I installed the 5.10 kernel nearly a year ago and it works without any problems.
However, I have decided to get rid of the 5.4 kernel that I have kept as a just-in-case backup. After removing this kernel, I am still getting the prompt in Update Manager to install it. How can I get rid of this nag?
Mint 20.2 Mate
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Thanks
[Solved-ish] Kernel update issue
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[Solved-ish] Kernel update issue
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Re: Kernel update issue
Hi,
First, disabling kernel updates reasonable thing to do because kernel issues are harder to solve.
Unless you have a brand new hardware or you have some issues with the current kernel- it is probably the best to leave the kernel as it is.
As far as I know, both 5.4 and 5.10 kernels are recieving updates.
According to this post there is no easy way to desable kernel updates (yet?).
You can just unselect them when you install updates in the mint-update tool.
Best of luck!
First, disabling kernel updates reasonable thing to do because kernel issues are harder to solve.
Unless you have a brand new hardware or you have some issues with the current kernel- it is probably the best to leave the kernel as it is.
As far as I know, both 5.4 and 5.10 kernels are recieving updates.
According to this post there is no easy way to desable kernel updates (yet?).
You can just unselect them when you install updates in the mint-update tool.
Best of luck!
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Re: Kernel update issue
Run this command to get of 5.4 series
Please note that 5.4 will be supported till the end of LM 20.x life and kernel 5.10 is unsupported already
If you want to move with newer kernels you can install
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sudo apt remove linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image-generic
If you want to move with newer kernels you can install
linux-generic-hwe-20.0
- now it is on 5.13
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sudo apt install linux-generic-hwe-20.04
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Re: Kernel update issue
That's actually backwards, kernel updates are easy to revert. It's the other high level updates you need to worry about.
If there's just one old kernel there. just leave it. You should always have the last working kernel there in case of problems with the current one. This is such common accepted Linux practise that if you do sudo apt autoremove to get rid of unneeded packages, it will leave the last kernel there.
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Re: Kernel update issue
I would also recommend keeping the 5.4 kernel just in case.
You can avoid the updates by blacklisting them: As you see, it says "right click on the updates to add them to blacklist". So when you get the 5.4 update, you can right-click on it.
But you should still keep the 5.4 kernel.
You can avoid the updates by blacklisting them: As you see, it says "right click on the updates to add them to blacklist". So when you get the 5.4 update, you can right-click on it.
But you should still keep the 5.4 kernel.
Re: Kernel update issue
I'm going to mark this as the correct answer.spamegg wrote: ⤴Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:22 am I would also recommend keeping the 5.4 kernel just in case.
You can avoid the updates by blacklisting them:
blacklist.png
As you see, it says "right click on the updates to add them to blacklist". So when you get the 5.4 update, you can right-click on it.
But you should still keep the 5.4 kernel.
After looking at a few other Linux forums, it seems that there is a possibility of creating problems if you remove the kernel that the distro came with. Something about various dependencies that could be removed, then trying to figure out what needs to be put back. Too much work for a minor annoyance.
Thanks for all your answers!
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