On 2017-06-12 14:14, George from the tribe wrote:
Is this a problem? I noticed this when I was running an update on my smaller laptop:
----------------------- # zypper up Loading repository data... Reading installed packages...
The following 4 package updates will NOT be installed: audacity flac libFLAC++6 libFLAC8
The following 2 NEW packages are going to be installed: kernel-devel-4.4.70-18.9.1 kernel-source-4.4.70-18.9.1 ----------------------
I was thinking, I thought I had kernel 4.11 from the kernel:stable repo, as that is what I have been using on this laptop. So, I ran this:
---------------------- george@tribetrekDell:~> uname -r 4.11.3-1.g7262353-default george@tribetrekDell:~> rpm -q kernel-devel kernel-devel-4.7.6-1.1.gfb37fcc.noarch kernel-devel-4.7.5-3.1.ge3f5518.noarch kernel-devel-4.4.62-18.6.1.noarch kernel-devel-4.11.3-1.1.g7262353.noarch george@tribetrekDell:~> rpm -q kernel-default kernel-default-4.7.5-3.1.ge3f5518.x86_64 kernel-default-4.11.3-1.1.g7262353.x86_64 ----------------------
Sure enough, I am running kernel 4.11, but I have packages for multiple kernels installed, and the update packages that zypper is saying it is going to install are not even matching to the kernel I am using.
But the official version for your distribution is 4.4.70. Ie, it is what comes from the update repository. If you have kernel 4.11 from a non official source, it is your problem to keep it and its toolchain updated.
Maybe this is contributing to why this system seems so unstable when I am running KDE?
Maybe.
Any ideas on why these multiple kernel packages are installed, and possibly, how to fix? I assumed that when updates have been made in the past, the dependencies features should have removed old packages. I only use zypper up to update my system.
But you told your system to keep 4.4. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)