On 11/18/2016 05:54 PM, 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 > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
I'm not adept at Ubuntu but if you are installing updates with apt-get can't you use sudo apt autoremove --purge to remove the old kernels as well as other unused packages? _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
