generally, no it won't update the kernel.  you can get security fixes for it if your' system is looking for updates regularly (you should set it to check at least daily).  it will usually update a version ( i.e. 2.16 would upgrade to 2.X.) and if you let it.  you generally don't want auto kernel  updates to a different main version numbers as it can break things, and in critical apps mostly security patches get loaded, may use the same kernel for many years,  just applying security updates.

-- The Power Of the People Is Stronger Than The People In Charge.

4. Sep 2017 22:16 by etpoole60@comcast.net:

I tried to move to the latest stable kernel (4.12) so I could take advantage of my newest custom system (Intel Core I7 6-core; 64 GB RAM; MSI nVidia graphics card; 2 - 120 GB SSD; 2 - 4TB WD Black) on a UEFI Asrock mother board.

I've had the machine for 3-months but I couldn't get it to work until I found out that the Nouveau driver was causing me all the 'hardware' issues. I moved to the nVidia driver along with DKMS and all of my issues went away until I attempted to upgrade kernel 4.12 ...

It seems that DKMS doesn't automatically upgrade when the kernel is upgraded.  Will this issue go away if I change my graphics card to a AMD?

-- Eugene Poole Woodstock, Georgia

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