Kernel update not working on Ubuntu 12.04

Posted on May 15, 2014

Hi, I tried to update the kernel via control panel (settings->kernel), chose the new kernel, clicked on change and rebooted via console, but when I log in it still says Ubuntu 12.04, and cat /etc/issue also says 12.04.

Any tips?

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Andrew SB

May 15, 2014

Hi! Are you trying to upgrade to Ubuntu 14.04? If so, you need to upgrade the droplet itself before you select the new kernel in the control panel. To do the upgrade, run: <pre> apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade do-release-upgrade -d </pre> Once you do that, you can then select the newer kernel from the control panel. And remember, before doing a major upgrade, it is always a good idea to take a snapshot in case something goes wrong!

carlosspohr

May 15, 2014

Yes! I’m agree with Andrew’s answer, I always manage packages update and upgrade on CLI (terminal), on droplet dashboard works very well, but on CLI you have more control and security to make this ~danger~ operations. On my droplets I always use apt-get regularity: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get dist-upgrade sudo apt-get autoclean sudo apt-get autoremove I never had errors with this.