Thanks, Tomas.  I will do that.  Afterward, is there anything I need to do
to correct the result of running into the memory problem?

-Denis

On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 12:05 AM, Tom <[email protected]> wrote:

> Need to run to remove unused old versions of kernels and other
> packages?
> Run: sudo apt autoremove --purge
>
> That should fix that for you automagically.
>
> If you want to prevent the problem happening in the future without
> remembering the command, you can configure it by following this guide:
> http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2016/05/remove-old-kernels-ubuntu-1
> 6-04/
> <http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2016/05/remove-old-kernels-ubuntu-1%0A6-04/>
>
> I just run the "autoremove" command whenever I remember, one a year
> maybe.
>
> Hope it helps, Tomas
>
> On Fri, 2016-11-18 at 17:54 -0800, Denis Heidtmann wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Russell Senior <
> > [email protected]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > > > > > > "Denis" == Denis Heidtmann <[email protected]>
> > > > > > > > writes:
> > >
> > > Denis> This is a recent install, so I expect that there may not be
> > > many
> > > Denis> kernels.  How do I see what older kernels I have?
> > >
> > > I use aptitude for package management.  Look for packages named
> > > linux-image-* and the associated linux-image-extra-*.  You want to
> > > purge
> > > them, I think.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Russell Senior, President
> > > [email protected]
> >
> >
> > I looked using synaptic.  I see 4.4.0-42.62 both in generic and
> > extra.
> > There are 7 earlier, all listed as installed.  But I also see 4.4.0
> > -47.68,
> > yet uname shows 42.68.  Is it possible that the install of 47.68
> > stalled
> > when I got that memory error?  But regardless, it seems I have some
> > older
> > stuff to get rid of.
> >
> > But you said "..., I think."  That makes me reluctant.  Someone as
> > incompetent as I am needs certainty to minimize the chance of
> > catastrophe.
> >
> > -Denis
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