*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 765438 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/765438
Now I see the problem: >From the output of update-grub: >Testing for an existing GRUB menu.lst file ... found: /boot/grub/menu.lst >Updating /boot/grub/menu.lst ... done instead of: >Generating grub.cfg ... You still have an old menu.lst file around and this is what gets updated when you install or delete kernels. Please attach the following files: /boot/grub/menu.lst /boot/grub/grub.cfg Then in a terminal window do: sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg and post the output. I wonder if you have the package "startupmanager" installed? It is suspected of causing such trouble. About your question: Yes, 2.6.38-8 and 2.6.38-9 are different kernels. When you ran update-grub just before they were found: >Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-9-generic >Found kernel: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic And those are the two kernels that you should now see in grub (called 2.6.38-9-generic and linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic) linux-image-generic is a meta-package. It does not contain a kernel itself. It just "depends" on a package that contains a kernel. And when you install (or upgrade) a package its dependencies are automatically installed (or upgraded) with it. If you click on linux-image-generic version: 2.6.38.9.23 in synaptic it says in the details below: This package will always depend on the latest generic kernel image available. That is currently: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic (to see the dependencies of a package right click in synaptic and choose properties) One day (soon) linux-image-generic will be upgraded with the daily updates. The new version will depend on a newer and differently named linux-image-... package (which contains the actual kernel) which will then automatically be installed also. That does sound a bit complicated, doesn't it. Anyway, the core reason for this metapackage is that a package of a given _name_ (like e.g. linux-image-2.6.38-1-generic) can only be upgraded to a newer _version_ of the same _name_. You would never automatically get an upgrade to e.g. a package with the name linux-image-2.6.38-2-generic that way. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/773740 Title: 11.04 --DARK SCREEN--Need a lamp to see -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs