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dpkg --list 'linux-image-*' results in Unknown / Not installed

So I'm manually deleting old kernels and did a dpkg --list 'linux-image-*' and I get: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/...
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Installed xubuntu-desktop on Lubuntu - cannot login to xubuntu/xfce session

So, I installed the xubuntu-desktop package on my Lubuntu netbook, but when I went to login to a xubuntu session nothing happened. The screen simply went momentarily blank and then came up with the ...
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I want to increase the size of my boot partition (Ubuntu 14.04 version) [duplicate]

I read in another post that kernels are distributed as new releases rather than upgrades. I didn't know this when I was allocating space to my partitions during my initial install of Ubuntu. As a ...
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/dev/sda1 /boot is full [duplicate]

I know there are a lot of questions like this but I've tried pretty much to understand what to do and failed. By df -h I know that my /dev/sda1 /boot is with 100% use. I'm not understanding what I ...
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Trouble in Boot Repair

I had a problem with my grub, it didn't recognize my OS, I have installed windows, ubuntu and kali. But then I tried to use Boot repair in a ubuntu live cd, and then I got to type. sudo chroot "/mnt/...
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How to make linux-generic point to 4.9 and not linux-headers-4.4.0-62 after kernel upgrade from 4.4 to 4.9? [closed]

Using Ubuntu 16.04 ... I just upgraded my kernel from 4.4 to 4.9 which runs fine yet when I issue apt-get upgrade it suggests I install The following packages have been kept back: linux-generic ...
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What other software is available to remove old files/kernels to increase space and cleanup drive?

Like many others users, I need to remove files/kernels to increase space because I'm getting the error message that says I can't update because I have don't have enough space in /boot. I've searched ...
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How to INSTALL kernel 4.4 which no longer resides on the system and then remove kernel 4.10 from ubuntu 16.04

My bluetooth audio arrangement works with 4.4.0-7x but no kernel that I've tried in between that and now 4.10.0-32 and beyond. It's an IHB-23 speaker system that shows up as a headset. On somewhere ...
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Confusion with multiple linux kernel images - Ubuntu boots on older kernel

I m running Ubuntu 16.04. After a prompt by software update, that I discarded, as I booted I opened a terminal and run my update alias: alias maintain='set -x; sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-...
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How to limit number of kernels shown in boot menu? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to remove the unwanted entries from the boot menu? I want to limit the number of kernels shown in my boot screen to say only the two latest ones. How can I do this with ...
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Virtual Box won't load

I am unable to get Virtual Box to load since upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10. It tells me to rebuild the kernel modules by running /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup. When I do in terminal the system cannot find ...
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What exactly is /lib/modules/4.4.0-XX-generic/vdso/.build-id

I did a rootkit search with chkrootkit and it came up with this strange set of files: /usr/lib/debug/.build-id /lib/modules/4.4.0-51-generic/vdso/.build-id /lib/modules/4.4.0-47-generic/vdso/....
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Trying to clean disk space, but can't remove packages

On my Ubuntu server, the root has taken up all the available disk space and I can't expand the partition. I'm trying to remove some old packages to free up some space but I can't because I don't have ...
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delete GRUB ubuntu 11.10

how do I delete grub on Ubuntu 11.10. I want to get into ubuntu normally without having to choose which operating system I would run. and how to remove ubuntu with older kernels as shown below grub
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Old kernel version still running after several updates

Currently running 3.11.0-18, but many other later versions are installed. For some reason the updates aren't getting selected for grub: $ uname -r 3.11.0-18-generic Listing kernels: $ sudo /usr/...
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