I can not upgrade to any kernel after 2.6.24_27_generic can you help?

[newguynet]

Hello:

In an old machine I have kubuntu 8.04.4 LTS running with the 2.6.24-27 generic kernel. After doing some of the automatic updates to the machine I can not get into kubuntu with a newer kernel than this one. Anybody can help me?

[Snowhog]

Re: I can not upgrade to any kernel after 2.6.24_27_generic can you help?

Can you clarify please? Are you saying that after an update a newer kernel (newer than 2.6.24-27) was installed, but you can not boot into it?

[newguynet]

Re: I can not upgrade to any kernel after 2.6.24_27_generic can you help?

Yes, that's what I mean. Thanks for making it clearer.

[Snowhog]

Re: I can not upgrade to any kernel after 2.6.24_27_generic can you help?

You need to tell us what actually happens - what do you see when you select the new kernel to boot into? Also, what video card/chip set do you have in your PC?

[newguynet]

Re: I can not upgrade to any kernel after 2.6.24_27_generic can you help?

The machine is a dell optiplex gx 260. The display adapter is a Intel 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller. Memory size of display adapter: 64 MB.

The machine runs a Pentium4 2.26 GHz with 512 MB ram


What happens: When the machine tries to load a newer kernel, the screen goes to black and the blue login screen never appears.

[Snowhog]

Re: I can not upgrade to any kernel after 2.6.24_27_generic can you help?

Are you able to boot into the previous kernel? If yes, from the Desktop open a console and type:

df -h

Copy and paste the output.

[newguynet]

Re: I can not upgrade to any kernel after 2.6.24_27_generic can you help?

Filesystem      Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk
           8.4G 3.6G 4.4G 46% /
varrun        251M 156K 251M  1% /var/run
varlock        251M   0 251M  0% /var/lock
udev         251M  44K 251M  1% /dev
devshm        251M   0 251M  0% /dev/shm
lrm          251M  40M 212M 16% /lib/modules/2.6.24-27-generic/volat      ile

Please note: I am running kubuntu from inside of windows (in case its important)

[arochester]

Re: I can not upgrade to any kernel after 2.6.24_27_generic can you help?

8.04 LTS was only supported until 12th May 2011. It is now over three years old. There was another LTS. 10.04. The latest issue is 11.04.

[claydoh]

Re: I can not upgrade to any kernel after 2.6.24_27_generic can you help?

Where it is a Wubi install (inside windows) perhaps the wubi part is not compatible with the newer kernels. btw, though 8.04 LTS is past end-of-life, there still have been recent kernel updates as the server version of 8.04 still has support for a bit.

Unless there is any compelling reason, I suggest staying with the last working kernel if you don't care to upgrade or install a newer version

[newguynet]

Re: I can not upgrade to any kernel after 2.6.24_27_generic can you help?

Thanks for the help. I know that I can upgrade. What happens is that when I did that the computer was so slow that I was not able to work with.

[claydoh]

Re: I can not upgrade to any kernel after 2.6.24_27_generic can you help?

probably the combination on a Wubi setup (a little slower than a normal install to begin with) plus your ram being in the low side for the new KDE, I'd wager.

I don't know why the new kenrels don't give you a gui, other than perhaps the video drivers not being updated as well for these kernels - as desktop support is now ended, but kernel support for the server (non-gui) still continues. Just a guess on this, though.