>>>>> "Giri" == Y Giridhar Appaji Nag <Y> writes:
Giri> On 05/06/12 15:56 -0000, NS Srikanth said ...
>> other applications , but when I give "uname -a" , I still find
>> the kernel as 2.6.8-1.
Giri> It is possible that the kernel was upgraded from 2.6.8-1,
Giri> version X to version Y. uname doesn't show the debian
Giri> package version number', you should be able to find that
Giri> using dpkg -l <package-name>.
>> Will apt-get update not update the kernel also automagically?
>> Or do I
Giri> apt did the right thing here, it did not update
Giri> kernel-image-2.6.8-1-386 package because there were no
Giri> updates to *that* package. Note that what you did was
Giri> different from upgrading to a new kernel version, say 2.6.9,
Giri> that would be a different package.
>> have to do it in the old fashioned way by compiling and
>> installing?
Giri> No. You will have to apt-get install a later kernel-image
Giri> package, and perhaps what you want is
Giri> kernel-image-2.6.8-2-386 (or 686). Just do an apt-cache
Giri> search kernel-image-2.6 and install the package that you
Giri> want.
... or just try rebooting and see which kernel you have now.
-- Raju
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