Re: Kernel updates and linux headers

On Sun 24 May 2026 at 18:00:25 (+0300), Alexis Grigoriou wrote:
> On Sun, 2026-05-24 at 09:35 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Sun, May 24, 2026 at 09:08:58 -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> > > On 2026-05-24 at 08:23, Antonio Russo wrote:
> > > > The linux-headers-amd64 package exists for this exact purpose.

> > If you need DKMS modules, you have two paths from which to choose.
> > The first path, which most people choose, involves adding a
> > trixie-security source to apt, and installing both "linux-image-
> > amd64"
> > and "linux-headers-amd64".  Whenever there's a kernel security
> > update,
> > you will automatically get both the image and headers for that
> > update.
> 
> That was it. After every kernel update, Debian didn't boot to a gui.
> Just a black screen. Installing linux-headers-$(uname-r) resplved the
> issue. 

$ echo linux-headers-$(uname -r)
linux-headers-6.12.88+deb13-amd64
$ 

Perhaps this time. But isn't that the hole you're trying to dig
yourself out of? You need to install linux-headers-amd64 as well as
linux-image-amd64 (substituting whatever your architecture is).

Cheers,
David.