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  debian stable kernel not updating on one machine "D. R. Evans" <doc.evans@gmail.com> - 2021-02-03 00:20 +0100
    Re: debian stable kernel not updating on one machine Jeremy Andrews <thejeremy.net@gmail.com> - 2021-02-03 00:40 +0100
    Re: debian stable kernel not updating on one machine Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2021-02-03 02:40 +0100
      Re: debian stable kernel not updating on one machine "D. R. Evans" <doc.evans@gmail.com> - 2021-02-03 16:10 +0100

#231355 — debian stable kernel not updating on one machine

I went to update one of my machines running debian stable today, using (as 
usual) synaptic [which I think is basically a wrapper for various apt 
functions]. The machine is running:

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[Z:~] uname -a
Linux zserver 4.19.0-13-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.160-2 (2020-11-28) x86_64 
GNU/Linux
[Z:~]

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But I see that synaptic lists 4.19.0-14-amd64 as being available in the 
repository; and, indeed, on another machine I updated earlier in the day the 
kernel was updated from -13 to -14.

How might I be able to diagnose why the files relating to the -14 kernel are 
not selected when I hit synaptic's "Mark All Upgrades" button?

   Doc

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Possibly a dependency conflict of some kind. Maybe try updating from the
terminal to see if it works or at least gives a useful error message
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade && sudo apt full-upgrade

You could also check the contents of the /boot directory to see if the
kernel is actually there. If the kernel is there on the drive but not being
used to boot, then you could try running "sudo update-grub" and then
rebooting.

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 at 18:14, D. R. Evans <doc.evans@gmail.com> wrote:

> I went to update one of my machines running debian stable today, using (as
> usual) synaptic [which I think is basically a wrapper for various apt
> functions]. The machine is running:
>
> ----
>
> [Z:~] uname -a
> Linux zserver 4.19.0-13-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.160-2 (2020-11-28) x86_64
> GNU/Linux
> [Z:~]
>
> ----
>
> But I see that synaptic lists 4.19.0-14-amd64 as being available in the
> repository; and, indeed, on another machine I updated earlier in the day
> the
> kernel was updated from -13 to -14.
>
> How might I be able to diagnose why the files relating to the -14 kernel
> are
> not selected when I hit synaptic's "Mark All Upgrades" button?
>
>    Doc
>
> --
> Web:  http://enginehousebooks.com/drevans
>
>

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#231362

Hi,

On Tue, Feb 02, 2021 at 04:13:36PM -0700, D. R. Evans wrote:
> I see that synaptic lists 4.19.0-14-amd64 as being available in
> the repository; and, indeed, on another machine I updated earlier
> in the day the kernel was updated from -13 to -14.
> 
> How might I be able to diagnose why the files relating to the -14 kernel are
> not selected when I hit synaptic's "Mark All Upgrades" button?

I don't know about synaptic as I don't use it. What does:

$ dpkg -l | grep linux-image

say?

Perhaps you do not have the virtual package "linux-image-amd64" for
some reason. That package depends upon the latest actual kernel
package, so causes you to see upgrades.

Cheers,
Andy

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#231375

Andy Smith wrote on 2/2/21 6:33 PM:
>
> 
> Perhaps you do not have the virtual package "linux-image-amd64" for
> some reason. That package depends upon the latest actual kernel
> package, so causes you to see upgrades.
> 

That's it. Somehow both linux-image-amd64 and the linux-headers-amd64 were no 
longer installed on that machine. Thank you.

   Doc

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