Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-25 Thread Tanstaafl
Hello, Googling didn't seem to reveal a definitive answer... I'm still very new to the debian world, so... anyway... I just updated my wheezy install from 7.5 to 7.7, but I'm surprised that I wasn't prompted to reboot, as the kernel image was updated: linux-headers-3.2.0-4-amd64 (3.2.57-3+de

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 25 oct 14, 09:07:56, Tanstaafl wrote: > > I just updated my wheezy install from 7.5 to 7.7, but I'm surprised that > I wasn't prompted to reboot, as the kernel image was updated: As of Jessie there is 'needrestart', which integrates with apt/dpkg. Other than that some of the DE package ma

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-25 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/25/2014 10:41 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Sb, 25 oct 14, 09:07:56, Tanstaafl wrote: >> >> I just updated my wheezy install from 7.5 to 7.7, but I'm surprised that >> I wasn't prompted to reboot, as the kernel image was updated: > > As of Jessie there is 'needrestart', which integrates wi

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-25 Thread Sven Hartge
Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/25/2014 10:41 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> On Sb, 25 oct 14, 09:07:56, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> I just updated my wheezy install from 7.5 to 7.7, but I'm surprised >>> that I wasn't prompted to reboot, as the kernel image was updated: >> >> As of Jessie there is 'needrestar

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-25 Thread Tanstaafl
On 10/25/2014 11:35 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: > Tanstaafl wrote: >> So apparently I need to reboot to be on the new kernel image... but, >> since I wasn't prompted, it apparently isn't important to do so right >> away? > >> Just trying to get my head around this. > You won't get a prompt ever. Deb

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-25 Thread Sven Hartge
Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/25/2014 11:35 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: >> You can install apt-listchanges to get an output of the most recent >> changelogs of a package and then decide for yourself if you need to >> reboot. >> >> Or you can install the needrestart package (from Jessie, should >> install

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-25 Thread Brian
On Sat 25 Oct 2014 at 12:24:52 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/25/2014 11:35 AM, Sven Hartge wrote: > > > You can install apt-listchanges to get an output of the most recent > > changelogs of a package and then decide for yourself if you need to > > reboot. > > > > Or you can install the needre

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-25 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Brian a écrit : > On Sat 25 Oct 2014 at 12:24:52 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > >> Is the system in some kind of fragile limbo that means I need to reboot >> asap? > > Nothing fragile. No limbo. The running kernel is (as I understand it) in > memory and still being used by the OS. The new kernel is wa

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-25 Thread Brian
On Sat 25 Oct 2014 at 22:46:43 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Brian a écrit : > > On Sat 25 Oct 2014 at 12:24:52 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > > > >> Is the system in some kind of fragile limbo that means I need to reboot > >> asap? > > > > Nothing fragile. No limbo. The running kernel is (as I und

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-26 Thread Håkon Alstadheim
On 26. okt. 2014 00:18, Brian wrote: On Sat 25 Oct 2014 at 22:46:43 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: I have seen at least two stable kernel updates which changed the ABI without changing the version in the kernel package name and resulted in some new modules not being compatible with the previou

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-26 Thread Joe
On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 13:13:24 +0100 Håkon Alstadheim wrote: > On 26. okt. 2014 00:18, Brian wrote: > > On Sat 25 Oct 2014 at 22:46:43 +0200, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > > > >> I have seen at least two stable kernel > >> updates which changed the ABI without changing the version in the > >> kernel p

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-26 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2014-10-26 13:46 +0100, Joe wrote: > On Sun, 26 Oct 2014 13:13:24 +0100 > Håkon Alstadheim wrote: >> >> The point is that loading kernel modules after a kernel update will >> not always work, so a reboot is in my experience advisable before >> you do any configuration changes involving modul

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-10-26 Thread Curt
On 2014-10-26, Joe wrote: > > There was a time when a kernel upgrade always triggered a message which > urged a reboot as soon as possible. I'm not sure when it stopped > happening, a quick Google suggests that it disappeared after lenny. > I get a message to reboot in squeeze after a kernel upgr

Re: Question re: updating debain stable kernels...

2014-11-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
Summary of all that: On Saturday 25 October 2014 17:24:52 Tanstaafl wrote: > Is the system in some kind of fragile limbo that means I need to reboot > asap? No. > Or is everything fine, but the next time I reboot, I'll automatically be > on the new kernel? Yes. But I reboot sooner rather than