Hello! How can I get rid of this announcement popping up all the time, saying: "Linux v4.19 Available,
Major update available for Install, Show, Cancel." Whenever I click one of Install Show or Cancel nothing happens, the announcement disappears and pops up again after a while. This drives me crazy, anyone having any advice about how to solve this, maybe some way of installing or what?

this should not happen.
you are using mint 18?
is there a package management application installed, or a software center?
can you do system upgrades from there?
or does mint have a system updating program in its menu?

Mint has a graphical update manager that runs automatically. It's supposed to be more newbie-friendly than synaptic. I suspect that is where the message is coming from.

I have never ever seen this notification produced by Mint. I suspect it is coming from elsewhere, possibly a browser add-on, possibly another piece of software that has been installed.

If the OP could reboot their system, open nothing at all, wait longer than it normally takes for a notification to appear, and then let us know if the notification appears, then that would be a useful first diagnostic.

There is probably a software update utility running as part of your desktop.

This notification seems to be about the newest kernel (4.19) released earlier in October.

As previously requested, please tell (or confirm) what distribution and version you are running.

Meanwhile you can check your menus for a Software Update utility of some type.

Mint 18 it is Administration -> Update Manager
Mint 19 it is Control Center -> Update Manager

I have to say though that none of these options would control a notification pop-up like this.

Your LQ profile may not be represent what distribution you're running at present.

For future info, Mint 18 and 19 both have the graphical Update Manager which by default runs automatically and lets the user know when updates, including kernel updates, are available (but not, I've ever seen, in the manner and nature described by the OP).

There is also a graphical Software Manager application to allow installation/removal of software packages, but it does not deal with kernels.

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Manjaro maybe? Manjaro has an annoying little kernel update utility that pops up in addition to the normal software update utility. The OP didn't say what distro this was. If I remember, Mint pretty much flags kernel updates as "dangerous" unless you go in and allow them.

Just a guess...

That's correct. The update manager grades updates on a scale of 1-5 according to their potential to cause trouble. The default update level is 3 and users are advised not to go above it.

Just a note that this no longer applies in Mint 19. Now, all updates are offered on the same footing and TimeShift is used to roll back if anything goes awry.

Sorry guys! I forgot to update my distro, nowadays I use Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS. Make any difference?

A bit and it helps only because as you can see, sometimes assumptions may be made.


Mint is Ubuntu derived and my "guess" is that you have the Update Manager as part of your desktop. However please check with their documentation as well as the available utilities in your desktop which control how updates are addressed, this should be in your menu under some form of System or Administration main menu.

Just for info, Mint's Update Manager was developed by Mint themselves and is not inherited from Ubuntu.

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Do you have Ukuu installed?

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/...tu-linux-mint/

You can find out with:

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Thank you hydrurga! I do have ukuu installed and I installed v4.19. Seems to be running OK, hope that this problem is history now. If any problem occurs, I will go back to the previous 4.18 kernel.

Well now we know what is probably causing the notifications.

Out of interest, however, why do you feel the need to use Ukuu to install the latest mainline kernels? Do you have very recent hardware, is there some feature in the most recent kernels that you need, or do you just like to be on the cutting edge or test new kernels?

If none of these apply then going with the Ubuntu-supplied kernels would seem a safer bet. They are optimised for Ubuntu, better supported by Ubuntu, and less likely to cause problems.

Read the precautionary notes here: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/02/...-kernel-ubuntu

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