Re: [bitfolk] Kernel upgrade (Debian 10.2)

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Author: Andy Smith
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Hi Martijn,

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 05:49:12PM +0200, Martijn Grooten wrote:
> > $ dpkg -l | grep linux-image
>
> ii  linux-image-2.6-686-bigmem         2.6.32+29
>  i386         Linux 2.6 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package)
> rc  linux-image-2.6.32-3-686-bigmem    2.6.32-9
>  i386         Linux 2.6.32 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM
> ii  linux-image-2.6.32-5-686-bigmem    2.6.32-48squeeze19
>  i386         Linux 2.6.32 for PCs with 4GB+ RAM
> ii  linux-image-686-bigmem             2.6.32+29
>  i386         Linux for PCs with 4GB+ RAM (meta-package)


You only have the kernel from Debian squeeze installed.

I don't know how it would be possible to upgrade through so many
major releases without ever installing or using a newer kernel. It
makes me wonder if the server is truly running Debian buster.

In your /etc/apt/sources you list the release as "stable". Normally
best practice is to use the release name there (e.g. "squeeze",
"buster") so that the release doesn't change when a new stable
release is made.

I am hesitant to advise simply trying to install the ekrnel package
for Debian stable ("linux-image-686-pae") because it isn't clear to
em that you actually are running Debian stable.

Have you actually done an upgrade through each successive release
(squeeze, wheezy, jessie, stretch, buster) or did you just change
/etc/apt/sources.list to not say "squeeze" and instead say "stable"?

What is the output of:

$ cat /etc/debian_version

Also if you could do this:

$ dpkg -l > package_list.txt

and attach that to the email? That will tell us exactly what package
versions you have.

Cheers,
Andy

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