I did a clean Mint v6 installation about a week ago (finally getting rid of XP..... YAY!) and everything is going perfectly!
However, I just realized that during one of the updates, a new kernel was downloaded but it isn't in use. In /boot, I can see both 2.6.27-7 and 2.6.27-9.
My Grub menu only has an entry for 2.6.27-7. Is there a reason why the menu wasn't updated to include 2.6.27-9?
....and would it hurt anything to manually add it?
Thanks!
El
Kernel version after upgrade?
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Kernel version after upgrade?
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Re: Kernel version after upgrade?
The new kernel may simply not have been installed correctlyIs there a reason why the menu wasn't updated to include 2.6.27-9?
When a new kernel is installed you should always get a new option in grub
To copy the present line in menu.lst and change -7 to -9 is perfectly OK
Of course you need the other lines surrounding it too
Re: Kernel version after upgrade?
OK,I made those changes and so far, so good.
Any idea why the changes didn't happen automagically?
El
Any idea why the changes didn't happen automagically?
El
Re: Kernel version after upgrade?
Mostly nothingmschilling wrote:What is the difference one can expect using the two different kernels?
It's some new hardware added or ... or...
In the Mint Newsletter there's a link to news about the kernel and you can find out exactly what it is
The 2.6.28 has major improvements, but that will have to wait until Gloria (Mint 7)
Re: Kernel version after upgrade?
Husse,
FYI, I just updated to 2.6.27-11....and had to manually change the Grub menu again.
Any idea my Grub menu doesn't update automatically with the update?
Thanks!
El
FYI, I just updated to 2.6.27-11....and had to manually change the Grub menu again.
Any idea my Grub menu doesn't update automatically with the update?
Thanks!
El
Re: Kernel version after upgrade?
I think it is because of the version of grub we are using.
Re: Kernel version after upgrade?
Since my OEM manufacturer (ASUS) sucks the big one, and refuses to correct our BIOS issues, I still need to recompile the kernel with every Mint release/update in order to get my system to use more than 2GB of DRAM AND VRAM. This time around, I downloaded the latest linux-image and linux-headers for kernel 2.6.27-11-generic. Everything went well and patched successfully; however, for some reason, Felicia x64 wants to build the updated deb packages as 2.6.27-12* versions. This would be fine; however there are currently no header packages available for the 2.6.27-12-generic kernel yet, and therefore the created package will not install, and the whole process is broken without the headers. Does anyone know how I can prevent Felicia from creating newer packages from the sources and image I provided (2.6.27-11-generic). Please let me know. Here is the command I'm currently using to build my deb packages after I patch the kernel.
sudo CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=2 fakeroot debian/rules flavours=generic
sudo CONCURRENCY_LEVEL=2 fakeroot debian/rules flavours=generic
Re: Kernel version after upgrade?
@ mcurran
Sounds strange - but there must be a reason for it
Anything stating -12 somewhere?
Something that adds 1 to -11?
Ever had the problem before?
Sounds strange - but there must be a reason for it
Anything stating -12 somewhere?
Something that adds 1 to -11?
Ever had the problem before?