.10.0-34-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.234-1 (2025-02-24) x86_64 GNU/Linux ~# grep EE Xorg.0.log [ 2.471] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory [ 2.471] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory [ 2.472] (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device [ 2.472] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section. [ 2.472] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section. # dpkg-query -W *mwar* firmware-intel-sound 20210315-3 firmware-linux-free 20200122-1 # lsmod | sort | egrep 'xe|i915|video|vga' cec 61440 2 drm_kms_helper,i915 drm 634880 2 drm_kms_helper,i915 drm_kms_helper 278528 1 i915 i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 i915 i915 2777088 0 video 65536 2 asus_wmi,i915 # uname -r 6.1.0-0.deb11.21-amd64 # lsmod | sort | egrep 'xe|i915|video|vga' cec 61440 2 drm_display_helper,i915 drm 614400 7 drm_kms_helper,drm_display_helper,drm_buddy,i915,ttm drm_buddy 20480 1 i915 drm_display_helper 180224 1 i915 drm_kms_helper 204800 2 drm_display_helper,i915 i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 i915 i915 3063808 4 ttm 94208 1 i915 video 65536 2 asus_wmi,i915 wmi 32768 3 video,asus_wmi,wmi_bmof # >From lsmod output, it seems obvious something is missing by using the 5.10 >kernel. Is a solution supposed to exist? Am I off base thinking this is about the kernel rather than something else? Bookworm works as expected on same PC, as does Trixie. Upgrading to Bookworm can't solve the current issue: need to test from within suitably running Bullseye X session, not stuck in fallback driver's 1024x768. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata
