Unable to update kernels following xenial update

Hi, after doing the xenial update (14 to 16) i restarted and computer froze pre-startup; this happens every time I turn the computer on now. I have to press the restart button, then go through ubuntu recovery start and start using old kernel, which works, but when I try to download the new update it doesn't like it at all. I have some linux experience but this is beyond me. if anybody can help I'd really appreciate it. I've included the following outputs after reading other problems :-
uname -a
lsb_release -crid
sudo dpkg --audit
df -h
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jill@jill-Inspiron-15-3552:~$ uname -a
Linux jill-Inspiron-15-3552 3.13.0-164-generic #214-Ubuntu SMP Wed Dec 5 10:42:33 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
jill@jill-Inspiron-15-3552:~$ lsb_release -crid
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial
jill@jill-Inspiron-15-3552:~$ sudo dpkg --audit
[sudo] password for jill:
The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured.
They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure
menu option in dselect for them to work:
 linux-generic Complete Generic Linux kernel and headers
 linux-image-extra-4.4.0-141-generic Linux kernel extra modules for version 4.4
 linux-image-generic Generic Linux kernel image
 linux-signed-generic Complete Signed Generic Linux kernel and headers
 linux-signed-image-4.4.0-141-generic Signed kernel image generic
 linux-signed-image-generic Signed Generic Linux kernel image

The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems
configuring them the first time. The configuration should be retried using
dpkg --configure <package> or the configure menu option in dselect:
 initramfs-tools generic modular initramfs generator (automation)
 linux-firmware Firmware for Linux kernel drivers
 linux-image-4.4.0-141-generic Linux kernel image for version 4.4.0 on 64 bit x

jill@jill-Inspiron-15-3552:~$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
udev 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev
tmpfs 387M 6.3M 381M 2% /run
/dev/sda3 448G 14G 411G 4% /
tmpfs 1.9G 7.7M 1.9G 1% /dev/shm
tmpfs 5.0M 8.0K 5.0M 1% /run/lock
tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/sda1 596M 18M 579M 3% /boot/efi
cgmfs 100K 0 100K 0% /run/cgmanager/fs
tmpfs 387M 80K 387M 1% /run/user/1001
jill@jill-Inspiron-15-3552:~$