Re: How to safely hold kernel packages ?

2018-02-13 Thread Stéphane Rivière
Sounds like a nice computer, but without the model number, cores, bus speed it's hard to tell just how fast it can work or move a Tb or two of data. You're right. Supermicro X9SR Intel Xeon E5 1620v2 4 cores / 8 threads 3.7 GHz / 3,9 GHz 10 Mo cache 64Go DDR3 ECC 1600 MHz Debian 8 stable. I'

Re: How to safely hold kernel packages ?

2018-02-08 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 02/07/2018 12:27 AM, Stéphane Rivière wrote: Thanks Jimmy for your help, I would use 'apt-mark'.  # apt-mark hold 'package-name' and # apt-mark unhold 'package-name' It appears that apt-mark hold and aptitude hold have same effects, you could obtain the same with some tricks with dpkg. If

Re: How to safely hold kernel packages ?

2018-02-07 Thread Stéphane Rivière
Thanks Jimmy for your help, I would use 'apt-mark'.  # apt-mark hold 'package-name' and # apt-mark unhold 'package-name' It appears that apt-mark hold and aptitude hold have same effects, you could obtain the same with some tricks with dpkg. If I used apt-get, it should be wise to use apt-mar

Re: How to safely hold kernel packages ?

2018-02-06 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 02/06/2018 09:00 AM, Stéphane Rivière wrote: Hi all, I wanted to avoid kernel updates after the Spectre/Meltdown 'bug', also known as KPTI or kaiser CPU flaw. In my specific context, these patches are useless or even harmful. Before applying an aptitude update/upgrade to all the servers

Re: How to safely hold kernel packages ?

2018-02-06 Thread Stéphane Rivière
At first thanks you all for you good advices. I will follow them, update kernels and apply the appropriate options (thanks for the link). I did not find what exactly is the nokaiser option and I will use nopti. I agree dpkg-jiu-jitsu is an uncomfortable sport and understand i've hold the wro

Re: How to safely hold kernel packages ?

2018-02-06 Thread The Wanderer
On 2018-02-06 at 12:00, Stéphane Rivière wrote: > Hi all, > > I wanted to avoid kernel updates after the Spectre/Meltdown 'bug', > also known as KPTI or kaiser CPU flaw. In my specific context, these > patches are useless or even harmful. As indicated by Andy Smith, you should probably upgrade a

Re: How to safely hold kernel packages ?

2018-02-06 Thread Sven Hartge
Stéphane Rivière wrote: > I wanted to avoid kernel updates after the Spectre/Meltdown 'bug', also > known as KPTI or kaiser CPU flaw. No, it is not known as this. > In my specific context, these patches are useless or even harmful. Possible. You do know you can just add "pti=off" to the kerne

Re: How to safely hold kernel packages ?

2018-02-06 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Tue, Feb 06, 2018 at 06:00:16PM +0100, Stéphane Rivière wrote: > So, after an aptitude search ~i~linux- I hold theses meta-packages : > > aptitude hold linux-image-amd64 > aptitude hold linux-headers-amd64 I think you also would need to hold package linux-image-4.9.0-4-amd64. > Hopefu

How to safely hold kernel packages ?

2018-02-06 Thread Stéphane Rivière
Hi all, I wanted to avoid kernel updates after the Spectre/Meltdown 'bug', also known as KPTI or kaiser CPU flaw. In my specific context, these patches are useless or even harmful. Before applying an aptitude update/upgrade to all the servers and VMs I'm in charge, I've done a little test

[Fwd: Bug#454604: linux-2.6: Xen kernel packages for 2.6.22]

2007-12-07 Thread Ted Hilts
Scott Per your subject and attachments. Hope this will be helpful. I don't think your problem can be resolved at the current time because of your kernel patch. Below find correspondence and URLs which explain why. * Brian Almeida: > I've been unable to find an official debian kernel which

Re: dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread H.S.
Wayne Topa wrote: > H.S.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: >> Wayne Topa wrote: >>> H.S.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> How come I cannot see newer kernel packages available with dpkg: >>&

