Comment 22 for bug 577648

Alan,
    No problem. The good part is that in using linux that long, you have had no need to install new kernels in this manner. That is definitely a good thing. :-) So what i am asking you to do here is find the kernel that matches with your current version based on the list available at the link I provided above. download the kernel -generic image and the architecture specific headers (i386/X64) and the generic headers marked -all. you then install these based on the instructions on that same page and reboot your machine.

You can verify that you have the kernel you installed running by doing uname -a from the command line. Instructions for removing the kernel (should you so desire) should be available from that same page.

Hope that helps.

~JFo