Re: Updater can't update kernel due to disk space

2015-01-14 Thread Alan Pope
On 14 January 2015 at 16:49, Chris Knutson christopher.knut...@gmail.com wrote: This is not a support request. I have no problem cleaning up my system. My mother should never have to do this if she wants to run Ubuntu. +1 The default installation on a Dell XPS 13 (a flagship device we

Re: Updater can't update kernel due to disk space

2015-01-14 Thread Oliver Grawert
hi, Am Mittwoch, den 14.01.2015, 16:17 + schrieb Colin Law: On 14 January 2015 at 15:34, Chris Knutson christopher.knut...@gmail.com wrote: Clearing out old kernel versions manually to be able to upgrade the kernel version is something the end user should never have to do. Clearing out

Re: Updater can't update kernel due to disk space

2015-01-14 Thread Colin Law
On 14 January 2015 at 15:34, Chris Knutson christopher.knut...@gmail.com wrote: Clearing out old kernel versions manually to be able to upgrade the kernel version is something the end user should never have to do. Clearing out old kernel version from /boot should be better managed by the

Re: Updater can't update kernel due to disk space

2015-01-14 Thread Chris Knutson
I just had to purge 3 older kernel versions this morning on 14.04 to update from 3.13.0-43 to 3.13.0-44 On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Colin Law clan...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 January 2015 at 15:34, Chris Knutson christopher.knut...@gmail.com wrote: Clearing out old kernel versions

Updater can't update kernel due to disk space

2015-01-14 Thread Chris Knutson
Clearing out old kernel versions manually to be able to upgrade the kernel version is something the end user should never have to do. Clearing out old kernel version from /boot should be better managed by the software updater to intelligently manage historic kernel versions based on available disk

Re: Updater can't update kernel due to disk space

2015-01-14 Thread Colin Law
On 14 January 2015 at 16:33, Chris Knutson christopher.knut...@gmail.com wrote: I just had to purge 3 older kernel versions this morning on 14.04 to update from 3.13.0-43 to 3.13.0-44 Did you try autoremove? Alternatively is it possible they were ancient ones left over from before an upgrade

Re: Updater can't update kernel due to disk space

2015-01-14 Thread Chris Knutson
This is not a support request. I have no problem cleaning up my system. My mother should never have to do this if she wants to run Ubuntu. On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Colin Law clan...@gmail.com wrote: On 14 January 2015 at 16:33, Chris Knutson christopher.knut...@gmail.com wrote: I