Re: dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread Wayne Topa
H.S.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Wayne Topa wrote: > > H.S.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > >> Hello, > >> > >> How come I cannot see newer kernel packages available with dpkg: > >> $> dpkg -l linux-image-* >

Re: dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread H.S.
Wayne Topa wrote: > H.S.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: >> Hello, >> >> How come I cannot see newer kernel packages available with dpkg: >> $> dpkg -l linux-image-* > > Maybe because dpkg show whats installed, not available? > >> doesn

Re: dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread H.S.
Wayne Topa wrote: > H.S.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: >> Hello, >> >> How come I cannot see newer kernel packages available with dpkg: >> $> dpkg -l linux-image-* > > Maybe because dpkg show whats installed, not available? > >> doesn

Re: dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread Wu-Kung Sun
On 7/14/07, H.S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: dpkg also lists packages that are not installed (2.6.21 is listed below because I just now installed it): $> dpkg -l linux-image-2.6.* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/

Re: dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread H.S.
Wayne Topa wrote: > H.S.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: >> Hello, >> >> How come I cannot see newer kernel packages available with dpkg: >> $> dpkg -l linux-image-* > > Maybe because dpkg show whats installed, not available? Please see my other p

Re: dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread Wayne Topa
H.S.([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > > Hello, > > How come I cannot see newer kernel packages available with dpkg: > $> dpkg -l linux-image-* Maybe because dpkg show whats installed, not available? > > doesn't list kernels 2.6.2* at all. However, I

Re: dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread H.S.
Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >> > > dpkg -l lists info for debs it knows about, ie. installed ones. It dpkg also lists packages that are not installed (2.6.21 is listed below because I just now installed it): $> dpkg -l linux-image-2.6.* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst

Re: dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sat, Jul 14, 2007 at 02:16:37PM -0400, H.S. wrote: > > Hello, > > How come I cannot see newer kernel packages available with dpkg: > $> dpkg -l linux-image-* > > doesn't list kernels 2.6.2* at all. However, I can get some hits if I > try to install such a p

dpkg doesn't show newer kernel packages available?

2007-07-14 Thread H.S.
Hello, How come I cannot see newer kernel packages available with dpkg: $> dpkg -l linux-image-* doesn't list kernels 2.6.2* at all. However, I can get some hits if I try to install such a package: $> sudo aptitude -s install linux-image-2.6.21* Reading package lists... Do

Re: make-kpkg makes HUGE kernel packages??

2007-03-27 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-17 20:11:57, schrieb dranger003: > > Indeed it was the debug causing the issue. After disabling all DEBUG lines > in the .config the kernel is now of the correct size. :-) Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian G

make-kpkg makes HUGE kernel packages??

2007-03-17 Thread dranger003
Indeed it was the debug causing the issue. After disabling all DEBUG lines in the .config the kernel is now of the correct size. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

make-kpkg makes HUGE kernel packages??

2007-03-16 Thread dranger003
I have exactly the same problem. Also running Feisty. I used the following to compile the kernel: sudo make-kpkg --initrd --append-to-version=-1-Custom kernel_image kernel_headers My /lib/modules/$(uname -r) folder is huge as well. All the modules have bigger than normal sizes - every modules

Re: make-kpkg makes HUGE kernel packages??

2007-03-13 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2007-03-06 22:04:59, schrieb Matt Price: > this? the vmlinuz produced by the package is of normal size, but the > initrd is huge -- 43 megs! -- and /lib/modules/kernel-version-number/ is > on the order of 530 megs!!! Sorry, but with the infos you have provided I can not help you. Please, c

Re: make-kpkg makes HUGE kernel packages??

2007-03-07 Thread Raffaele Morelli
hi obviously a half-gig-sized kernel package is not optimal, i'd very much like to figure out what's going on here... also i should say that the after the build process, the source directory becomes enormous -- 2.7 gigs with ubuntu's 2.6.20 as opposed to a more restrained 700megs back in the ol

make-kpkg makes HUGE kernel packages??

2007-03-06 Thread Matt Price
i, i'm having a problem using make-kpkg to build kernel packages on my laptop, which runs ubuntu feisty and currently has make-kpkg version 10.065ubuntu4. this happens with upstream, debian, and ubuntu sources, as far as I can tell, but most of my experimentation has been with ubuntu&#x

Re: UML skas patches for "linux" kernel packages

2006-04-20 Thread Dennis Stosberg
Nic Ferrier wrote: > Does anyone know what I have to do to get a skas host kernel? Why not take the patch directly from its origin? http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade/patches/skas3-2.6/ Regards, Dennis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: UML skas patches for "linux" kernel packages

2006-01-30 Thread Nic Ferrier
Tim Ruehsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi Nic, > > do you *really* need SKAS? UML works without SKAS, but I heard it should be > somewhat slower without it. I have 2 UML envs running on my SID desktop (an > old SID and a very old SuSE system). They are pretty well used by my > collegues as d

Re: UML skas patches for "linux" kernel packages

2006-01-30 Thread Tim Ruehsen
.12 kernel installed from the debian source package: > >linux-source-2.6.12 > > I have the package: > >linux-patch-debian-2.6.12 > > installed as well. > > But I don't seem to have the skas patches. > > > There is the package: > &g

UML skas patches for "linux" kernel packages

2006-01-30 Thread Nic Ferrier
as patches. There is the package: kernel-patch-skas But this seems to apply to the old kernel-*** packages and not the new linux-*** ones. Does anyone know what I have to do to get a skas host kernel? Nic Ferrier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &q

where to find kernel packages for i386

2005-12-03 Thread David Koski
I am looking for 2.6.12 for i386. apt-get does not show anything available and google finds it for other platforms. Where can it be found? I don't want the generic and I don't want to have to "make menuconfig" but am looking for a standard config file. Regards, David Koski [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: About Debian patch kernel packages.

2005-07-03 Thread Mark Fletcher
On Sunday 03 July 2005 05:13, Jansen Carlo Sena wrote: > Hi friends, > > I need to apply the grsecurity patch and compile a > new kernel for a server. In this server, I am using a > kernel image from the 2.6.8 version. Then, I > downloaded both the kernel-source-2.6.8 package and > the kernel-patch

About Debian patch kernel packages.

2005-07-02 Thread Jansen Carlo Sena
Hi friends, I need to apply the grsecurity patch and compile a new kernel for a server. In this server, I am using a kernel image from the 2.6.8 version. Then, I downloaded both the kernel-source-2.6.8 package and the kernel-patch-grsecurity2. But I am not able to apply the kernel patch beca

Re: Problem after removing old kernel packages

2005-05-18 Thread Alexander Toresson
starmoon wrote: > Alexander Toresson wrote: > > I removed the older kernel-image-* packages I had today, and kept only > > 2.6.8-2-686. > > However, when I restarted, it seems like there's a big problem related > > to the modules. > > The sound card module (cs4232) ain't loaded, and if I try to mod

Re: Problem after removing old kernel packages

2005-05-18 Thread starmoon
Alexander Toresson wrote: I removed the older kernel-image-* packages I had today, and kept only 2.6.8-2-686. However, when I restarted, it seems like there's a big problem related to the modules. The sound card module (cs4232) ain't loaded, and if I try to modprobe it, I get an error saying it's

Problem after removing old kernel packages

2005-05-18 Thread Alexander Toresson
I removed the older kernel-image-* packages I had today, and kept only 2.6.8-2-686. However, when I restarted, it seems like there's a big problem related to the modules. The sound card module (cs4232) ain't loaded, and if I try to modprobe it, I get an error saying it's not found. The same is true

Stable kernel packages to fix the most-recent problem?

2004-07-13 Thread Mac Mason
I'm curious if anyone knows if kernel packages for stable have been released that address the issue described here: http://linuxreviews.org/news/2004/06/11_kernel_crash/ I would have thought that Debian would have released an update by now, but my perusal of http://www.debian.org/security

Re: Kernel packages

2004-05-19 Thread Roberto Sanchez
Dan Korostelev wrote: Hello. I have a tarball linux-2.6.6.tar.bz2. Can I build the kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7 package _exactly_ like in Debian repositories? I don't want to download kernel-image package on my modem, but I download updates for vanilla kernels (patches for example from 2.6.5 to 2.6.6).

