My Ubuntu system keeps booting to an old kernel version. I think I fiddled with it a while ago and can't figure out how to just have it go back to booting to the latest version installed.
When I boot it always shows the grub2 menu and when I go into advanced I see kernel version 53 at the top of the list and the following older versions below it: 52, 51, 50, 49 and 48. I can't choose anything more recent than 53.
Here's a pastebin with /etc/default/grub and /boot/grub/grub.cfg: http://paste.ubuntu.com/13245586/
Here is some more info:
$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 3.13.0-53-generic (buildd@phianna) (gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1) ) #89-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 20 10:34:39 UTC 2015
$
$ ls -la /boot/
total 359516
drwxrwxr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 5 22:09 .
drwxr-xr-x 28 root root 4096 Nov 11 23:22 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1164723 Mar 24 2015 abi-3.13.0-49-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1164671 May 20 04:11 abi-3.13.0-53-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1164806 May 26 13:11 abi-3.13.0-54-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1164806 Jun 17 18:03 abi-3.13.0-55-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1164984 Jun 19 03:04 abi-3.13.0-57-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1165129 Jul 7 20:53 abi-3.13.0-58-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1165129 Jul 29 05:35 abi-3.13.0-61-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1165261 Aug 11 09:15 abi-3.13.0-62-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1165204 Aug 14 16:07 abi-3.13.0-63-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1165204 Oct 2 16:53 abi-3.13.0-65-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1165260 Oct 7 09:34 abi-3.13.0-66-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1165260 Oct 23 07:39 abi-3.13.0-67-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165773 Mar 24 2015 config-3.13.0-49-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165762 May 20 04:11 config-3.13.0-53-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165762 May 26 13:11 config-3.13.0-54-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165762 Jun 17 18:03 config-3.13.0-55-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165762 Jun 19 03:04 config-3.13.0-57-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165762 Jul 7 20:53 config-3.13.0-58-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165763 Jul 29 05:35 config-3.13.0-61-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165763 Aug 11 09:15 config-3.13.0-62-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165763 Aug 14 16:07 config-3.13.0-63-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165763 Oct 2 16:53 config-3.13.0-65-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165763 Oct 7 09:34 config-3.13.0-66-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165763 Oct 23 07:39 config-3.13.0-67-generic
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Nov 5 22:10 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20007897 Apr 8 2015 initrd.img-3.13.0-49-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20128409 Jun 2 23:04 initrd.img-3.13.0-53-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20128375 Jun 13 14:56 initrd.img-3.13.0-54-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20129960 Jun 23 21:40 initrd.img-3.13.0-55-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20130591 Jul 8 22:21 initrd.img-3.13.0-57-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20132619 Jul 24 22:45 initrd.img-3.13.0-58-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20131894 Aug 12 22:36 initrd.img-3.13.0-61-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20134255 Aug 19 22:39 initrd.img-3.13.0-62-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20133923 Sep 26 21:50 initrd.img-3.13.0-63-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20133650 Oct 15 22:19 initrd.img-3.13.0-65-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20136415 Oct 23 19:05 initrd.img-3.13.0-66-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20133100 Nov 5 22:09 initrd.img-3.13.0-67-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3389437 Mar 24 2015 System.map-3.13.0-49-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3390132 May 20 04:11 System.map-3.13.0-53-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3390881 May 26 13:11 System.map-3.13.0-54-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3390881 Jun 17 18:03 System.map-3.13.0-55-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3391581 Jun 19 03:04 System.map-3.13.0-57-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3391763 Jul 7 20:53 System.map-3.13.0-58-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3391819 Jul 29 05:35 System.map-3.13.0-61-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3392306 Aug 11 09:15 System.map-3.13.0-62-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3392068 Aug 14 16:07 System.map-3.13.0-63-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3392068 Oct 2 16:53 System.map-3.13.0-65-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3392380 Oct 7 09:34 System.map-3.13.0-66-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3392383 Oct 23 07:39 System.map-3.13.0-67-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5815264 Mar 24 2015 vmlinuz-3.13.0-49-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5821152 May 20 04:11 vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5821664 May 26 13:11 vmlinuz-3.13.0-54-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5821984 Jun 17 18:03 vmlinuz-3.13.0-55-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5820800 Jun 19 03:04 vmlinuz-3.13.0-57-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5823136 Jul 7 20:53 vmlinuz-3.13.0-58-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5822208 Jul 29 05:35 vmlinuz-3.13.0-61-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5820896 Aug 11 09:15 vmlinuz-3.13.0-62-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5821152 Aug 14 16:07 vmlinuz-3.13.0-63-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5820640 Oct 2 16:53 vmlinuz-3.13.0-65-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5820544 Oct 7 09:34 vmlinuz-3.13.0-66-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5822368 Oct 23 07:39 vmlinuz-3.13.0-67-generic
