Where is 2.6.30.5? (apt-get update doesnt find it)

[wizzkidd]

Hi there,

/etc/issue shows that i am running: "BackTrack 4 Beta \n \l"
uname -a shows the string: Linux bt 2.6.28.1 #2 SMP Wed Feb 4 21:50:02 EST 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

I am trying to update my kernel to 2.6.30.5 however when I type: apt-get update i was getting an error about one of the keys being missing. I have added the key, and no longer get that error. For the record, I have the following keys:

2004-09-12 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key
2004-12-30 Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing Key
2008-07-27 BackTrack Development Team
2009-03-20 Launchpad PPA for KDE3.5 Maintainers
2009-01-22 Launchpad PPA for Timothy Pearson

Anyway, when I type: apt-get update it reads the package lists with no errors, then I type: apt-get install -d linux-image but it gives me the message that linux-image is already the newest version. I check using: uname -r and it shows that the kernel is still: 2.6.28.1

It seems that apt-get update is not receiving the list with the location of the newer kernel, and therefore not downloading it into /var/cache/apt/archives/

Could anyone shed some light. Can I manually (wget) download the linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb file(s) and then install them from thereon?

Thanks in advanced.

[archangel.amael]

Did you follow the official guide ?
http://www.offensive-security.com/bl...kernel-update/
If not might want to try it out.


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[R3LOAD3R]

It seems that apt-get update is not receiving the list with the location of the newer kernel, and therefore not downloading it into /var/cache/apt/archives/


Seems Im having the same issue. However after the upgrade my Broadcom card is no longer found...i followed every step of the upgrade however it is not in /var/cache/apt/archives/

I would be upset but at this point I am becoming a pro on USB installation with persistence...this will be my third time today.

I had already tried the htp://ww.offensive-security.com/bl...kernel-update/ and it did't work for some reason. I should have stated that, Ill try it again sorry for the dp I thought I was quoting and didnt use the forum interface.

Ok...tried it agin and heres what I got


Fetched 22.3MB in 22s (1008kB/s)
Download complete and in download only mode
root@bt:~# cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
root@bt:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i –force all linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing –force (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing all (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
–force
all
linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb

It not in /var/cache/apt/archives?

oot@bt:/usr/bin# cd /var/cache/apt/archives/
root@bt:/var/cache/apt/archives# dpkg -i –force all linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
dpkg: error processing –force (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing all (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb (--install):
cannot access archive: No such file or directory
Errors were encountered while processing:
–force
all
linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
root@bt:/var/cache/apt/archives#

[madirish]

Try

ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives/

2.6.30.7 ?

[R3LOAD3R]

root@bt:~# ls -l /var/cache/apt/archives/
total 0
-rw-r----- 1 root root 0 2009-05-10 15:55 lock
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 3 2009-06-18 23:42 partial

[Mukist]

For whatever reason apt-get install -d linux-image is not downloading the correct kernel for me as well.

apt-get install -d linux-image
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
python-psyco medusa-menu backtrack-firefox-profile libssh2-1 libncp
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
linux-image-2.6.27-15-generic linux-image-generic
Suggested packages:
fdutils linux-doc-2.6.27 linux-source-2.6.27
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-image linux-image-2.6.27-15-generic linux-image-generic
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1
After this operation, 94.5MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y
Download complete and in download only mode

As you can see linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb is not downloaded.
Deal?

EDIT: If you google search the specific kernel you can find it and download it. I would post the link but I cant yet.
Just download it and install it with the same instructions.


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[shamwave]

cd /var/cache/apt/archives 
ls -la

You should see the latest kernel version is probably not 2.6.30.5. Maybe it is. If isn't there, you can't expect bash to understand invalid syntax.

At the empty prompt,

dpkg -i --force-all linux-image-2.6

then hit tab, enter another letter, wash, rinse, repeat until you get the version you want.

if you must use 30.5, try trac.offensive-security.com/repository/browser/backtrack/macroverse/l/linux/linux-image-2.6.30.5_2.6.30.5-10.00.Custom_i386.deb?rev=1

[ndid3]

the latest version of kernel is 2.6.30.7 ... that's the one downloaded