[kwlug-disc] Different kernel version on same LTS?

[Bob Jonkman]

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I speculate that the incremental upgrades from 12.04.0 to 12.04.4 only
provide application, utility and security upgrades, not kernel upgrades.

FWIW, two of my servers show

simak:~$ uname -rv
3.2.0-56-generic #86-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 23 09:20:45 UTC 2013
simak:~$ lsb_release -d
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS

irving:~$ uname -rv
3.2.0-60-generic #91-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 19 03:54:44 UTC 2014
irving:~$ lsb_release -d
Description:	Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS

"simak" was installed as a 12.04.1 or 12.04.2; "irving" was upgraded
from 10.04.

Both have been restarted in the last month due to power failures
exceeding the UPS capacity...

- --Bob.


On 14-04-18 05:34 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> I noticed something odd the other day, a discrepancy of the kernel
>  version on almost identical machines. Both machines are running 
> Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS.
> 
> This is a machine that was on 10.04 and then upgraded to 12.04.
> 
> $ uname -vr 3.2.0-60-generic #91-Ubuntu SMP Wed Feb 19 03:54:44 UTC
> 2014
> 
> $ dpkg -l | grep linux-im | awk '{print $2}' 
> linux-image-3.2.0-60-generic linux-image-server
> 
> $ grep DESCR /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.4 
> LTS"
> 
> This machine was initially the same, but had a hard drive failure,
>  and was reinstalled on a new drive from a DVD
> 
> $ uname -rv 3.11.0-19-generic #33~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 12 
> 21:16:27 UTC 2014
> 
> $ dpkg -l | grep linux-im | awk '{print $2}' 
> linux-image-3.11.0-19-generic
> 
> Same distro release as the other machine: $ grep DESCR 
> /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS"
> 
> Note the different kernel version? The upgraded machine has 3.2, 
> and the installed one has 3.11!
> 
> It is not causing any issues. Just curious why this happens.
> 
> 
> 
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