On 05/06/12 15:56 -0000, NS Srikanth said ... > > other applications , but when I give "uname -a" , I still find the > kernel as 2.6.8-1.
It is possible that the kernel was upgraded from 2.6.8-1, version X to version Y. uname doesn't show the debian package version number', you should be able to find that using dpkg -l <package-name>. > Will apt-get update not update the kernel also automagically? Or do I apt did the right thing here, it did not update kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386 package because there were no updates to *that* package. Note that what you did was different from upgrading to a new kernel version, say 2.6.9, that would be a different package. > have to do it in the old fashioned way by compiling and installing? No. You will have to apt-get install a later kernel-image package, and perhaps what you want is kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386 (or 686). Just do an apt-cache search kernel-image-2.6 and install the package that you want. Giridhar -- Y Giridhar Appaji Nag | http://www.appaji.net/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: NEC IT Guy Games. How far can you shotput a projector? How fast can you ride your desk chair down the office luge track? If you want to score the big prize, get to know the little guy. Play to win an NEC 61" plasma display: http://www.necitguy.com/?r=20 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
