How did I get 4.18 Kernel

Asked by tomdean

I have two 18.04 LTS systems, both upgraded from 16.04 LS with do-release-upgrade.

The older upgrade'd system has 4.18.0-21-generic kernel. The most recent(today) has the 4.15.0-51-generic kernel. I believe both should have the 4.15 kernel.

The 4.18 kernel is dated May 15/16.
# ls -l /boot | grep '4\.18'
-rw------- 1 root root 4270411 May 15 07:31 System.map-4.18.0-20-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 4268316 May 16 06:14 System.map-4.18.0-21-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 218359 May 15 07:31 config-4.18.0-20-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 218350 May 16 06:14 config-4.18.0-21-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43019427 May 24 06:54 initrd.img-4.18.0-20-generic
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43181829 Jun 11 21:13 initrd.img-4.18.0-21-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 8555920 May 15 07:39 vmlinuz-4.18.0-20-generic
-rw------- 1 root root 8552184 May 16 07:52 vmlinuz-4.18.0-21-generic

My written log does not show installing the 4.18 kernel or updating it.

Looking at /var/log/apt, I see

Start-Date: 2019-02-15 08:22:56
Commandline: apt dist-upgrade
Requested-By: tomdean (1000)
Install: linux-modules-4.18.0-15-generic:amd64 (4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1, automatic), libwayland-egl1:amd64 (1.16.0-1ubuntu1.1~18.04.1, automatic), linux-headers-4.18.0-15-generic:amd64 (4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1, automatic), linux-headers-4.18.0-15:amd64 (4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1, automatic), libllvm7:amd64 (1:7-3~ubuntu0.18.04.1, automatic), linux-headers-generic-hwe-18.04:amd64 (4.18.0.15.65, automatic), linux-image-4.18.0-15-generic:amd64 (4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1, automatic), linux-image-generic-hwe-18.04:amd64 (4.18.0.15.65, automatic), linux-generic-hwe-18.04:amd64 (4.18.0.15.65, automatic), linux-modules-extra-4.18.0-15-generic:amd64 (4.18.0-15.16~18.04.1, automatic)

What triggered the installation of the 4.18 kernel?

Tom Dean

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#1

What is the output of the following commands (on both systems):

uname -a
lsb_release -crid
dpkg -l | grep hwe
dpkg -l | egrep ' linux-[shim]'
ubuntu-support-Status
hwe-support-status

(maybe you have installed the HWE kernel on one of the systems, but not the other)

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#2

Oops, sorry, wrong autocorrect:
one of the commands should be
ubuntu-support-status

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tomdean (tomdean) said :
#3

On 6/12/19 2:17 AM, Manfred Hampl wrote:
> Your question #681355 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/681355
>
> Status: Open => Needs information
>
> Manfred Hampl requested more information:
> What is the output of the following commands (on both systems):
>
> uname -a
> lsb_release -crid
> dpkg -l | grep hwe
> dpkg -l | egrep ' linux-[shim]'
> ubuntu-support-Status
> hwe-support-status
>
> (maybe you have installed the HWE kernel on one of the systems, but not
> the other)
>

That's it. The 4.18 system is on an Intel brick (NUC 7). The other is
on an ASUS P9X79.

Do you still want to see the outputs?

Thanks.

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Best Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said :
#4

If you are satisfied with the answer, you can close the question without sending the output.

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tomdean (tomdean) said :
#5

Thanks