$
$ cat /etc/default/grub
# If you change this file, run 'update-grub' afterwards to update
# /boot/grub/grub.cfg.
# For full documentation of the options in this file, see:
# info -f grub -n 'Simple configuration'
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian`
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
# Uncomment to enable BadRAM filtering, modify to suit your needs
# This works with Linux (no patch required) and with any kernel that obtains
# the memory map information from GRUB (GNU Mach, kernel of FreeBSD ...)
#GRUB_BADRAM="0x01234567,0xfefefefe,0x89abcdef,0xefefefef"
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
#GRUB_TERMINAL=console
# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
#GRUB_GFXMODE=640x480
# Uncomment if you don't want GRUB to pass "root=UUID=xxx" parameter to Linux
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
#GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"
# Uncomment to get a beep at grub start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
$
$ sudo update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
Warning: Setting GRUB_TIMEOUT to a non-zero value when GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT is set is no longer supported.
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-67-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-67-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-66-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-66-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-65-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-65-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-63-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-63-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-62-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-62-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-61-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-61-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-58-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-58-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-57-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-57-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-55-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-55-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-54-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-54-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-53-generic
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-49-generic
Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-49-generic
done
UPDATE:
I found there is another small 255mb partition on my hard drive. I mounted it and did ls on it. It seems I have two installations of grub and the one being used is on this small partition. Is this normal? What should I do to fix this?
ls -la /media/jabrams/3241b98f-b24e-4699-8a73-7b29a95bd5cd/
total 150315
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 3072 May 22 23:03 .
drwxr-x---+ 3 root root 4096 Nov 12 22:33 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1164723 Mar 12 2015 abi-3.13.0-48-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1164723 Apr 10 2015 abi-3.13.0-49-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1164671 Apr 15 2015 abi-3.13.0-51-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1164671 May 3 2015 abi-3.13.0-52-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1164671 May 20 04:11 abi-3.13.0-53-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165773 Mar 12 2015 config-3.13.0-48-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165773 Apr 10 2015 config-3.13.0-49-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165762 Apr 15 2015 config-3.13.0-51-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165762 May 3 2015 config-3.13.0-52-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 165762 May 20 04:11 config-3.13.0-53-generic
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 May 22 23:03 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20008474 Mar 23 2015 initrd.img-3.13.0-48-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20007214 Apr 30 2015 initrd.img-3.13.0-49-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20005543 May 2 2015 initrd.img-3.13.0-51-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20007376 May 8 2015 initrd.img-3.13.0-52-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 20005275 May 22 23:03 initrd.img-3.13.0-53-generic
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Apr 19 2014 lost+found
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176500 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178176 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+.elf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 178680 Mar 12 2014 memtest86+_multiboot.bin
-rw------- 1 root root 3389235 Mar 12 2015 System.map-3.13.0-48-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3389437 Apr 10 2015 System.map-3.13.0-49-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3389875 Apr 15 2015 System.map-3.13.0-51-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3389875 May 3 2015 System.map-3.13.0-52-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 3390132 May 20 04:11 System.map-3.13.0-53-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5815680 Mar 12 2015 vmlinuz-3.13.0-48-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5815392 Apr 10 2015 vmlinuz-3.13.0-49-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5818368 Apr 15 2015 vmlinuz-3.13.0-51-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5818592 May 3 2015 vmlinuz-3.13.0-52-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 5821152 May 20 04:11 vmlinuz-3.13.0-53-generic
I fixed it. The problem was that my grub2 bootloader was on a partition that was not actually mounted when the operating system was started. So grub2 didn't think that the latest kernel was available. The fix was to uncomment a line in my /etc/fstab file to have the bootloader partition mounted during operating startup at /boot and then remove the the /boot directory on the main operating system partition. I also reinstalled grub2 after this was complete. I don't know why my /etc/fstab file got messed up, I guess I must have messed with it at some point or used a tool that messed with it.
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