Kernel packages

2004-05-19 Thread Dan Korostelev
Hello. I have a tarball linux-2.6.6.tar.bz2. Can I build the kernel-image-2.6.6-1-k7 package _exactly_ like in Debian repositories? I don't want to download kernel-image package on my modem, but I download updates for vanilla kernels (patches for example from 2.6.5 to 2.6.6). Please CC me. --

Re: patches applied to debian kernel packages

2004-03-01 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello Ross! On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 10:28:40AM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > > > For 2.4.2[1245] and 2.6.3 they are on the mirrors, see > > > apt-cache search kernel-patch-debian ^^^ > The patches applied to the Debianized sources in kernel-source-xxx are > NO

Re: patches applied to debian kernel packages

2004-03-01 Thread Ross Boylan
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 07:22:08PM +0300, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > > > Hello Nikita! > > > > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 06:42:28PM +0300, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > > > kernel-image-* packages available in Debian archive have a number of > > > patches applied (listed in README.Debian). > >

Re: patches applied to debian kernel packages

2004-03-01 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
> Hello Nikita! > > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 06:42:28PM +0300, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > > kernel-image-* packages available in Debian archive have a number of > > patches applied (listed in README.Debian). > > Are individual patches listed there available in ready-to-download > > from from an

Re: patches applied to debian kernel packages

2004-03-01 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello Nikita! On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 06:42:28PM +0300, Nikita V. Youshchenko wrote: > kernel-image-* packages available in Debian archive have a number of > patches applied (listed in README.Debian). > Are individual patches listed there available in ready-to-download from > from anywhere? For

patches applied to debian kernel packages

2004-03-01 Thread Nikita V. Youshchenko
Hello. kernel-image-* packages available in Debian archive have a number of patches applied (listed in README.Debian). Are individual patches listed there available in ready-to-download from from anywhere? Please CC replies to my e-mail, I'm currently not on the list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: installing new kernel packages

2004-01-09 Thread John L. Fjellstad
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I usually boot into my backup image, dpkg -r the kernel-package, and then dpkg-i the new kernel-package. This for the same version. For different version of the kernel (where the /lib/modules directory is not shared), I just skip the first and second

Re: installing new kernel packages

2004-01-07 Thread Paul E Condon
/lib/modules of the kernel I'm > replacing and then install the new package before booting back into the > kernel of the new package. I'm questioning whether this is really > necessary. I know that with Red Hat, new kernel packages are simply > installed, no questions asked

installing new kernel packages

2004-01-07 Thread Paul Yeatman
and then install the new package before booting back into the kernel of the new package. I'm questioning whether this is really necessary. I know that with Red Hat, new kernel packages are simply installed, no questions asked (if they are not on the "packages to skip" list).

Re: apt, dpkg and kernel packages - SOLVED

2003-12-19 Thread Colin Martin
Hi there, I'd just like to say that thanks to the helpful and speedy replies to my question, I have sucessfully upgraded the kernel on all my Debian machines. Another victory for moving away from the Red Hat RPM system. (Yes, I am a recent adopter of Debian) Thanks again. Colin > On Fri, Dec

Re: apt, dpkg and kernel packages

2003-12-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 08:25:55AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone explain how it is that my machine even boots when according > the package manager, there is no kernel image installed? It's a long-standing buglet in boot-floppies that it just plonks the kernel into place without ins

Re: apt, dpkg and kernel packages

2003-12-19 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello [EMAIL PROTECTED] (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am looking to upgrade the kernel on my machine to deal with the > vulnerability that knocked over the main Debian servers. From what I > understand, a kernel upgrade is something that isn't done > automatically by apt. > > Can someone expl

apt, dpkg and kernel packages

2003-12-19 Thread colin
Hi there, I've been reading this list for a little while, and it seems to be the most appropriate forum for my question. I apologise if it has been asked before, however I can't seem to get my head around the way in which this is supposed to work. I have looked around using Google, but to be hones

Re: Anybody using 2.6 kernel packages?

2003-10-16 Thread Andre Kalus
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:40:34 -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > Is anyone using the 2.6.0-test* kernel packages -- successfully? I I do not use the debian packages but compile the source from kernel.org since test1. > installed the -test4 image to play around, and I immediately noticed

Anybody using 2.6 kernel packages?

2003-10-15 Thread Kirk Strauser
Is anyone using the 2.6.0-test* kernel packages -- successfully? I installed the -test4 image to play around, and I immediately noticed three things: 1) I can't log in to a KDE session using KDM. 2) My motherboard's Promise IDE controller is detected, but neither of the drives

Re: Do all debian kernel packages require an initrd?

2003-09-08 Thread mess-mate
ystem). During the installation phase, I was given a warning | > that this image requires an initial ramdisk - which I am not using, as | > far as I am aware, with the stock 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel that originally | > came with woody (now sarge). | > | > Are all debian kernel packages creat

Re: Do all debian kernel packages require an initrd?

2003-09-08 Thread Andreas Janssen
re, with the stock 2.4.18-bf2.4 kernel that originally > came with woody (now sarge). > > Are all debian kernel packages created with initrd? If so, is justing > proceeding with the install sufficient, or is there some special way > to modify my menu.lst for grub to handle this (the

Re: Do all debian kernel packages require an initrd?

2003-09-07 Thread Darryl Barlow
The Debian kernel images are compiled to use initrd. Your new kernel will not work unless you have installed the appropriate packages. From memory I think apt-get initrd-tools will do the trick, but don't hold me to this. If you really don't want to use initrd you will so far as I know need to

Do all debian kernel packages require an initrd?

2003-09-07 Thread Neal Lippman
sarge). Are all debian kernel packages created with initrd? If so, is justing proceeding with the install sufficient, or is there some special way to modify my menu.lst for grub to handle this (the install gives instructions for lilo, but I don't use lilo). Thanks. nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: Question about "New kernel packages fix several vulnerabilities"

2003-06-08 Thread David Dumortier
Hello Le Sun Jun 08 2003 à 10:17:05PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ecrivit : [cut] > I'm not clear about this: > > > For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems are fixed in the > > 2.4.20 series kernels based on Debian sources. > > Does that mean only the 2.4.20 *debian* kernel sources are

Question about "New kernel packages fix several vulnerabilities"

2003-06-08 Thread moseley
A question about: > - -- > Debian Security Advisory DSA 311-1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman > June 8th, 2003 http://

Problem with kernel-pcmcia-modules and/or kernel packages?

2002-10-07 Thread John Seebach
Greetings, I was just going to report this one as a bug, but I'm not sure which package is in fact causing the problem. I found a few older postings by people who'd had similar problems, but it seemed that the maintainers of each package blamed the maintainers of the *other* package, so I tho

Re: Replacing kernel packages via apt + APT::Default-Release

2002-06-24 Thread Patrick Ohly
Hi, I found out why my custom packages were ignored. I had the same problem with the new XFree86 4.2 packages, so I started to wonder about my apt config in general. All I had in /etc/apt/source.list was: APT::Default-Release "testing"; In contrast to what I was expecting this meant that "unc

Re: Replacing kernel packages via apt

2002-06-21 Thread Patrick Ohly
On Thu, 2002-06-20 at 21:38, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 12:24:51PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > | On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 12:58:21PM +0200, Patrick Ohly wrote: > | > | | I have built a patched kernel 2.4.18 with make-kpkg > | > | | I used epochs, > | > | Unne

Re: Replacing kernel packages via apt

2002-06-21 Thread Patrick Ohly
n a repository that > apt can query. I did that: > I generated a Package.gz and changed the sources.list so that > apt-get correctly finds my kernel-image-2.4.18 with revision > pallas.2.1. I believe I did this correctly, because I can do an "apt-get --reinstall install" o

Re: Replacing kernel packages via apt

2002-06-20 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 12:24:51PM -0500, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: | On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 12:58:21PM +0200, Patrick Ohly wrote: | | | I have built a patched kernel 2.4.18 with make-kpkg | | | I used epochs, | | Unnecessary. Just make the version different (eg "custom.3"). I should also

