Public bug reported: After upgrading from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04, GRUB gave me a list of old kernels that however were not in the package database:
This is the /boot directory [CODE ]abi-2.6.35-22-generic memtest86+_multiboot.bin abi-2.6.35-24-generic System.map-2.6.35-22-generic abi-2.6.35-25-generic System.map-2.6.35-24-generic abi-2.6.35-27-generic System.map-2.6.35-25-generic abi-2.6.35-28-generic System.map-2.6.35-27-generic abi-2.6.38-8-generic System.map-2.6.35-28-generic config-2.6.35-22-generic System.map-2.6.38-8-generic config-2.6.35-24-generic vmcoreinfo-2.6.35-22-generic config-2.6.35-25-generic vmcoreinfo-2.6.35-24-generic config-2.6.35-27-generic vmcoreinfo-2.6.35-25-generic config-2.6.35-28-generic vmcoreinfo-2.6.35-27-generic config-2.6.38-8-generic vmcoreinfo-2.6.35-28-generic grub vmcoreinfo-2.6.38-8-generic initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic vmlinuz-2.6.35-22-generic initrd.img-2.6.35-24-generic vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic initrd.img-2.6.35-27-generic vmlinuz-2.6.35-27-generic initrd.img-2.6.35-28-generic vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic initrd.img-2.6.38-8-generic vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic memtest86+.bin[/CODE] but doing: [CODE] dpkg -l | grep 2.6.35 [/CODE] didn't show up anything. Also, in /usr/src/ all old kernels headers were there. [CODE]ls /usr/src/ bcmwl-5.60.48.36+bdcom linux-headers-2.6.35-25-generic easy_slow_down_manager-0.13.7 linux-headers-2.6.35-27 ipheth-1.0 linux-headers-2.6.35-27-generic linux-headers-2.6.35-22 linux-headers-2.6.35-28 linux-headers-2.6.35-22-generic linux-headers-2.6.35-28-generic linux-headers-2.6.35-24 linux-headers-2.6.38-8 linux-headers-2.6.35-24-generic linux-headers-2.6.38-8-generic linux-headers-2.6.35-25 samsung_backlight-0.13.7 [/CODE] I removed entries related to old kernels manually both from /boot and /usr/src and the ran sudo update-grub ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/777663 Title: old kernels are not completely removed from system after upgrade to 11.04 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs