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I recently got a new server. Freshly installed 16.04. I noticed the kernel running is 2.6.32. So I wanted to update it. 

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-generic

Now I have this version: 4.4.0-21.37

I also had to install grub to use update-grub.

dpkg --list shows me only linux-headers/images of 4.4.0-21.37.

Also update-grub found kernels of that version.

But when I use uname it still tells me this

Linux london 2.6.32-042stab113.21 #1 SMP Wed Mar 23 11:05:25 MSK 2016 x86_64 x86

Yes I did reboot a couple times. Maybe you can help me.

Tom-Oliver Heidel
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  • The regular way of applying updates is to run `sudo apt-get update` followed by `sudo apt-get dist-upgrade`. – AlexP Dec 07 '16 at 11:52
  • why the `sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-generic` ? Should have been as stated by AlexP. Redo it, it should go. – George Udosen Dec 07 '16 at 12:34
  • Oh I forgot to mention that I used apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade as well and it installed 4.4. But still showing 2.6 – Tom-Oliver Heidel Dec 07 '16 at 12:37
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    You're using a VPS and the kernel you see is the host's. Nothing Ubuntu can do about it. If you want a newer kernel, contact your host. – muru Dec 23 '16 at 10:25

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