Graphics problem(?) upgrading to 16.04

[RegUB]

I have been running 14.04 on my old Acer 5920 laptop for the last 3 years and all worked fine. I just tried to upgrade to 16.04. All seemed to be going well, until I got the following error -


Your screen, graphics card and input device settings could not be detected correctly. You will need to configure these yourself.

The system boots to a terminal prompt, but no GUI. Any help will be appreciated!

[Bashing-om]

RegUB; Hey - hey ..

Let's look and see what the hardware is and if a driver for graphics is loaded.
Post back:


sudo lshw -C display
cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log



maybe this


could be that

[RegUB]

RegUB; Hey - hey ..

Let's look and see what the hardware is and if a driver for graphics is loaded.
Post back:


sudo lshw -C display
cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log



maybe this


could be that

I'm currently booting from a DVD but I guess the lshw output should be the same. It is -

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo lshw -C display
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: RV620/M82 [Mobility Radeon HD 3450/3470]
vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm pciexpress msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
resources: irq:45 memory:d0000000-dfffffff memory:f0200000-f020ffff ioport:2000(size=256) memory:f0220000-f023ffff


The installation gpu-manager.log from the hard drive is as follows -

ubuntu@ubuntu:/media/ubuntu/f49ee143-3bec-431b-bb3b-b2decd131f87/var/log$ cat gpu-manager.log
log_file: /var/log/gpu-manager.log
last_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
new_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
can't access /run/u-d-c-nvidia-was-loaded file
can't access /run/u-d-c-fglrx-was-loaded file
Looking for fglrx modules in /lib/modules/3.13.0-168-generic/updates/dkms
Looking for nvidia modules in /lib/modules/3.13.0-168-generic/updates/dkms
Is nvidia loaded? no
Was nvidia unloaded? no
Is nvidia blacklisted? no
Is fglrx loaded? no
Was fglrx unloaded? no
Is fglrx blacklisted? no
Is intel loaded? no
Is radeon loaded? yes
Is radeon blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu loaded? no
Is amdgpu blacklisted? no
Is nouveau loaded? no
Is nouveau blacklisted? no
Is fglrx kernel module available? no
Is nvidia kernel module available? no
Detected LTS < 14.04.5. Forcing Intel/SNA
Vendor/Device Id: 1002:95c4
BusID "PCI:1@0:0:0"
Is boot vga? yes
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "radeon"
Found "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "radeon"
output 0:
card0-LVDS-1
Number of connected outputs for /dev/dri/card0: 1
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "radeon"
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "radeon"
Does it require offloading? no
last cards number = 1
Has amd? yes
Has intel? no
Has nvidia? no
How many cards? 1
Has the system changed? No
main_arch_path x86_64-linux-gnu, other_arch_path i386-linux-gnu
Current alternative: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa/ld.so.conf
Current core alternative: (null)
Current egl alternative: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/mesa-egl/ld.so.conf
Is nvidia enabled? no
Is nvidia egl enabled? no
Is fglrx enabled? no
Is mesa enabled? yes
Is mesa egl enabled? yes
Is pxpress enabled? no
Is prime enabled? no
Is prime egl enabled? no
Is nvidia available? no
Is nvidia egl available? no
Is fglrx available? no
Is fglrx-core available? no
Is mesa available? yes
Is mesa egl available? yes
Is pxpress available? no
Is prime available? no
Is prime egl available? no
Single card detected
Kernel Module is not loaded
Nothing to do
No change - nothing to do

[Bashing-om]

RegUB; Yukkie ouch !

Something in the upgrade did not go well:
14.04:


trusty-updates (kernel): Generic Linux kernel image
3.13.0.168.179: amd64 arm64 armhf i386 ppc64el

16.04:


xenial-updates (kernel): Generic Linux kernel image
4.4.0.145.153: amd64 arm64 armhf i386 ppc64el s390x


and as a consequence ->


Kernel Module is not loaded

from the log file.

So .... What to do, oh what to do ??

When you boot the installed system what does "The system boots to a terminal prompt" mean ? Is this a grub prompt or a terminal interface to the system ?

If we can get to a true terminal interface, will make trouble shooting much easier.

[RegUB]

When you boot the installed system what does "The system boots to a terminal prompt" mean ? Is this a grub prompt or a terminal interface to the system ?

If we can get to a true terminal interface, will make trouble shooting much easier.

It is a terminal interface - however, I can view all the contents of the installation hard drive when I boot from the 14.04 DVD. And I have just noticed that the timestamp on gpu-manager.log is from before I ran the upgrade.

[Bashing-om]

RegUB; Ho Kay -

Let's see what condition our condition is in.

