Dapper to be delayed 6 weeks...

[Derek Broughton]

Peter Garrett wrote:

> On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:25:13 -0400
> Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Except I don't really care to reboot for a new kernel.  I'll reboot next
>> time it's really convenient - not just because I downloaded the kernel.
>> And given that Grub's configured to reboot with the last used kernel,
>> odds are that I'll end up back in the same kernel after reboot, too!
> 
> I don't think so - here kernel updates result in the new kernel booting by
> default. As far as I know Grub does this "automagically".

That's user configurable - and what you're describing was certainly the
default when I first installed Ubuntu.  However, grub does not do that to
_me_ automagically, and if it was ever modified to do so, I'd be howling so
you could here me from wherever in the world you are!  I almost never shut
down my laptop: I hibernate it.  If I did a kernel install, and it rebooted
in the new kernel after hibernation, things could get messy.
-- 
derek