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  Latest kernel update for Wheezy not compatible Paul Zimmerman <aiwanar@yahoo.com> - 2018-01-10 01:10 +0100
    Re: Latest kernel update for Wheezy not compatible Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> - 2018-01-10 01:40 +0100
    Re: Latest kernel update for Wheezy not compatible Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2018-01-10 08:00 +0100

#190866 — Latest kernel update for Wheezy not compatible

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After running "aptitude update" and "aptitude safe-upgrade" on my Wheezy boxes, I find I have TWO kernels installed. One of them, the new patch for this "Meltdown" problem, does not boot. It hangs. Fortunately, they were smart enough to keep the old kernel and that still boots normally.
Why would it be incompatible? Could there be missing dependencies? Or could it be that the CPU is very old? (Intel E8600 -- yes, from 2009, but at least it's a 'hybrid' motherboard that takes DDR3 memory :)
Since Wheezy loses even long-term support in May, I guess they won't put much effort into fixing this. But I like my old Linux boxes. I hope there will be a kernel that they can run?

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#190867

Hi,

On Tue, 9 Jan 2018 23:43:23 +0000 (UTC)
Paul Zimmerman <aiwanar@yahoo.com> wrote:

> After running "aptitude update" and "aptitude safe-upgrade" on my
> Wheezy boxes, I find I have TWO kernels installed. One of them, the new
> patch for this "Meltdown" problem, does not boot. It hangs.
> Fortunately, they were smart enough to keep the old kernel and that
> still boots normally. Why would it be incompatible? Could there be
> missing dependencies? Or could it be that the CPU is very old? (Intel
> E8600 -- yes, from 2009, but at least it's a 'hybrid' motherboard that
> takes DDR3 memory :) Since Wheezy loses even long-term support in May,
> I guess they won't put much effort into fixing this. But I like my old
> Linux boxes. I hope there will be a kernel that they can run?

there was a thread here recently about a similar sounding problem, see:

https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/01/msg00242.html

Not sure (of course) if this referred to the same problem as yours, and I
don't remember if this thread lead anywhere, but it might be a starting
point for you to investigate...

Best regards (and good luck!)

Michael


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Paul Zimmerman composed on 2018-01-09 23:43 (UTC):

> After running "aptitude update" and "aptitude safe-upgrade" on my Wheezy
> boxes, I find I have TWO kernels installed. One of them, the new patch for
> this "Meltdown" problem, does not boot. It hangs. Fortunately, they were
> smart enough to keep the old kernel and that still boots normally. Why would
> it be incompatible? Could there be missing dependencies? Or could it be that
> the CPU is very old? (Intel E8600 -- yes, from 2009, but at least it's a
> 'hybrid' motherboard that takes DDR3 memory :) Since Wheezy loses even
> long-term support in May, I guess they won't put much effort into fixing
> this. But I like my old Linux boxes. I hope there will be a kernel that they
> can run?

There's no reason to blame the age of your PC. 4 or 5 of of my newer PCs have
E8400 CPUs. I quit using Wheezy a long time ago, and mostly quit Jessie too. I
have multiple installations on PCs 4 or more years older than an E8600 running
fine on Stretch. The Stretch update I just did minutes ago was on a 32-bit PC
with DDR400 RAM, probably 6+ years older than yours.
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