Kernel 3.3 issue

[Fintan]

On my Laptop HP dv6 i7 core I upgraded ot lernel 3.3 with this:
http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/03/how-...kernel-in.html

Upon reboot my fan is constantly running.

I had the impression that this was resolved in 3.3.

any ideas to get this sorted?

[Fintan]

Okay, this kernel does not like my vmplayer 4.0.2 and won't mount usb's.

How can remove it safely?

[Jonas]

According to the replies in the link, (at bottom); http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/03/how-...ment-476833553

reboot selecting the standard kernel in grub, then run the dpkg commands from above but instead of -i for install use -r for remove

I have not much experience tinkering with the kernel, but appears that it'll be safe.

B.R

Jonas

[Snowhog]

If you want to remove a kernel (not the running kernel!) from the CLI:

sudo apt-get purge linux-image-x.x.x-xx-generic

where x.x.x-xx are the number of the kernel you want to remove.

I use the following to list all the kernels installed on my system:

dpkg --list | grep linux-image | awk '{print $2}'

Here, currently, that shows:

linux-image-3.2.0-19-generic
linux-image-3.2.0-20-generic
linux-image-generic

So, if I wanted to remove the 'older' kernel I would type:

sudo apt-get purge linux-image-3.2.0-19-generic

Afterwards, you need to run:

sudo update-grub2

(if you are using Grub2)

[Fintan]

Thanks guys, got it to go with:

reboot selecting the standard kernel in grub, then run the dpkg commands from above but instead of -i for install use -r for remove

Cheers