I don't think this age old too many kernels problem, and the should old ones be
auto-deleted or not, is specific to any particular package. It has been beat to
death over years and years.
I'll just set this one to invalid.
** Changed in: ubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1641120
Title:
too many kernels produce start loop
Status in ubuntu-docs package in Ubuntu:
Invalid
Bug description:
After performing the last update, I followed the advice to restart the
computer. Then it got into
a loop. After typing the correct password, the screen went 'ploink' and
presented again an
empty password field. No failsafe option was present.
Upon getting help from an expert, this expert discovered that there were many
old
linux kernels, all the way back to 2.6.23 en 3.13. This took a lot of time
too. Something to do with
NVIDIA-drivers needing gcc. On starting all the init-ramdisks had to be
update for all those kernel versions. (Says my expert.)
I have had several computers, and each time I copied the entire hard
disk of one to the next one.
The remedy was to remove all old kernel versions.
I consider this a bug. Installing a new kernel without removing old ones
causes
apparently serious problems. Ordinary users who have no idea about what is
"under the hood"
are seriously handicapped and not all of them have easy access to an expert
who can fix things
in a couple of hours.
I have Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
apt-cache policy pkgname yields no information.
I am not sure that have too many outdated linux kernels
is something in a specific package.
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