On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 03:26:16AM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > What command did you use? Was it > > sudo dpkg -i linux-image-amd64_6.1.55-1_amd64.deb
Yes. On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 03:32:55AM +0100, Stella Ashburne wrote: > As of writing this reply, there's a new point release, 12.4.0 > > What if I don't reinstall the kernel's metapackage as soon as there's a new > point release? Or if I forget to reinstall it? Well, the question is what you want. If you want to use the new point release, then you can simply do "apt update", "apt install linux-image-amd64" and "apt upgrade" or whatever you would normally do. That would get you back to normal, on the new point release. If you want to stick with the 6.1.0-13 kernel for a little while, but use the point release for the other packages, then you can leave the linux-image-amd64 package removed for now. Whenever you're ready to try the new kernel, install linux-image-amd64 at that time. If you want to stick with 6.1.0-13, but use the point release for other stuff, but you're afraid you'll forget to reinstall linux-image-amd64, then you could install the old version of it (as I did), but DO NOT use "apt upgrade", as that pulls in new packages. Use "apt-get upgrade" instead, and you won't get any new packages, including kernels with new ABI version numbers. Or use other solutions, for other desired outcomes.