On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 4:57 PM, Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Russell Senior <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> >>>>> "Denis" == Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]> writes: >> >> Denis> Seems like initramfs ran into a memory limit. I really do not >> Denis> know what this is about, but poking around the web gives me the >> Denis> idea that an upgrade was attempted but did not have room. A bug >> Denis> report indicated that initramfs-tools does not check for memory >> Denis> sufficiency: >> Denis> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/initramfs-tools/+ >> bug/798414 >> >> Denis> I have made a startup usb stick in preparation for what I might >> Denis> have to do to enlarge or make room in the partition. >> >> Denis> Free says (kbytes): total used free shared buff/cache available >> Denis> Mem: 8013756 1198896 1742336 279424 5072524 6196764 >> >> Denis> sudo partx --show /dev/sda [sudo] password for denis: NR START >> Denis> END SECTORS SIZE NAME UUID 1 2048 999423 997376 487M 458a71eb-01 >> Denis> 2 1001470 250068991 249067522 118.8G 458a71eb-02 5 1001472 >> Denis> 250068991 249067520 118.8G 458a71eb-05 >> >> Denis> According to gnome disks, it looks like partition 1 is 511 Mb, >> Denis> and 92.9% full. It is Ext2 (how that happened I do not know. It >> Denis> is a 128G SSD.) I have yet to install gparted. >> >> Denis> What do you recommend? (The desktop is still down because of the >> Denis> display). >> >> Old kernels and associate entourage tend to pile up on ubuntu. I usually >> check to see what kernel I'm running with "uname -a" and then remove >> everything except the newest and the one I'm still running. However, I >> do this in an awkward and manual way that I wouldn't readily recommend >> to others. It does work though. >> >> >> -- >> Russell Senior, President >> [email protected] > > > This is a recent install, so I expect that there may not be many kernels. > How do I see what older kernels I have? > > -Thanks > uname -a Linux denis-ThinkPad-L420 4.4.0-42-generic #62-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 7 23:11:45 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
