Linux-generic metapackage doesn't point to the newest version

You should wait the time for the repository to be refreshed, and the kernel developers wait always the time for the kernels and their modules to be available in the repos before publishing the linux meta packages, to avoid breakages. I saw the "linux-meta" 2.6.20-1 in the feisty changes list, so it may be updated soon. Marked it as "Fix commited", waiting the repos upgrade.

Extracts from the feisty changes list :

"Accepted:
         OK: linux-meta_2.6.20.1.dsc
             -> Component: main Section: devel
         OK: linux-meta_2.6.20.1.tar.gz

        Format: 1.7
        Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 08:52:03 -0500"

"Architecture: source
        Version: 2.6.20.1
        Distribution: feisty
        Urgency: low
        Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team <email address hidden>
        Changed-By: Ben Collins <email address hidden>"

"Changes:
         linux-meta (2.6.20.1) feisty; urgency=low
         .
           * Make 2.6.20 the default now.
        Files:
         c25287529088b01ca6f743f6773f63df 2970 devel optional linux-meta_2.6.20.1.dsc
         38c58e6926facb3e0017cafb8b322fa0 27343 devel optional linux-meta_2.6.20.1.tar.gz"

OK, but the nvidia-glx package's version in the repo is 1.0.9631+2.6.20.1-2, so everyone who upgrades to Feisty before the repo is refreshed, and has a NVIDIA grafic chip, is going to encounter X server failure.

If you install (or upgrade) nvidia-glx, it depends on the linux-restricted-modules-common package, so it should work, no ?

I don't know, it didn't work for me. When I upgraded from Edgy to Feisty, it couldn't start X. I had to boot with previous kernel version and install new 2.6.20 kernel. Now it works.

This was only a passing issue while packages were being built and updated. It's a development release, expect it.

The new linux-generic metapackage was updated today, close the bug as "fix released".