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In Software & Updates / Livepatch I get this notification "Livepatch requires an internet connection." with a disabled switch in front of it. I am online so internet connection is up & running.

Screenshot Software & Updates:
screenshot Software & Updates

I tried to enable Livepatch by clicking Learn more in the Livepatch tab, got a token from the Canonical Livepatch Service , entered that in terminal according to the code provided:

sudo snap install canonical-livepatch
sudo canonical-livepatch enable [insert token here]

Then I get this error:

*2019/04/20 19:41:37 error executing enable: 
Livepatchd error: The platform Ubuntu 19.04 is not supported. exiting.*

Any idea what's going on here? I thought Livepatch should be supported in 19.04.

pomsky
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NeoRey
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  • I don't believe this is a duplicate, it's asking about 19.04 and software and updates does imply it is supported. – fosslinux May 16 '19 at 02:24
  • @fosslinux In that case that should be bug with the Software & Updates GUI, needs to be reported if it's not already. There is nothing specific about 19.04, it's a matter of LTS vs non-LTS release. – pomsky Oct 22 '19 at 19:06
  • @fosslinux It seems this discrepancy in GUI is also addressed: as per this comment, in Software & Updates/Livepatch it checks first and then says "Livepatch is not available for this release." – pomsky Oct 22 '19 at 19:18

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19.04 does not offer livepatch(?).

My 19.04 claims:

Livepatch is not available for this release.

Maybe it was intended to work but they cancelled it (again as they did with 18.10).

An Ubuntu One account is required. And a token. And since you have a token I'd assume it does not work (yet) for 19.04.

The wiki Kernel Livepatch only points to LTS so the websites that show what is new are probably wrong or got wrong information from Canonical.

This is a collection of notes and FAQs for the Canonical Livepatch Service. That page has a general introduction, data sheet and the ability to sign up for the service.

Kernel Version

  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 64-bit x86 4.15 GA generic and lowlatency kernel variants only

  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit x86 4.4 GA generic and lowlatency kernel variants only

  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64-bit x86 4.4 Hardware Enablement kernel only

Additionally, network access to the Canonical Livepatch Service (https://livepatch.canonical.com:443) and the latest version of snapd (at least 2.15) are needed.

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  • Thanks, yes I have a Ubuntu One account. It is required to get the token. Could very well be that Livepatch is not working for now. – NeoRey Apr 20 '19 at 18:07
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    It still doesn't work today on 19.04, but to be fair, in Software & Updates/Livepatch it checks first and then says "Livepatch is not available for this release." – Jos May 01 '19 at 12:14