Question
Kernel change has no effect
I used the Control Panel to change my kernel from Ubuntu 14.04 x64 vmlinuz-3.13.0-37-generic to Ubuntu 14.04 x64 vmlinuz-3.13.0-40-generic.
The Control Panel now shows Your droplet's current kernel: Ubuntu 14.04 x64 vmlinuz-3.13.0-40-generic
But running uname -ri on my droplet gives 3.13.0-37-generic x86_64, so I think the kernel has not actually been updated.
ls /lib/modules shows 3.13.0-37-generic 3.13.0-40-generic
I have rebooted and apt-get update / upgrade / dist-upgraded several times, to no avail.
Thanks for any help!
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After updating your kernel with the apt-get upgrade and changing your kernel in the control panel have you rebooted your droplet? A change to your running kernel will only take effect with a reboot.
I’ve rebooted with
sudo shutdown -r now— do I need to reboot in a different way?Just to be sure the state change was picked up by the hypervisor I’d recommend running a
and then booting the droplet from the control panel.
Ah okay, that worked, thanks!
I think the “We recommend rebooting your droplet through the command line…” warning in the control panel scared me off.
Anyway cool, thanks again!
The warning has to do with using the power cycle button in the control panel as this performs a hard reboot. Using “poweroff” to power down your droplet safely and then booting it from the control panel poses no risk.