Re: Trouble with Ubuntu updates

I haven't used dapper/breezy/etc.. for a while, and have been using
edgy so my answer may not be that accurate. I do know that
linux-server is the metapackage installed when you use the ubuntu
server install iso.

Ok, edgy has several metapackages for one kernel. linux-image-686 and
k7 point to linux-image-generic. You should use apt-cache show
linux-server on your system and find out what kernel its installing.
Then do an apt-cache show on that package and see if its just a
metapackage for your existing kernel.

Tootles.

On 2/10/07, Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> wrote:
> I'll have to look into your suggestions. At home I use apt-cacher which
> speeds things up a bit but may not work if the Ubuntu servers aren't
> working.
>
> I have a new problem. Maybe you or someone else can figure this out.
>
> 1. I updated my server at home.
> 1. apt-get update
> 2. apt-get upgrade
> 2. One of the packages that got install was "linux-server"
> 1. According to /var/log/dpkg.log it installed a new kernel
> 1. 2007-02-10 11:36:43 status installed linux-server
> 2.6.15.26
> 3. I can't find this kernel on the system.
> 1. I checked /boot and it's not there
> 2. I did "updatdb" and "locate 2.6.15.26" and locate
> "linux-server" without any luck
>
> I'm still searching for this new kernel but I don't think I'll find it.
> Either I'm doing something wrong or this didn't get installed. I'm
> thinking I need to build a test Ubuntu server and do an update on it.
> That would tell me weather or not "linux-server" is installed and maybe
> I can actually find this new kernel.
>
> Oh, the Ubuntu updates look like there working. However, I didn't find
> any information on the broken kernel update or what ever that guy was
> talking about. I wonder if that's why I can't find this new 2.6.15.26
> kernel.
>
>
> Shane Spencer wrote:status
> > I recommend the package cron-apt for clients servers, its redily
> > available in all debian/ubuntu releases. Its true the ubuntu servers
> > have been slow recently esp. from Alaska.
> >
> > cron-apt by default is configured for daily downloads of all
> > upgradable packages on apt based systems that support dist-upgrade and
> > upgrade. This is handy when you want to maintain an up to date
> > package cache on client machines so you aren't sitting on your thumb
> > waiting for downloads. It logs and has email notification support for
> > falure reports.
> >
> > Debian or Ubuntu feeds of choice will never stay 100% online. Infact
> > it wavers quite a bit recently, you were probably helping a client at
> > the same time I couldn't access us.archive.ubuntu.com, but it cleared
> > up pretty quickly if I remember correctly.
> >
> > Another nifty gem is to maintain an updated cache on a usb flash
> > drive, basically set up rsync to download all recent updates on a
> > daily basis to say /ubuntu/ or /debian/ on your flash drive. You can
> > do this by listing all remote files via rsync and pushing that to a
> > file every week or month or so for all .deb files, important to only
> > exclude .deb files. Then use that as the excluded files list for a
> > daily rsync. I would store the script to do all this on the flash
> > drive itself. That way if the drive is not around the updates aren't
> > executed. Then if you are having issues on site you have a week or two
> > of updates on a flash drive you can just plug in and add to
> > sources.list.
> >
> > It does suck when the feeds go offline, but you can be prepared!
> >
> > Shane
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Received on Sat Feb 10 14:32:14 2007