Public bug reported: Illustrated in shell:
$ ls -l /boot/vmlinuz-* -rw------- 1 root root 6808720 helmi 26 05:17 /boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-30-generic -rw------- 1 root root 6808528 maali 11 02:11 /boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-34-generic -rw------- 1 root root 6829104 maali 16 02:45 /boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-35-generic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7013984 huhti 28 16:03 /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-21-generic -rw------- 1 root root 7015440 touko 13 02:55 /boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-22-generic $ linux-version list 4.2.0-30-generic 4.2.0-34-generic 4.2.0-35-generic 4.4.0-21-generic 4.4.0-22-generic $ dpkg -l linux-image-4'*' |grep . Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Architecture Description +++-============================-============-============-====================================================== ii linux-image-4.4.0-21-generic 4.4.0-21.37 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ii linux-image-4.4.0-22-generic 4.4.0-22.40 amd64 Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-22.40-generic 4.4.8 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-22-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Fri May 27 11:31:51 2016 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-04-28 (28 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) SourcePackage: dpkg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1586303 Title: After upgrade from Xubuntu 15.10 to 16.04, old kenrels are on /boot but not shown by `dpkg -l` To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/1586303/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs