On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 01:27:19PM -0400, Michael Galea wrote:
Thanks! I'm mow on 6.10.3 unsigned from sid now, with new nvidia sources. Everything running fine. But I'm confused on two issues. 1) It seems that debian has some sort of preference for signed over unsigned kernels. When I uninstalled a 6.9.12 unsigned kernel, it launched into installing a 6.9.12 signed kernel which I had around. 2) My linux-image-amd64 package is status rc at 6.9.12-1. But upgrading it wants to uninstall linux-image-6.10.3-amd64-unsigned and install linux-image-6.10.3-amd64!
Yes it explicitly depends on the normal (signed) package. And the two kernel packages are listed as conflicting, so you either have the signed or the unsigned but not both.
Is there some way to make debian prefer the unsigned kernel?
Well I just went and checked, and sure enough, all my installed kernels are signed. I didn't know that, given I have never seen any messages about signing. Maybe because my system is BIOS not UEFI? All my machines are rather old by now. I don't see any obvious way to install unsigned kernels automatically. The meta package for the kernel depends on the signed one. -- Len Sorensen