Public bug reported:
Some security upgrades to the kernel came through recently via the icon
in the taskbar. It included
linux-image-2.6.24-26-generic
linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24-26-generic
linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24-26-generic
among others. I did /not/ get this package (linux-backports-
modules-2.6.24-26-generic) which was a big issue for me, because it
includes my wireless network driver (rtl8180), so I lost internet access
after rebooting once the security upgrade happened. I was able to
figure out quickly enough what happened and install the missing package
to fix the problem, but this could be a big problem for other users.
Prior to the upgrade, the module in linux-backports-
modules-2.6.24-25-generic was working fine.
I do have the linux-generic package installed, which I believe is the
meta package responsible for sorting all of this out.
$ uname -a
Linux slartibartfast 2.6.24-26-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 1 18:37:31 UTC 2009 i686
GNU/Linux
$ cat /proc/version_signature
Ubuntu 2.6.24-26.64-generic
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS
Release: 8.04
$ apt-cache policy linux-backports-modules-2.6.24-26-generic
linux-backports-modules-2.6.24-26-generic:
Installed: 2.6.24-26.34
Candidate: 2.6.24-26.34
Version table:
*** 2.6.24-26.34 0
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
$ apt-cache policy linux-generic
linux-generic:
Installed: 2.6.24.26.28
Candidate: 2.6.24.26.28
Version table:
*** 2.6.24.26.28 0
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com hardy-updates/restricted Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com hardy-security/restricted Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.6.24.16.18 0
500 http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/restricted Packages
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Dec 6 23:15:27 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux-backports-modules-2.6.24-26-generic 2.6.24-26.34
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: linux-backports-modules-2.6.24
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-26-generic i686
** Affects: linux-backports-modules-2.6.24 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: apport-bug
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fails to install on upgrade
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493445
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