Re: Replacing kernel packages via apt

2002-06-20 Thread Derrick 'dman' Hudson
On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 12:58:21PM +0200, Patrick Ohly wrote: | I have built a patched kernel 2.4.18 with make-kpkg | I used epochs, Unnecessary. Just make the version different (eg "custom.3"). | "apt-get install kernel-headers-2.4.18" insists that the installed | 2.4.18-5 is the most recent

Replacing kernel packages via apt

2002-06-20 Thread Patrick Ohly
Hi, I have built a patched kernel 2.4.18 with make-kpkg --initrd --revision=3:pallas.2.1 kernel_image kernel_headers kernel_doc I generated a Package.gz and changed the sources.list so that apt-get correctly finds my kernel-image-2.4.18 with revision pallas.2.1. I used epochs, just to be sure, b

Re: What are the "bf" varient kernel packages?

2002-04-09 Thread ktb
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 01:19:04PM -0400, Curtis Dean Smith wrote: > As above, what is the difference between the regular kernel packages and > "bf" varients in testing? > Read the "README.txt" - http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/disks-i386/curr

What are the "bf" varient kernel packages?

2002-04-09 Thread Curtis Dean Smith
As above, what is the difference between the regular kernel packages and "bf" varients in testing? Thanks! -- Curtis Dean Smith ¥v°ê¿³ Asst. Professor of Chinese Coordinator of East Asian Studies Dept. of Modern Langs & Lits Grand Valley State University Allendale,

Re: kernel packages

2001-12-10 Thread dman
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 07:57:39PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote: | I make my own kernel packages. | | I have one question. | | How do I remove the obsolete ones from the dselect tree? I think I just | did the dselect equivelant of dpkg -r kernel-image and it totally | messed up my lilo. In

kernel packages

2001-12-10 Thread Tom Allison
I make my own kernel packages. I have one question. How do I remove the obsolete ones from the dselect tree? I think I just did the dselect equivelant of dpkg -r kernel-image and it totally messed up my lilo. Is there a right & wrong way of doing this?

Re: debian kernel packages and modules

2001-10-15 Thread Ian Patrick Thomas
On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 01:47:29PM -0700, Charles Baker wrote: > Okay, here's my debian-newbie question for the week. > When installing a stock debian kernel package, how do > I get and install the modules that match that kernel > w/o killing off the modules that match my old kernel. > The particul

Re: debian kernel packages and modules

2001-10-14 Thread dman
On Sun, Oct 14, 2001 at 01:47:29PM -0700, Charles Baker wrote: | Okay, here's my debian-newbie question for the week. | When installing a stock debian kernel package, how do | I get and install the modules that match that kernel | w/o killing off the modules that match my old kernel. | The particul

debian kernel packages and modules

2001-10-14 Thread Charles Baker
Okay, here's my debian-newbie question for the week. When installing a stock debian kernel package, how do I get and install the modules that match that kernel w/o killing off the modules that match my old kernel. The particular kernels are 2.2.18pre21 and 2.4.6-6 . = - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hacki

kernel packages

2001-02-08 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi to all! I am running Debian 2.2.2r plus 2.2.17 kernel. I want to study about compiling kernels, so that, and following the Debian University document, I have to apt-get install the following packages: a) kernel-source-2.2.17 b) bin86 c) kernel-package d) task-c-dev e) libncurses5-dev f) tas

kernel packages

2001-01-28 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi! I am running Debian 2.2.2r plus 2.2.17 kernel. I want to study about compiling kernels, so that I have to apt-get install (from Debian University): a) kernel-source-2.2.17 b) bin86 c) kernel-package d) task-c-dev e) libncurses5-dev f) task-tcltk-dev while apt-get install a)-c) went fine, ap

Re: Creating kernel packages with make-kpkg

2000-10-19 Thread Klaus Reimer
Hallo, > I was told, just recently in debian-devel, that only the kernel needs > to be patched (and only the top-level Makefile). Apparently, the > patch applies cleanly to 2.2.17, not sure about 2.4.x Looks like that's right. The kernel modules are now installed in /lib/modules/2.2.17-adder

