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kapqa

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Registered: 2019-01-02

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[SOLVED] error report - kernel excalibur-backports

Hello ,

have accidentally shot down my partition so it took me some time to recover

have noticed that on another partition the kernel is already above 7 (for excalibur, via bpo)

now on this new install, the kernel via backports does not seem wanna install;

maybe i did something wrong, otherwise please consider it as an "error bugreport" posted here instead of official bugreport.

getting this

sudo apt -t excalibur-backports install linux-image-amd64
Solving dependencies... Error!  
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:

Unsatisfied dependencies:
 linux-base-amd64 : Depends: linux-base-7.1.13+deb13-amd64 (= 7.1.13-1~bpo13+1) but it is not installable
 linux-image-7.1.13+deb13-amd64 : Depends: linux-base-7.1.13+deb13-amd64 (= 7.1.13-1~bpo13+1) but it is not installable
                                  Depends: linux-binary-7.1.13+deb13-amd64 (= 7.1.13-1~bpo13+1) but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: linux-modules-7.1.13+deb13-amd64 (= 7.1.13-1~bpo13+1) but it is not installable
Error: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Error: The following information from --solver 3.0 may provide additional context:
   Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting decisions:
   1. linux-base-amd64:amd64 is selected for install because:
      1. linux-image-amd64:amd64=7.1.13-1~bpo13+1 is selected as an upgrade
      2. linux-image-amd64:amd64=7.1.13-1~bpo13+1 Depends linux-base-amd64 (= 7.1.13-1~bpo13+1)
   2. linux-base-amd64:amd64 Depends linux-base-7.1.13+deb13-amd64 (= 7.1.13-1~bpo13+1)
      but none of the choices are installable:
      [no choices]

Unsatisfied dependencies:
 linux-image-7.1.13+deb13-amd64 : Depends: linux-base-7.1.13+deb13-amd64 (= 7.1.13-1~bpo13+1) but it is not installable
                                  Depends: linux-binary-7.1.13+deb13-amd64 (= 7.1.13-1~bpo13+1) but it is not going to be installed
                                  Depends: linux-modules-7.1.13+deb13-amd64 (= 7.1.13-1~bpo13+1) but it is not installable

Last edited by kapqa (2026-10-04 19:54:46)

kapqa

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Registered: 2019-01-02

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Re: [SOLVED] error report - kernel excalibur-backports

thanks, it fucntioned after applieing

sudo apt modernize-sources
The following files need modernizing:
  - /etc/apt/sources.list
  - /etc/apt/sources.list.d/boinc.list

Modernizing will replace .list files with the new .sources format,
add Signed-By values where they can be determined automatically,
and save the old files into .list.bak files.

This command supports the 'signed-by' and 'trusted' options. If you
have specified other options inside [] brackets, please transfer them
manually to the output files; see sources.list(5) for a mapping.

For a simulation, respond N in the following prompt.
Rewrite 2 sources? [Y/n] 
Modernizing /etc/apt/sources.list...
- Writing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devuan.sources
- Writing /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devuan-backports.sources
Warning: Could not determine Signed-By for URIs: http://deb.devuan.org/merged/, Suites: excalibur-backports

sudo apt update
Hit:1 http://deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur-backports InRelease
Hit:2 http://deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur InRelease
Hit:3 http://deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur-security InRelease
Hit:4 http://deb.devuan.org/merged excalibur-updates InRelease
Hit:5 https://boinc.berkeley.edu/dl/linux/alpha/trixie trixie InRelease
All packages are up to date.                         
Notice: Missing Signed-By in the sources.list(5) entry for 'http://deb.devuan.org/merged'

sudo apt -t excalibur-backports install linux-image-amd64
Upgrading:                      
  linux-base  linux-headers-amd64  linux-image-amd64  linux-libc-dev  linux-sysctl-defaults

Installing dependencies:
  cpp-14-for-host               linux-binary-7.2.6+deb13-amd64    linux-kbuild-7.2.6+deb13
  gcc-14-for-host               linux-headers-7.2.6+deb13-amd64   linux-modules-7.2.6+deb13-amd64
  linux-base-7.2.6+deb13-amd64  linux-headers-7.2.6+deb13-common
  linux-base-amd64              linux-image-7.2.6+deb13-amd64

Suggested packages:
  debian-kernel-handbook  firmware-linux-free  linux-doc-7.2

Summary:
  Upgrading: 5, Installing: 10, Removing: 0, Not Upgrading: 129
  Download size: 191 MB
  Space needed: 290 MB / 739 GB available

Last edited by kapqa (2026-10-05 10:11:30)