Re: Kernel upgraded two or three times since install

2011-10-25 Thread Bob Proulx
Darac Marjal wrote: > I'm not sure when the functionality was added (disclaimer: I run Sid, > but have had this for quite a while now), but there is now a > distribution-lead way of telling the user when a reboot is required. > When a package such as linux-base is updated, the postinstall script >

Re: Kernel upgraded two or three times since install

2011-10-25 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 12:46:13PM -0500, John Vestrum wrote: > On 08/10/11 12:36, Mark Panen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I noticed my kernel has been upgraded two or three times but i am still > > sitting on the original: > > > > "uname -r > > 2.6.32-5-amd64" > > > > Sorry for the belated reply, bu

Re: Kernel upgraded two or three times since install

2011-10-24 Thread Bob Proulx
John Vestrum wrote: > Mark Panen wrote: > > I noticed my kernel has been upgraded two or three times but i am still > > sitting on the original: > > ... The typical advice to use dpkg/apt-query/aptitude only tells > half the story - those tools only know which kernel is installed, > not what is r

Re: Kernel upgraded two or three times since install

2011-10-24 Thread John Vestrum
On 08/10/11 12:36, Mark Panen wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed my kernel has been upgraded two or three times but i am still > sitting on the original: > > "uname -r > 2.6.32-5-amd64" > Sorry for the belated reply, but having recently switched from another distro this bothered me as well. The typica

Re: Kernel upgraded two or three times since install

2011-10-08 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:36:24 -0400 (EDT), Mark Panen wrote: > > I noticed my kernel has been upgraded two or three times but i am still > sitting on the original: > > "uname -r > 2.6.32-5-amd64" > > AFAIK > > Is this right? Yes. One needs to distinguish the kernel version from the package ve

Re: Kernel upgraded two or three times since install

2011-10-08 Thread Camaleón
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:36:24 +0200, Mark Panen wrote: > I noticed my kernel has been upgraded two or three times but i am still > sitting on the original: > > "uname -r > 2.6.32-5-amd64" > > AFAIK > > Is this right? Yes, debian stable kernel only gets security fixes updates so AFAIK, the bra

Re: Kernel upgraded two or three times since install

2011-10-08 Thread owl...@gmail.com
Il giorno 08/ott/2011 04.17, "Scott Ferguson" < prettyfly.producti...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > > On 08/10/11 12:36, Mark Panen wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I noticed my kernel has been upgraded two or three times but i am still > > sitting on the original: > > > > "uname -r > > 2.6.32-5-amd64" > > > > AF

Re: Kernel upgraded two or three times since install

2011-10-07 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/10/11 12:36, Mark Panen wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed my kernel has been upgraded two or three times but i am still > sitting on the original: > > "uname -r > 2.6.32-5-amd64" > > AFAIK > > Is this right? linux-headers are kernel updates right? > http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=l

Kernel upgraded two or three times since install

2011-10-07 Thread Mark Panen
Hi, I noticed my kernel has been upgraded two or three times but i am still sitting on the original: "uname -r 2.6.32-5-amd64" AFAIK Is this right? linux-headers are kernel updates right? -- Cheers Mark Debian Squeeze 6.0.2 amd64, KDE 4.4.5 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@