Re: Creating kernel packages with make-kpkg

2000-10-19 Thread Brian May
> "Klaus" == Klaus Reimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Klaus> Yes, that's exactly what I wanted to know. I have read in Klaus> that Flavour-patch-file that klogd needs to patched to. Is Klaus> the klogd in Debian 2.2 already patched? I was told, just recently in debian-devel, that

Re: Creating kernel packages with make-kpkg

2000-10-19 Thread Klaus Reimer
Hallo, > You shouldn't be using the --flavour option unless you > have patched the kernel using the patch supplied in > /usr/doc/kernel-package/Flavours.gz Ah, haven't known that. Thanks. > Klaus> the modules? And are these module packages compatible with > Klaus> all kernel 2.2.17

Re: Creating kernel packages with make-kpkg

2000-10-19 Thread Brian May
> "Klaus" == Klaus Reimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Klaus> make-kpkg --bzImage --flavour adder --revsion 2.2.17-1 Klaus> buildpackage [...] Klaus> Second problem: The kernel-image does install its modules Klaus> in /lib/modules/2.2.17. But if I compile the additional

Creating kernel packages with make-kpkg

2000-10-19 Thread Klaus Reimer
Hi, I have created some kernel packages with make-kpkg and now I want to build the alsa- and pcmcia-modules for these kernels. For example I have two different kernel packages: kernel-image-2.2.17-mamba - This is a standard kernel with no additional patches kernel-image-2.2.17-adder

Problems creating new kernel packages with make-kpkg

2000-10-17 Thread Klaus Reimer
Hi, I have some strange problems using make-kpkg. I'm trying to create debian packages for a heavily patched 2.2.17 kernel. I choosed "uni" as flavour and currently I am at revision "12". I create the packages with the command make-kpkg --bzImage --flavour uni --revision 12 buildpackage The

Re: removing old kernel packages

1999-04-27 Thread Shao Zhang
"Aaron M. Stromas" wrote: > Brian Servis wrote: > > > *- On 23 Apr, Aaron M. Stromas wrote about "removing old kernel packages" > > > > > > hi, > > > > > > i upgraded my kernel from 2.0.34 to 2.0.36. then, using dpkg -r, i went

Re: removing old kernel packages

1999-04-23 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Fri, Apr 23, 1999 at 06:19:05AM -0400, Aaron M. Stromas wrote: > i ran dpkg --purge kernel-source-2.0.34 and it looked it did. > > mortirolo:# dpkg --purge kernel-source-2.0.34 > (Reading database ... 28636 files and directories currently installed.) > Removing kernel-source-2.0.34 ... > Purg

Re: removing old kernel packages

1999-04-23 Thread Aaron M. Stromas
Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 23 Apr, Aaron M. Stromas wrote about "removing old kernel packages" > > > > hi, > > > > i upgraded my kernel from 2.0.34 to 2.0.36. then, using dpkg -r, i went > > to remove kernel-[image|source]-2.0.34 but it complained ab

Re: removing old kernel packages

1999-04-23 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 23 Apr, Aaron M. Stromas wrote about "removing old kernel packages" > > hi, > > i upgraded my kernel from 2.0.34 to 2.0.36. then, using dpkg -r, i went > to remove kernel-[image|source]-2.0.34 but it complained about > /lib/modules/2.0.34 and a number of dir

Re: removing old kernel packages

1999-04-23 Thread Aaron Stromas
dpkg --purge it is. thanks, -a Dpk wrote: > On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Aaron M. Stromas wrote: > > >hi, > >i upgraded my kernel from 2.0.34 to 2.0.36. then, using dpkg -r, i >went to remove kernel-[image|source]-2.0.34 but it complained about >/lib/modules/2.0.34 and a number of direct

Re: removing old kernel packages

1999-04-23 Thread Dpk
On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Aaron M. Stromas wrote: hi, i upgraded my kernel from 2.0.34 to 2.0.36. then, using dpkg -r, i went to remove kernel-[image|source]-2.0.34 but it complained about /lib/modules/2.0.34 and a number of directories under /usr/source/kernel-source-2.0.34 not

removing old kernel packages

1999-04-23 Thread Aaron M. Stromas
hi, i upgraded my kernel from 2.0.34 to 2.0.36. then, using dpkg -r, i went to remove kernel-[image|source]-2.0.34 but it complained about /lib/modules/2.0.34 and a number of directories under /usr/source/kernel-source-2.0.34 not being empty an didn't remove them. i'm tempted to remove those ma

Re: Kernel Packages

1997-09-03 Thread Will Lowe
On Wed, 3 Sep 1997, Nathan E Norman wrote: > Argh. I lost my copy of Manoj's very helpful HOWTO email regarding > using kernel-package ... has it been put on the web somewhere? Or would > someone be kind enough to email it to me? I would suggest hitting the Mailing List Archives at http://www.d

Re: Kernel Packages

1997-09-03 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Nathan" == Nathan E Norman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Nathan> Argh. I lost my copy of Manoj's very helpful HOWTO email Nathan> regarding using kernel-package ... has it been put on the web Nathan> somewhere? Or would someone be kind enough to email it to me? I think it should be

Kernel Packages

1997-09-03 Thread Nathan E Norman
Argh. I lost my copy of Manoj's very helpful HOWTO email regarding using kernel-package ... has it been put on the web somewhere? Or would someone be kind enough to email it to me? My apologies, when the cfni server went down I lost a lot of saved email. TIA -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South

Re: wrong name of kernel-packages?

1996-12-06 Thread Dale Scheetz
auses dselect to treat this as "available version 0" > > All the kernel packages are named like this. > I believe this is being done so that you can install more than one kernel source. Thus the "name" of the package is: kernel-source-2.0.23, and it is version 0 (as they

Re: wrong name of kernel-packages?

1996-12-05 Thread Bruce Perens
I have this problem in "frozen" too. The full name of the package is kernel-image-2.0.25, the version is 1.00 . The dselect screen is just wide enogh to show kernel-package without the 2.0.25, although you see the full name in the description. The name is that way so that you can install multiple k

wrong name of kernel-packages?

1996-12-05 Thread Dirk Luetjens
Hello, why are some packages named in this way, with the underscore behind the version number, kernel-source-2.0.23_0.deb ^ and not in the form kernel-source_2.0.23-0.deb ? This causes dselect to treat this as "available version 0" All the kernel packages are

re:need help with kernel packages :-(

1996-06-19 Thread todd \(t.\) harper
> # dpkg --install kernel-source-2.0.0-0.deb > Selecting previously deselected package kernel-source-2.0.0. > (Reading database ... 27285 files and directories currently > installed.) > Unpacking kernel-source-2.0.0 (from kernel-source-2.0.0-0.deb) ... > Setting up kernel-source-2.0.0 ... > dpkg (

need help with kernel packages :-(

1996-06-18 Thread Arup Mukherjee
Hi, I seem to be having a lot of trouble installing or removing the kernel image/header/source packages. dpkg fails, and then the packages get marked as needing reinstallation before they can be configured or removed. This happened with both the 1.99.7 and the 2.0.0 packages :-(

Re: Self-Built Kernel Packages

1996-06-02 Thread Kai Henningsen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brian C. White) wrote on 30.05.96 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> There is indeed a Debian-ized version of the kernel. The package is > > >> called kernel-image. > > > > You could also grab the raw source and use kernel-package > > package to generate your new image pack

Re: Self-Built Kernel Packages

1996-05-31 Thread Yves Arrouye
> > You could also grab the raw source and use kernel-package > > package to generate your new image package. This is the recommended > > method for generating custom kernel images. > > Could you point me to exactly where this is recommended? > > In any case, though, I have no des

Re: Self-Built Kernel Packages

1996-05-31 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, >>"Dale" == Dale Scheetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Dale> In the past these source/image packages clobbered the Dale> modules.dep file for the currently running kernel. I understand Dale> that they no longer do that, however, I have not been happy with Dale> the position taken by the package

Re: Self-Built Kernel Packages

1996-05-31 Thread Dale Scheetz
On Thu, 30 May 1996, Brian C. White wrote: > > >> There is indeed a Debian-ized version of the kernel. The package is > > >> called kernel-image. > > > > You could also grab the raw source and use kernel-package > > package to generate your new image package. This is the recommended > > m

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