I appreciate your help. Now watch for postings on my @#$% desktop. It seems to be having problems. May also relate to packages.
-Denis On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:34 PM, Tom <[email protected]> wrote: > I am glad that it sorted your problem. > > All you need to do, what I do anyway, is to run the auto remove command > every few months, or as often as you feel like in order to remove old > packages and kernel versions. It took a while to fill your /boot > partition, so you should have about the same time before seeing the > problem again. > > When apt removes the unused kernel packages, it takes care of Grub > configuration too. > > Enjoy the rest of the weekend, Tomas > > On Sat, 2016-11-19 at 14:54 -0800, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Richard England < > > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > On 11/19/2016 09:50 AM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > > > On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 9:43 AM, Richard England < > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On 11/18/2016 05:54 PM, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 5:13 PM, Russell Senior < > > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > > > 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? > > > > > > > > > It worked. Why do you say that I "cannot use" ? Or are you > > > > asking a > > > > question? > > > > > > > > -Denis > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > I use Ubuntu mostly on VMs so I am rarely concerned with removing > > > SW. > > > The machines don't last long enough to merit updating much less > > > removing. > > > > > > I was questioning my understanding and the applicability in your > > > environment. > > > > > > Hope that helped clean things up for your update. > > > > > > ~ > > > > > > Yes. /boot has only two versions now: 4.4.0-42 and -47. So it > > worked. I > > had 8 before. > > > > -Denis > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
