FWIW, I ran this on my 12.04 LTS server system: $ sudo apt-get install linux-generic-lts-trusty linux-image-generic-lts-trusty $ sudo reboot
Now the message "Your current Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is going out of support on 2014-08-07. ..." has been replaced with "Your Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is supported until April 2017." $ cat /etc/issue.net Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS Regards, - Robert On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 4:37 PM, Dick Steffens <d...@dicksteffens.com> wrote: > I just logged in to one of my Ubuntu 12.04 machines via ssl. As part of > the process the system gave me the following notice: > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Your current Hardware Enablement Stack (HWE) is going out of support > on 2014-08-07. After this date security updates for critical parts (kernel > and graphics stack) of your system will no longer be available. > > For more information, please see: > http://wiki.ubuntu.com/1204_HWE_EOL > > To upgrade to a supported (or longer supported) configuration: > > * Upgrade from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS by running: > sudo do-release-upgrade > > OR > > * Install a newer HWE version by running: > sudo apt-get install > > and reboot your system. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > So, if I don't upgrade from 12.04.4 LTS I won't get kernel or graphics > stack security upgrades. I thought the point of an LTS was that it would > be supported, in the case of 12.04, into 2017. Now I have to do > something that, to me, seems scary. I noticed a line on the Update > Manager window that says, "New hardware support is available > [Install]" and Googled it. At: > > http://askubuntu.com/questions/496881/update-manager-message-new-hardware-support-is-available > > the last comment gives me reason to be concerned. I could ignore the > requirement, but I wouldn't get kernel security upgrades. That seems > scary, too. > > Has anyone else running 12.04 had any trouble with installing the new > hardware support? > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
