Eric P wrote: >>>An upgrade (under Etch) doesn't want to finish. I clicked 'Mark All >>>Upgrades' in Synaptic, but it keeps failing on udev. >>> >>>It says: >>>udev requires a kernel >= 2.6.12, upgrade aborted. >>> >>>However, the newest kernel I show in Synaptic is only 2.6.8. >> >> >>Look for "linux-image-*" instead of "kernel-image-*", those packages >>have been renamed recently to make way for the use of kernels other >>than linux (freebsd and hurd come to mind). >> > > Ah... I see it. Ok, I've installed linux-image-2.6.12-1-386 by itself. > I did try selecting this package w/all the 'Mark for Upgrade' stuff, > but I got same error as before. > > However, now I get: > Preparing to replace udev 0.056-3 (using > .../archives/udev_0.068-2_i386.deb) ...udev requires a kernel >= 2.6.12, > upgrade aborted. > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.068-2_i386.deb > (--unpack): subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/udev_0.068-2_i386.deb > > Since it's still not finding the new kernel, do I just need to reboot? > And should I remove the older kernel package before doing so? Will Grub > be automatically configured to point to the new image?
Nevermind. Got it. Found that grub's menu.1st had already been updated. Rebooted. Had to fiddle around a bit to get Xorg installed/configured, but I'm back in the saddle again. Thanks for your help, Florian! Eric P. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]