[xubuntu-users] not getting updates

[Victor Forberger]

On 01/05/2016 11:11 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
> below is my boot page, nothing has changed
> 
> john at sentry35:/boot$ dir
> abi-3.13.0-71-generic          memtest86+.bin
> abi-3.13.0-73-generic          memtest86+.elf
> abi-3.13.0-74-generic          memtest86+_multiboot.bin
> config-3.13.0-71-generic      System.map-3.13.0-71-generic
> config-3.13.0-73-generic      System.map-3.13.0-73-generic
> config-3.13.0-74-generic      System.map-3.13.0-74-generic
> grub                  vmlinuz-3.13.0-71-generic
> initrd.img-3.13.0-71-generic  vmlinuz-3.13.0-73-generic
> initrd.img-3.13.0-73-generic  vmlinuz-3.13.0-74-generic
> initrd.img-3.13.0-74-generic
> john at sentry35:/boot$
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 01/05/2016 07:27 PM, Cody Smith wrote:
>> Can you try running "sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade"
>> (sans quotes), put the output in a pastebin (it can be rather long)
>> and link it here? sometimes if it's a minor error, the update manager
>> won't display it, such as if there's a package that's being held back
>> for whatever reason (this is something that's worse in Fedora, dnf
>> often won't give the reason certain packages are held back until you
>> try and upgrade the one that's the issue and only with certain flags)
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 6:21 PM, John R. Sowden
>> <jsowden at americansentry.net <mailto:jsowden at americansentry.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     I noticed an update today and I didn't get it.  It appears that my
>>     last update was in December.  I am running 140.04 LTS, I think.
>>     I just installed it on a new drive a couple o f weeks ago.
>>
>>     Following is the results of uname:
>>
>>     john at sentry35:~$ uname -a
>>     Linux sentry35 3.13.0-74-generic #118-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 17
>>     22:52:02 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux
>>     john at sentry35:~$
>>
>>     What should I do?
>>
>>     John
>>
>>

John,

14.04 and other LTS versions in general do NOT upgrade the kernel from
the original installation. For instance, here is my uname results on one
of my 14.04 Xubuntu systems (which is also fully up-to-date):

$ uname -a
Linux Hygd 3.13.0-74-generic #118-Ubuntu SMP Thu Dec 17 22:52:10 UTC
2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

On my 15.10 system, the kernel is 4.2.something.

To get a newer kernel while staying with 14.04, download, boot, and then
do a fresh install of the latest 14.04.# (currently 14.04.3) install
image at http://xubuntu.org/getxubuntu/#lts. Or, follow the instructions
occasionally posted at http://ubuntuhandbook.org/ when a new kernel
becomes available for installation. Keep in mind that a mistake with a
manual kernel upgrade can leave your system unbootable.

take care,
Victor
--
Victor Forberger
vforberger at fastmail.fm
blog: http://linuxatty.wordpress.com


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