On Thu, 11 Mar 2004, Nelson E. Castillo wrote: I Think you don't use the kernel-patch package unless you compile a Kernel yourself. The 2.4.18 version doesn't say much, since they append a trailing number to the package with each update. I think it's ok if you use the last binary (precompiled) version and you are running stable. Run: dpkg -l | grep kernel-image
I think you were right, Nelson, because the security notice said that it was the patch specifically that needed the upgrade, if I'm interpreting things correctly. I never did compile my own kernel - I just used the binary version in stable. That would explain why nothing was downloaded by apt-get upgrade. At the same time, for some reason the dpkg list did *not* contain any record of my kernel, which was bothering me. I couldn't grep image or kernel or anything else. Not knowing any way to update that list, I just installed the latest version of 2.4.18 and the kernel headers at the same time using dpkg. Since I didn't fully know what I was doing, it was a risk - but the dpkg thing was driving me crazy. So far, so good - everything is up and running. And the kernel image and headers are both listed in dpkg now. Thank you very much for all your help! Sincerely, Barry __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
