Nullifying requirement to reboot after kernel update

[Dave Woyciesjes]

On 04/13/2015 10:28 PM, Chris wrote:
> On Mon, 2015-04-13 at 20:22 -0400, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
>> On 4/13/15 8:24 AM, Chris wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2015-04-13 at 01:23 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Sunday 12 April 2015 22:21:52 Chris wrote:
>>>>> The subject says it all. Based upon the fact that I'm running a
>>>>> non-standard kernel from here -
>>>>> http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/drm-intel-next/ whenever
>>>>> a support Ubuntu kernel comes down the pike such as 3.13* I'd like to
>>>>> go ahead and install it but not go through the reboot process because
>>>>> I'll continue to run the kernel shown below or a newer version is
>>>>> required. Is there a setting where I can comment out the reboot nag?
>>>>>
>>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> If it tells you to reboot, it does so because that is the only way to get
>>>> the bug or security fixed version of the software it just updated into
>>>> operation and your machine then armored against the security exploit.
>>>>
>>>> If you do not reboot, you will be leaving your system in a buggy or
>>>> vulnerable condition.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers, Gene Heskett
>>> That's why I mentioned in my initial post above Gene that I'm not
>>> running the 'standard' kernel but an updated drm-intel kernel from the
>>> link I provided. I'm running this kernel because of the video lockups
>>> I'd been getting and the bug report I made here -
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1402331 and I'm
>>> also running an updated xf86-video-intel driver. So far this combination
>>> has worked. In order to track how long this combination will go without
>>> a lockup I need to be able to ignore the mandatory reboot after a
>>> standard Ubuntu kernel update.
>>>
>>
>> 	It's simple then, Chris. Don't apply any update that needs a reboot.
>> You only said you don't want to get nagged about reboot; so obviously
>> you don't care about getting all of the fixes.
>>
>>
>>
> True in a sense Dave, at some given point I 'may' want to boot into the
> latest 3.13.* or 3.14.* kernel, whichever is the latest Ubuntu one, and
> by just removing the symlink I've removed the nagging of a reboot
> required (hopefully) and with the latest supported kernel installed I
> can always boot into it if needed.
>

	Problem with that, however, is if someone trips over your power cord, 
you end up in the new kernel before you are ready...


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