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I have been struggling with this for few hours and I am not able to find a solution to this problem. Normally I would not care if uname reports a wrong kernel, but when installing Virtualbox, this is a showstopper. Output of cat /etc/os-release

NAME="Ubuntu"
VERSION="16.04.1 LTS (Xenial Xerus)"
ID=ubuntu
ID_LIKE=debian
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS"
VERSION_ID="16.04"
HOME_URL="http://www.ubuntu.com/"
SUPPORT_URL="http://help.ubuntu.com/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/"
VERSION_CODENAME=xenial
UBUNTU_CODENAME=xenial

Output of dpkg -l | grep linux-image:

ii  linux-image-3.13.0-32-generic        3.13.0-32.57                         amd64        Linux kernel image for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-4.4.0-59-generic         4.4.0-59.80                          amd64        Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-extra-3.13.0-32-generic  3.13.0-32.57                         amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 3.13.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-extra-4.4.0-59-generic   4.4.0-59.80                          amd64        Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-extra-virtual            4.4.0.59.62                          amd64        Transitional package.
ii  linux-image-generic                  4.4.0.59.62                          amd64        Generic Linux kernel image


And finally the spurious uname output:

Linux bluemountain 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Any ideas why this disparity occurs and a posible solution?

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  • No idea, but have you tried removing the 3.13 packages? It might be enough to wake up the system. Jan 16, 2017 at 19:22
  • Use a live cd to do get your data safe
    – ras212
    Jan 16, 2017 at 19:35
  • Is it a VPS????
    – Pilot6
    Jan 16, 2017 at 20:31

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On the command line run the following to ensure you have the latest updates:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and probably best to update the initramfs:

sudo update-initramfs -u

and check you have the latest kernel installed, check in /boot:

ls /boot

and update the boot loader script to ensure it has been updated:

sudo update-grub

If that all works OK then reboot and see if that works.

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