From that terminal execute these commands:


uname -r
sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo apt -f install
sudp dpkg -C

If that all comes back fine good and dandy, we see what is going on with the graphics.



we can do that

[RegUB]

RegUB; Ho Kay -

From that terminal execute these commands:


uname -r
sudo apt autoclean
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo apt -f install
sudp dpkg -C


Thanks, I have made some progress.

uname -r initially gave 3.13.0-168-generic. The autoremove step then put out a message - can't remember it exactly - but it implied the update had not finished and said that "dpkg --configure -a" should be run. So I ran this. It ran for quite a while and finally got to a sequence where it was putting out lots of messages like the following -

update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-168-generic
E: amd64-microcode: unsupported kernel version!
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-167-generic
E: amd64-microcode: unsupported kernel version!

Loads of new kernels appeared in /boot. It got as far as 3.13.0-129, at which point I CTL-C to stop it.

However the GUI problem appears to now be fixed. uname -r now gives 4.4.0-145-generic. But running the autoremove step again gets into the 'unsupported kernel' loop again. Can I just remove everything in /boot relating to 3.13?

I'm not convinced everything is totally fixed yet. I guess I still need to run the apt full-upgrade & apt install steps? - but wanted to check on what to do about the kernels first.

[Bashing-om]

RegUB; Yup -
Let's check what is going on with the kernels.
Post back:


df -h
df -i
dpkg -l | grep linux-


See what we can do about getting rid of the cruft.



we can do that

[RegUB]

RegUB; Yup -
Let's check what is going on with the kernels.
Post back:


df -h
df -i
dpkg -l | grep linux-


See what we can do about getting rid of the cruft.



we can do that



reg@reg-Aspire-5920G:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /dev
tmpfs 396M 6.6M 389M 2% /run
/dev/sda1 226G 37G 177G 18% /
tmpfs 2.0G 109M 1.9G 6% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 4.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
cgmfs 100K 0 100K 0% /run/cgmanager/fs
tmpfs 396M 84K 395M 1% /run/user/1000

reg@reg-Aspire-5920G:~$ df -i
Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on
udev 500332 518 499814 1% /dev
tmpfs 505647 805 504842 1% /run
/dev/sda1 15007744 1894461 13113283 13% /
tmpfs 505647 110 505537 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 505647 6 505641 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 505647 18 505629 1% /sys/fs/cgroup
cgmfs 505647 14 505633 1% /run/cgmanager/fs
tmpfs 505647 42 505605 1% /run/user/1000

