[LAU] 64-bit kernel 3.x deb package?

[Robin Gareus]

On 08/07/2012 10:39 PM, Ken Restivo wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2012 at 10:12:02PM +0200, Robin Gareus wrote:
>> On 08/07/2012 10:07 PM, Ken Restivo wrote:
>>> Is there a working/stable debian package for Squeeze or equivalent with a 3.4 kernel or something 3.x?
>>
>> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/linux-image-rt-amd64
> 
> Hmm. Added to /etc/apt/sources.list:
> 
> deb http://backports.debian.org/debian-backports squeeze-backports main
> 
> Then:
> 
> $ sudo apt-get update
> 
> ...
> 
> 
> $ sudo apt-get install linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-rt-amd64
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
>  linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-rt-amd64 : Depends: linux-base (>= 3~) but 2.6.32-45 is to be installed                        
>                                       Recommends: firmware-linux-free (>= 3~) but 2.6.32-45 is to be installed            
>                                       Breaks: initramfs-tools (< 0.99~) but 0.98.8 is to be installed
> E: Broken packages
> 

huh? well maybe `apt-get -t squeeze linux-rt-amd64`  will do the trick.
Or simply use `aptitude` and its dependency resolver.

Maybe a bug in debian's backports ?! I don't know.

>> http://packages.debian.org/sid/linux-image-rt-amd64
>>
>> backports is at 3.2 - there's a 3.4.X version is in experimental, too.
>>
>> http://packages.debian.org/experimental/linux-image-3.4-trunk-rt-amd64
> 
> 
> Interesting, well I've already exceeded my time budget for "while I've got this thing on, I wonder if there's a 64-bit kernel for it".
> 
> Thanks though!
> 
> -ken