spamhog
March 3rd, 2018, 10:56 AM
Hello!
One line for the quick:
It's Feb 18, 16.04, linux 4.13 BUT linux-generic STILL pulls in 4.4.
Details:
- 16.04 (upgraded), running a linux 4.13...
- a while ago, didn't boot (my stupid error, I had edited fstab on host instead of a VM)
- used Boot Repair from live, chose to install a kernel
- this brought in an old 4.4 kernel
- updates went on to newer kernels, all works fine, running up to date kernel
- but 4.4s became impossible to remove without removing linux-generic inux-headers linux-image-generic
- played with "set to manual" / "set to auto"
- no matter, removing 4.4s still tried to pull linux-generic
So I did this:
- purged linux-generic inux-headers linux-image-generic
- purged all 4.4s
- checked that grub-update kept the current kernels
All worked fine.
I tried reinstalling linux-generic but that again tries to pull in linux 4.4.
QUESTION:
ARE linux-generic inux-headers linux-image-generic
NEEDED TO DRIVE UPDATES
TO THE LATEST KERNEL
OR CAN I LIVE FINE WITHOUT?
Less practical and more theoretical question: I think I had seen linux-generic before using boot-repair, and back then old kernels were not an issue, so it wasn't that suite that dragged them in. Is that right? Was linux-generic overridden by something else? What was that pulled in the latest kernel???
Thanks for any help!
One line for the quick:
It's Feb 18, 16.04, linux 4.13 BUT linux-generic STILL pulls in 4.4.
Details:
- 16.04 (upgraded), running a linux 4.13...
- a while ago, didn't boot (my stupid error, I had edited fstab on host instead of a VM)
- used Boot Repair from live, chose to install a kernel
- this brought in an old 4.4 kernel
- updates went on to newer kernels, all works fine, running up to date kernel
- but 4.4s became impossible to remove without removing linux-generic inux-headers linux-image-generic
- played with "set to manual" / "set to auto"
- no matter, removing 4.4s still tried to pull linux-generic
So I did this:
- purged linux-generic inux-headers linux-image-generic
- purged all 4.4s
- checked that grub-update kept the current kernels
All worked fine.
I tried reinstalling linux-generic but that again tries to pull in linux 4.4.
QUESTION:
ARE linux-generic inux-headers linux-image-generic
NEEDED TO DRIVE UPDATES
TO THE LATEST KERNEL
OR CAN I LIVE FINE WITHOUT?
Less practical and more theoretical question: I think I had seen linux-generic before using boot-repair, and back then old kernels were not an issue, so it wasn't that suite that dragged them in. Is that right? Was linux-generic overridden by something else? What was that pulled in the latest kernel???
Thanks for any help!