On 14/08/2015, didier gaumet <didier.gau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Le 13/08/2015 13:58, Bret Busby a écrit : > >> Thank you. >> >> That is how I managed to initially install the operating system. > > then you should probably have a grub entry with PAE enabled (forced) > >> I have not tried, and, do not know how, to apply that fix as part of a >> kernel upgrade, and thence, I can not either update, or, add packages >> to, that computer, within that operating system installation. > > 1) edit /etc/default/grub, and add "forcepae" to the > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT parameter > for example: > replace > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" > by > GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash forcepae" > > 2) > $ sudo update-grub > > 3) reboot > > 4) Ubuntu being booted in PAE mode, apt-get would probably let you > upgrade your system > >> I guess it is now just a permanent bug in Ubuntu "i386", if the >> problem does not apply to kernels outside Ubuntu. > > It is not a bug in Ubuntu: it is a choice. For x86, they now support > only 686 with PAE (and from what I understand, PAE support in early > Celerons is deemed experimental). > >
Hello. Thank you. Thank you for your previous clarifications. Thank you for the solution above, which worked and solved the problem. And, thank you for your patience with me. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ....................................................
