[Solved] Can't upgrade to latest kernel version

[fch]

Running debian 12 stable with everything updated, except the kernel.
It's a dell inspiron 3501

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$ sudo apt install linux-image-6.1.0-23-amd64
Lendo listas de pacotes... Pronto
Construindo árvore de dependências... Pronto
Lendo informação de estado... Pronto        
linux-image-6.1.0-23-amd64 is already the newest version (6.1.99-1).
linux-image-6.1.0-23-amd64 configurado para instalar manualmente.
0 pacotes atualizados, 0 pacotes novos instalados, 0 a serem removidos e 0 não atualizados.
$ sudo apt install linux-image-6.1.0-25-amd64
Lendo listas de pacotes... Pronto
Construindo árvore de dependências... Pronto
Lendo informação de estado... Pronto        
E: Impossível encontrar o pacote linux-image-6.1.0-25-amd64
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'linux-image-6.1.0-25-amd64'

One of my pc's has this strange thing, I can't upgrade to latest kernel 6.1.0-25, running 6.1.0-23 now. On other machines the upgrade to 25 came as normal as always. What could it be?

[torque_wrench]

Hello fch,

hav you tried to install the meta-packe "linux-image-amd64" ? With this one you will get every kernel update when it comes to the repo.

[mrmazda]

Try

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sudo apt full-upgrade

instead of trying to install linux-image-<version>-amd64 specifically. Maybe first check

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sudo apt-mark showhold

If it's held

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sudo apt-mark unhold <whatever is shown held>

If linux-image-amd64 is held, unhold it. If not installed, install it. If either is pinned, unpin (a process I don't use, so am not familiar with).

[fch]

Hello fch,

hav you tried to install the meta-packe "linux-image-amd64" ? With this one you will get every kernel update when it comes to the repo.

Yes, and it show "already the newsest verion(6.1.99-1), but obviously that's not the latest version

[fch]

Try

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sudo apt full-upgrade

instead of trying to install linux-image-<version>-amd64 specifically. Maybe first check

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sudo apt-mark showhold

If it's held

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sudo apt-mark unhold <whatever is shown held>

If linux-image-amd64 is held, unhold it. If not installed, install it. If either is pinned, unpin (a process I don't use, so am not familiar with).

on full-upgrade comand it says all upgraded. On the other comand no output as if everything is ok

[mrmazda]

Try

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sudo apt full-upgrade

I forgot to note that for sudo apt full-upgrade to work, it's needed to first do

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sudo apt update

if it hadn't already been done shortly before.

[CwF]

Pinning, or a hold on linux-image-amd64 is nonsensical being a meta package. If linux-image-amd64 is not installed then the existing kernel is essentially on hold, and if you want to stay on a kernel that's how to do it. You can install or remove linux-image-amd64 as often as you want to suite. Installed, it will install the latest candidate without removing the last.

apt-mark showhold will not reveal a package held by synaptic. If we're not doing this the easy way with syanptic, then the easiest check is with apt policy linux-image-amd64. That will show the installed and the candidate. If the candidate does not show the current repo choice, then the package database is out of date and needs an apt update.

Rarely does the incremental kernel updates contain a critical ingredient relevant to every user.

[fch]

Pinning, or a hold on linux-image-amd64 is nonsensical being a meta package. If linux-image-amd64 is not installed then the existing kernel is essentially on hold, and if you want to stay on a kernel that's how to do it. You can install or remove linux-image-amd64 as often as you want to suite. Installed, it will install the latest candidate without removing the last.

apt-mark showhold will not reveal a package held by synaptic. If we're not doing this the easy way with syanptic, then the easiest check is with apt policy linux-image-amd64. That will show the installed and the candidate. If the candidate does not show the current repo choice, then the package database is out of date and needs an apt update.

Rarely does the incremental kernel updates contain a critical ingredient relevant to every user.

It is isntalled, and have ran apt update as I often do, but still:

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$ apt policy linux-image-amd64
linux-image-amd64:
  Instalado: 6.1.99-1
  Candidato: 6.1.99-1
  Tabela de versão:
 *** 6.1.99-1 500
        500 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     6.1.94-1 500
        500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages

[fch]

Also my sources.list in case someone asks:

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deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm non-free-firmware main contrib
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates non-free-firmware main contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security non-free-firmware main contrib
# deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports main non-free-firmware

[Dai_trying]

I notice you do not have version 6.1.106-3 available in your apt database, have you ran apt update recently?

[fch]

I notice you do not have version 6.1.106-3 available in your apt database, have you ran apt update recently?

Yes, still version 6.1.106-3 is not available.

[Dai_trying]

could you run it (apt update) again and post the output?

[fch]

could you run it (apt update) again and post the output?

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$ sudo apt update
[sudo] senha para user: 
Atingido:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Atingido:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
Atingido:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Lendo listas de pacotes... Pronto
Construindo árvore de dependências... Pronto
Lendo informação de estado... Pronto        
All packages are up to date.

[mrmazda]

Also my sources.list in case someone asks:

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deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm non-free-firmware main contrib
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates non-free-firmware main contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security non-free-firmware main contrib
# deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-backports main non-free-firmware

Those differ from mine:

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deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main non-free non-free-firmware contrib

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main non-free non-free-firmware contrib

deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main non-free non-free-firmware contrib

[Dai_trying]

could you run it (apt update) again and post the output?

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$ sudo apt update
[sudo] senha para user: 
Atingido:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm InRelease
Atingido:2 http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security InRelease
Atingido:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates InRelease
Lendo listas de pacotes... Pronto
Construindo árvore de dependências... Pronto
Lendo informação de estado... Pronto        
All packages are up to date.

I can't see why apt does not show the latest kernel in your apt database!?!? although I do not think it is because of slightly different sources.list as they should both work (yours and mrmazda's) but in case there is a difference here is mine.

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deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://security.debian.org/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm-proposed-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware

[fabien]

I notice you do not have version 6.1.106-3 available in your apt database, have you ran apt update recently?

Yes, still version 6.1.106-3 is not available.

See [Solved] bookworm systemd-timesyncd package won't install
Long story short:

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#> mv /var/lib/apt/lists/ /var/lib/apt/lists-OLD/
#> apt update

[fch]

I notice you do not have version 6.1.106-3 available in your apt database, have you ran apt update recently?

Yes, still version 6.1.106-3 is not available.

See [Solved] bookworm systemd-timesyncd package won't install
Long story short:

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#> mv /var/lib/apt/lists/ /var/lib/apt/lists-OLD/
#> apt update

Indeed problem solved! Thanks a lot!

[CwF]

There have been a handful of locked package database threads in the past few months, no we need to figure out what action is causing this?

[fch]

There have been a handful of locked package database threads in the past few months, no we need to figure out what action is causing this?

I tested on other PCs here and they don't have any locked packages. I only had the problem in one of them.

[bw123]

There have been a handful of locked package database threads in the past few months, no we need to figure out what action is causing this?

might be good id to gather the threads in one topic?

https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugrepo ... ug=1078608