New(er) Kernel

[Colin Law]

On 13 December 2013 18:07, Paul Cartwright <pbcartwright at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/13/2013 10:44 AM, Colin Law wrote:
>>> so I run synaptic and I see ( with no check marks, but available)
>>> > linux                            3.11.0.14.15
>>> > Linux image               3.11.0.14.15
>>> > linux-generic              3.11.0.14.15
>>> > linux-tools                   3.11.0.14.15
>>> >
>>> > when I look at repositories- Updates. all are checked EXCEPT for
>>> > Pre-released updates ( saucy-proposed)
>> What do you see from
>> apt-cache policy linux-image-generic
>>
>> Colin
>>
>>
>  apt-cache policy linux-image-generic
> linux-image-generic:
>   Installed: (none)
>   Candidate: 3.11.0.14.15
>   Version table:
>      3.11.0.14.15 0
>         500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-security/main amd64
> Packages
>         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy-updates/main
> amd64 Packages
>      3.11.0.12.13 0
>         500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages

I think that is the cause of the problem, somehow linux-image-generic
has been uninstalled.  I believe that is a package containing no files
but depending on the latest kernel files, so updating
linux-image-generic will cause the kernel to be upgraded.  I suggest
therefore
sudo apt-get install linux-image-generic

However I am punching a little above my weight here so do not take
what I say as gospel.  It would be good if someone more knowledgeable
could confirm my understanding.

You should probably also check that you have linux-headers-generic installed.

Colin