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2.6.24-16 Generic not upgrading to Release Canidate

Asked by Yelloman3

Hello, I tried to post this to the ubuntu forum. It's not allowing me to do so for some reason. My problem is, I'm trying to upgrade my hardy 2.6.24-16-generic install to the release candidate version. I do all the updates, but I've yet to get the offer to update. What am I doing wrong?

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Ionuț Jula (ionutjula) said : 		#1

Hello. You might try to: $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -fmV

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Yelloman3 (yelloman333+launchpad) said : 		#2

Thank you for the response. I tried "sudo apt-get......". I got this;

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
yelloman@yelloman-laptop:~$

It's responding as if my system is up to date. (But) My system monitor still reports the kernel as being 2.6.24-16 Generic.

I even tried the alternate cd .iso. It went trough the process as if it was upgrading. Same kernel I.d. was reported in the end.

Am I wrong to assume that system monitor would report "2.6.24-16 RC" as the kernel if it was indeed upgraded?

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Best nglnx (nglnx) said : 		#3

The generic part indicates the type of kernel you are using, not the milestone. For instance:

linux-image-2.6.24-16-generic -> Linux kernel image for version 2.6.24 on x86/x86_64
linux-image-2.6.24-16-server -> Geared toward server systems
linux-image-2.6.24-16-i138 -> Supports Alternate x86 (486 and better) processors

....etc

If sudo apt-get dist-upgrade shows no software updates then your hardy installation is up to date (discounting mirror delay issues) and are in fact using RC Ubuntu.

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Yelloman3 (yelloman333+launchpad) said : 		#4

Thank you so much. Just my vain desire to have nothing but the latest and hottest.