Ubuntu – Software updater reverting to previous kernel version

kernelupdate-manager

I have Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and I have updated it to the latest stable Ubuntu kernel:

Linux version 3.17.1-031701-generic (apw@gomeisa) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) ) #201410150735 SMP Wed Oct 15 11:36:31 UTC 2014

This is the output when I run:
cat /proc/version

When I run the software updater, I automatically revert to the 3.13 ….. version of the kernel. Is there any way that I can update software's without reverting to the kernels previous version?

Thank,
Rochan

Best Answer

Use

sudo apt-mark hold [linuxkernelpackage]

This will ignore upgrades/downgrades for that package.

Source: Exclude packages from `apt-get upgrade`

Related Solutions

Ubuntu – How To Fix My Kernel Version

My system crashed in the middle of an upgrade and after reboot my kernel was hosed. Because i'm lazy, I remember boot repair which i've used in the past to fix grub, it has an option to repair the kernel.

Boot from live cd and:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair
boot-repair

Ubuntu – How to find the latest stable kernel for Ubuntu

For your release of Ubuntu,

Ensure you have the -update and -security repositories enabled.
sudo apt update (or sudo apt-get update)
Install the linux-image-generic metapackage to install the latest kernel that is packaged and tested for your release of Ubuntu. The metapackage will pull in several dependencies including the actual kernel packages themselves.

Using the metapackage will ensure you get upgrades as they become available.

Note that apt cannot remove kernels from other sources - you must clean up those yourself.

Best Answer

Related Solutions

Ubuntu – How To Fix My Kernel Version

Ubuntu – How to find the latest stable kernel for Ubuntu

Related Question