Ubuntu Kernel Update?

[imported_LoKe]

I'm dowloading about, 22mb worth of gnome/gtk/lbi's right now. New kernel?

Where would I check so I don't have to ask stupid questions like this again?

 

[xtknight]

New kernels are labeled by "linux-image-xxx" in the updates and are paired with a new "linux-restricted-modules" too.

This stuff is just GNOME updates. GNOME/GTK really doesn't have much to do with the kernel. Right now it looks like they're updating some GNOME stuff to a newer revision of v2.14.3.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Guess I should have been paying attention. I just remember hearing about possible releases this week or something.

Thanks!

 

[Robor]

There's a new kernel (linux-image-2.6.15-26-686) update this morning. I've got 58 updates, including the new kernel, on my Ubuntu box this morning. Applying all now.

The good thing is this kernel update can't break my wireless again because it's already broken from the last kernel update!

 

[xtknight]

Odd. I've had linux-image-2.6.15-26-amd64-k8 since 7/17/06.

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: xtknight
Odd. I've had linux-image-2.6.15-26-amd64-k8 since 7/17/06.

I've had that also. Here's my 'uname -a' before the update - linux-image-2.6.15-26-686. It's the same after the update. That's strange...

 

[xtknight]

I guess there is a new kernel (minor revision update). It didn't come up for me until this morning. The Ubuntu server seems to be getting hammered but this mirror works better for me (in sources.list):

http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/

 

[imported_LoKe]

So...I'm not completely retarded?

 

[xtknight]

Originally posted by: LoKe
So...I'm not completely retarded?

Only partly. :laugh:

No, there was a new kernel update and it looks like they updated a lot.

After reboot my kernel reads:

Linux ubuntu 2.6.15-26-amd64-k8 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 3 03:11:38 UTC 2006 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I don't know what 3 am UTC is eastern. 11 PM? wth? My kernel appears to be from the future. Probably 11 PM last night but I didn't get the kernel update notification until this morning, even after several apt-get updates last night after your OP.

 

[imported_LoKe]

My uname -a

Linux x04d 2.6.15-26-386 #1 PREEMPT Mon Jul 17 19:52:53 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux

According to that, I udated on the 17th of July. Either I didn't update, or the kernel was released for i386 before it was released for amd?

EDIT: Are security.ubuntu.com and archive.ubuntu.com down for anyone else?
EDIT2: The update manager is getting is. It failed on base-file, though. =[

 

[drag]

If there is a significant bug fix or security update distros will usually back port those fixes to the current kernel they are using, then issue a 'update'. It's easier on end users this way.

So that may be part of the confusion.

If you want to know more for certain when was the last time you updated your kernel do a 'ls -l /boot/' and see the time stamps on the files there. (unless you've been playing around with them or something that would cause the time stamps to update.)

Also check out your boot menu configuration time stamp and contents in /boot/grub (if your using grup, or /etc/lilo.conf if your using lilo).

That should help. Also your modules in /lib/modules should shed some light on the subject.

Keep in mind that of course after a kernel update you have to reboot to make the changes go into effect.

 

[imported_LoKe]

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1414781 2006-08-03 01:09 vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386

You're quite right! Thanks, drag.