newest kernel not running

[Sarunas Burdulis]

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On 04/13/2015 10:58 AM, Glenn Holmer wrote:
> I'm working on a machine (hosted, for a job, not mine) where, after
> I ran updates, the latest kernel didn't boot. It's Ubuntu 14.04.2
> LTS, and I'm seeing kernels 3.13.0-36, -37, -43, and -49 in /boot,
> but "uname -a" shows that -43 is running. Synaptic tells me that
> linux-generic's installed version is -49. Also, -49 is at the top
> of the list in grub.cfg. I can't see the machine booting or pause
> the GRUB menu because it's a hosted VM.
> 
> Any ideas how I can diagnose this?

You can check /etc/default/grub for settings, whether you still have
GRUB_DEFAULT=0. Be careful with changes, if you don't have any means
of seeing the boot screen.

Sarunas Burdulis

http://math.dartmouth.edu/~sarunas
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