[10.04]-Stop Showing Kernel Updates In Update Manager?

[Tom H]

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Thomas Yao <t.yao426 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Jesse Palser <SLNTHERO at aol.com> wrote:
>> [10.04]-Stop Showing Kernel Updates In Update Manager?
>>
>> How can I tell Update Manager to stop showing kernel updates?
>> I am running a newer kernel than what is being show.
>> Thanks!
>
> Why not disable the Update Manager from "Startup Application" and do
> the update && upgrade in the terminal when you want to?

That will not stop apt from trying to install the kernels in the repos.

You have to give linux-image-* and linux-headers-* a priority of "-1"
in /etc/apt/preferences. I've never used the gui package manager so
I've no idea whether it will respect this setup but apt-get and
aptitude will.