[xubuntu-users] not getting updates

[John R. Sowden]

Thank you.  I will follow up with your ideas.

John


On 01/06/2016 09:37 AM, Victor Forberger wrote:
> 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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