reg@reg-Aspire-5920G:~$ dpkg -l | grep linux-
ii linux-base 4.5ubuntu1~16.04.1 all Linux image base package
iF linux-firmware 1.157.21 all Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
iU linux-generic 4.4.0.145.153 amd64 Complete Generic Linux kernel and headers
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-100 3.13.0-100.147 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-100-generic 3.13.0-100.147 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-101 3.13.0-101.148 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-101-generic 3.13.0-101.148 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-103 3.13.0-103.150 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-103-generic 3.13.0-103.150 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-105 3.13.0-105.152 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-105-generic 3.13.0-105.152 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-106 3.13.0-106.153 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-106-generic 3.13.0-106.153 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-107 3.13.0-107.154 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-107-generic 3.13.0-107.154 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-108 3.13.0-108.155 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-108-generic 3.13.0-108.155 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-109 3.13.0-109.156 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-109-generic 3.13.0-109.156 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-110 3.13.0-110.157 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-110-generic 3.13.0-110.157 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-112 3.13.0-112.159 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-112-generic 3.13.0-112.159 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-115 3.13.0-115.162 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-115-generic 3.13.0-115.162 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-116 3.13.0-116.163 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-116-generic 3.13.0-116.163 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-117 3.13.0-117.164 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-117-generic 3.13.0-117.164 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-119 3.13.0-119.166 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-119-generic 3.13.0-119.166 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-121 3.13.0-121.170 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-121-generic 3.13.0-121.170 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-123 3.13.0-123.172 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-123-generic 3.13.0-123.172 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-125 3.13.0-125.174 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-125-generic 3.13.0-125.174 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-126 3.13.0-126.175 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-126-generic 3.13.0-126.175 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-128 3.13.0-128.177 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-128-generic 3.13.0-128.177 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-129 3.13.0-129.178 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-129-generic 3.13.0-129.178 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-132 3.13.0-132.181 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-132-generic 3.13.0-132.181 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-133 3.13.0-133.182 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-133-generic 3.13.0-133.182 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-135 3.13.0-135.184 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-135-generic 3.13.0-135.184 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-137 3.13.0-137.186 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-137-generic 3.13.0-137.186 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-139 3.13.0-139.188 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-139-generic 3.13.0-139.188 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-141 3.13.0-141.190 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-141-generic 3.13.0-141.190 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-142 3.13.0-142.191 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-142-generic 3.13.0-142.191 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-143 3.13.0-143.192 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-143-generic 3.13.0-143.192 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-144 3.13.0-144.193 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-144-generic 3.13.0-144.193 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-145 3.13.0-145.194 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-145-generic 3.13.0-145.194 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-147 3.13.0-147.196 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-147-generic 3.13.0-147.196 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-149 3.13.0-149.199 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-149-generic 3.13.0-149.199 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-151 3.13.0-151.201 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-151-generic 3.13.0-151.201 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-153 3.13.0-153.203 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-153-generic 3.13.0-153.203 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-155 3.13.0-155.205 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-155-generic 3.13.0-155.205 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-156 3.13.0-156.206 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-156-generic 3.13.0-156.206 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-157 3.13.0-157.207 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-157-generic 3.13.0-157.207 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-158 3.13.0-158.208 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-158-generic 3.13.0-158.208 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-160 3.13.0-160.210 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-160-generic 3.13.0-160.210 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-161 3.13.0-161.211 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-161-generic 3.13.0-161.211 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-162 3.13.0-162.212 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-162-generic 3.13.0-162.212 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-163 3.13.0-163.213 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-163-generic 3.13.0-163.213 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-164 3.13.0-164.214 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-164-generic 3.13.0-164.214 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-165 3.13.0-165.215 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-165-generic 3.13.0-165.215 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-166 3.13.0-166.216 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-166-generic 3.13.0-166.216 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-167 3.13.0-167.217 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-167-generic 3.13.0-167.217 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-168 3.13.0-168.218 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-168-generic 3.13.0-168.218 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-92 3.13.0-92.139 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-92-generic 3.13.0-92.139 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-93 3.13.0-93.140 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-93-generic 3.13.0-93.140 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-95 3.13.0-95.142 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-95-generic 3.13.0-95.142 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-96 3.13.0-96.143 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-96-generic 3.13.0-96.143 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-98 3.13.0-98.145 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 3.13.0
ii linux-headers-3.13.0-98-generic 3.13.0-98.145 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-4.4.0-145 4.4.0-145.171 all Header files related to Linux kernel version 4.4.0
ii linux-headers-4.4.0-145-generic 4.4.0-145.171 amd64 Linux kernel headers for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-headers-generic 4.4.0.145.153 amd64 Generic Linux kernel headers
ii linux-image-3.13.0-100-generic 3.13.0-100.147 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-101-generic 3.13.0-101.148 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-103-generic 3.13.0-103.150 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-105-generic 3.13.0-105.152 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-106-generic 3.13.0-106.153 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-107-generic 3.13.0-107.154 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-108-generic 3.13.0-108.155 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-109-generic 3.13.0-109.156 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-110-generic 3.13.0-110.157 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-112-generic 3.13.0-112.159 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
rc linux-image-3.13.0-113-generic 3.13.0-113.160 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-115-generic 3.13.0-115.162 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-116-generic 3.13.0-116.163 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-117-generic 3.13.0-117.164 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-119-generic 3.13.0-119.166 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-121-generic 3.13.0-121.170 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-123-generic 3.13.0-123.172 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-125-generic 3.13.0-125.174 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-126-generic 3.13.0-126.175 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-128-generic 3.13.0-128.177 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-129-generic 3.13.0-129.178 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-132-generic 3.13.0-132.181 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-133-generic 3.13.0-133.182 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-135-generic 3.13.0-135.184 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-3.13.0-137-generic 3.13.0-137.186 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
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ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-105-generic 3.13.0-105.152 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-106-generic 3.13.0-106.153 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-107-generic 3.13.0-107.154 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-108-generic 3.13.0-108.155 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-109-generic 3.13.0-109.156 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-110-generic 3.13.0-110.157 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-112-generic 3.13.0-112.159 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
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ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-116-generic 3.13.0-116.163 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-117-generic 3.13.0-117.164 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-119-generic 3.13.0-119.166 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-121-generic 3.13.0-121.170 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-123-generic 3.13.0-123.172 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-125-generic 3.13.0-125.174 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-126-generic 3.13.0-126.175 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-128-generic 3.13.0-128.177 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-129-generic 3.13.0-129.178 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-132-generic 3.13.0-132.181 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-133-generic 3.13.0-133.182 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-135-generic 3.13.0-135.184 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-137-generic 3.13.0-137.186 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-139-generic 3.13.0-139.188 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-141-generic 3.13.0-141.190 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-142-generic 3.13.0-142.191 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-143-generic 3.13.0-143.192 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-144-generic 3.13.0-144.193 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-145-generic 3.13.0-145.194 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-147-generic 3.13.0-147.196 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-149-generic 3.13.0-149.199 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-151-generic 3.13.0-151.201 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-153-generic 3.13.0-153.203 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-155-generic 3.13.0-155.205 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-156-generic 3.13.0-156.206 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-157-generic 3.13.0-157.207 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-158-generic 3.13.0-158.208 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-160-generic 3.13.0-160.210 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-161-generic 3.13.0-161.211 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-162-generic 3.13.0-162.212 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-163-generic 3.13.0-163.213 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-164-generic 3.13.0-164.214 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-165-generic 3.13.0-165.215 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
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ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-92-generic 3.13.0-92.139 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-93-generic 3.13.0-93.140 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-95-generic 3.13.0-95.142 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-96-generic 3.13.0-96.143 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-image-extra-3.13.0-98-generic 3.13.0-98.145 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
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ii linux-modules-3.13.0-167-generic 3.13.0-167.217 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-3.13.0-168-generic 3.13.0-168.218 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-4.4.0-145-generic 4.4.0-145.171 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-extra-3.13.0-166-generic 3.13.0-166.216 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-extra-3.13.0-167-generic 3.13.0-167.217 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-extra-3.13.0-168-generic 3.13.0-168.218 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-modules-extra-4.4.0-145-generic 4.4.0-145.171 amd64 Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii linux-sound-base 1.0.25+dfsg-0ubuntu5 all base package for ALSA and OSS sound systems
ii syslinux-common 3:6.03+dfsg-11ubuntu1 all collection of bootloaders (common)
ii syslinux-legacy 2:3.63+dfsg-2ubuntu8 amd64 Bootloader for Linux/i386 using MS-DOS floppies

[Bashing-om]

RegUB; Hey - hey :)

Let's try the easy way 1st.
The root of the issue is here:


iU linux-generic

where the "iU" means the desired state is (i)nstalled but only (U)npacked - so not fully installed. This meta package controls installing the kernels.
so - what results:


sudo apt install --reinstall linux-generic


If and only if the above completes with no errors ... Let's have the package manager remove those obsolete packages (kernels)


sudo apt autoremove




easy does it - I hope

[RegUB]

RegUB; Hey - hey :)



sudo apt install --reinstall linux-generic




reg@reg-Aspire-5920G:~$ sudo apt install --reinstall linux-generic
[sudo] password for reg:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'sudo dpkg --configure -a' to correct the problem.

This is the same message that I got when I ran autoremove, as mentioned previously, after which the dpkg --configure produced the "unsupported kernel version" messages. Should I run dpkg --configure again?

[Bashing-om]

RegUB; Hummm ...

Try this:


sudo dpkg --configure --pending



maybe

[RegUB]

RegUB; Hummm ...

Try this:


sudo dpkg --configure --pending



maybe


I hit CTL-C after it started on initrd.img-3.13.0-166-generic so I don't know how relevant are the messages following that?

reg@reg-Aspire-5920G:~$ sudo dpkg --configure --pending
Setting up linux-firmware (1.157.21) ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-4.4.0-145-generic
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-168-generic
E: amd64-microcode: unsupported kernel version!
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-167-generic
E: amd64-microcode: unsupported kernel version!
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-166-generic
^Cdpkg: error processing package linux-firmware (--configure):
subprocess installed post-installation script was interrupted
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-generic:
linux-image-generic depends on linux-firmware; however:
Package linux-firmware is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-image-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-generic:
linux-generic depends on linux-image-generic (= 4.4.0.145.153); however:
Package linux-image-generic is not configured yet.

dpkg: error processing package linux-generic (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-firmware
linux-image-generic
linux-generic

[Bashing-om]

RegUB; Well -

All I can suggest is to allow dpkg to complete. The package management system must be in a consistent state, You have plenty of disk space so what gets installed in the healing process can not hurt.

Once consistent then remove the cruft,



just what I think

[RegUB]

RegUB; Well -

All I can suggest is to allow dpkg to complete. The package management system must be in a consistent state, You have plenty of disk space so what gets installed in the healing process can not hurt.

Once consistent then remove the cruft,



just what I think

OK, done that, and then ran the following without problems-

sudo apt install --reinstall linux-generic
sudo apt autoremove
sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade
sudo apt -f install
sudp dpkg -C
All seems to be working OK. Still have all the old 3.13 kernel files in /boot which I guess can just be deleted - there is a script called purge-old-kernels which looks like it will do the trick (unless you can suggest a better way). Thanks for your help.

[Bashing-om]

RegUB; Geat !

Let's do the better way and have the package manager - if the system is now in a consistent state- take care of those old kernels.


sudo apt autoremove

which is supposed to also remove all old kernels less ONE. Should leave the present booting kernel and one other version under the current. Try again - and if it does not we need to find out the why not,
Else, sure, we can have apt do the dirty work or even drop down to the dpkg level to effect the removal. But we must not go behind the package manager's back to effect the removal as that creates additional issues we then have to deal with.


good when a plan works out :)