I cann't upgrade my kernel

i am trying to upgrade kernel 2.6.8-1-686 to 2.6.16-1-686 (on my frieds pc) but failed.
It's a Intel celerone pc.

tanha:/home/tania# apt-get install linux-image-2.6.16-1-686
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
linux-image-2.6.16-1-686 is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 51 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up linux-image-2.6.16-1-686 (2.6.16-3) ...
Running depmod.
Finding valid ramdisk creators.
Using mkinitramfs-kpkg to build the ramdisk.
/usr/sbin/mkinitramfs-kpkg: line 55: supported_host_version: unbound variable
mkinitramfs-kpkg failed to create initrd image.
Failed to create initrd image.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.16-1-686 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 9
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.16-1-686
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
tanha:/home/tania#

If you're trying to upgrade Sagre with that kernel, it's not particularly suprising that it might fail.Sarge is solid as a rock, but not very receptive to packages coming in from other repositories. I think that maybe kernel 2.6.12 is in the Stable repos.

no, i am now on sid ( i made a dist-upgrade last night)


after that i am tring this kernel and failed.

Try upgrading yaird to the version from unstable. Then try reinstalling the kernel

Originally Posted by THEHERO Try upgrading yaird to the version from unstable. Then try reinstalling the kernel

Sorry don't understand.

you know i am now in sid or unstable.

Originally Posted by THEHERO Try upgrading yaird to the version from unstable. Then try reinstalling the kernel

I tryied this but not working . Same problem.

Btw, can any body please confirm that he make a sucessfull upgrade to linux-image-2.6.16-1-686 sucessfully.

i had the same problem with the k7-smp, it was weird apt-get actually tried to upgrade my existing one and not just install a new one, i see a bug

I had the same problem. When running sid I usually wait a week and the issue usually resolves itself when the bug is dealt with, and a newer version put in the repositories.

2.6.15 is in the repo's and should install with no problems, unless you need 2.6.16 for a specific issue. Or as h2gofast say's just wait a little for it to be added to the repo's.

The problem started for me when apt tried to upgrade nvidia-kernel-2.6-k7. Is it a bug in the kernel package or the mkinitramfs (which was also upgraded yesterday)? Is there a way to select an alternate initrd method?

Kent

I found a work-around for this problem. I installed yaird as was suggested but this didn't work when upgrading the kernel because the mkinitramfs-kpkg attempts to make the initrd, yaird sees the initrd in /boot and stops with the message that the initrd already exists. What I did was to 'chmod -x /usr/sbin/mkinitramfs-kpkg' making it unexecutable. I did the aptitude upgrade again and the kernel installed correctly.

Now my problem is that the nvidia drive won't load. In the immortal words of Roseanne Roseannadana, it's always something.

Kent