New kernels - removing older ones ??

trebek · 12-09-2006, 11:07 AM

Oh, that i didn't know, thanks for clearing that up. I'll get my laptop fixed (it's using kubuntu) as soon as i get home back from work. Thanks dude.

trebek · 12-09-2006, 11:36 PM

Check this up:

Code:

root@laptop:~# dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-image
linux-image-2.6.15-23-386                       install
linux-image-2.6.15-25-386                       install
linux-image-2.6.15-26-386                       install
linux-image-2.6.15-27-386                       install
linux-image-386                                 install
root@laptop:~# dpkg -P linux-image-2.6.15-23-386
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of linux-image-2.6.15-23-386:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-23-386 depends on linux-image-2.6.15-23-386.
dpkg: error processing linux-image-2.6.15-23-386 (--purge):
 dependency problems - not removing
Errors were encountered while processing:
 linux-image-2.6.15-23-386

It wouldn't let me erase the oldest image!! Where do i go from here?

When i type the 'uname -a' command, i get the following:
Linux laptop 2.6.15-27-386 #1 PREEMPT Sat Sep 16 01:51:59 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
This is the current image i am using, and it's really stable. I don't need the others, and i suppose they are independent from each other. I guess i can remove the 3 old ones and save a lot of space.

Ok, i will tell you what i did to solve this problem. I grabbed that module that depended on the image, and performed the same command: 'dpkg -P'. Apparently that worked it out because then i could remove the image. I did the same for 23 & 25 kernel images. I prefer to ask you guys whether it's safe to remove 26 as well since it's the closest to the one i am currently using. Thanks for the help. BTW, the man page on dpkg is quite usefull. I was dazzled with that install property, it says there that install means the package is ready for installation, which in this case it seems they were never installed!!!! And yet i am able to use them.

Wierd things i run into!!!

m_yates · 12-10-2006, 09:02 AM

There should be no problem removing the old kernels if you are not using them. They are independent of each other. If you read the error message you received, it says that the kernel couldn't be removed because the restricted modules package depends on the kernel. Just remove the restricted modules package first, then you can remove the kernel. You would need to do:

Code:

dpkg -P linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-23-386
dpkg -P linux-image-2.6.15-23-386

I'm assuming that is what you did by reading your post. Glad to hear it worked.

trebek · 12-10-2006, 05:24 PM

That's exactly what i did. It was just a wild guess. But that much, jejeje. I will remove 26 then, i just needed to verify, i wouldn't want to screw up my OS, it's taken me quite a while to have it where i want it to be.