A 3.8 kernel did not appear to be compatible with 12.04.1... Although it booted to the login screen there was: (1) No grub menu, (2) No boot screen just purple, (3) When plugging in a USB keyboard (none connected initially), nothing happens, (4) No network. I had to boot into rescue media and restore the previous Kernel 3.5.
This comment is just in case anyone else having graphics stability problems over the past 1-2 months is following this same path I am, on a quest to restore desktop stability with an AMD/radeon chipset. I just installed some new bugfixes to the 3.5 kernel from proposed. There are a few radeon bugfixes listed in the changelog. I Fingers crossed. This may be my last post on this bug, as it has been marked as (yet another) "Won't Fix". This past 6 months has been very poor for stability of both for my Ubuntu Server and Ubuntu Desktop installations. Then there is 12.10, which I downgraded immediately to 12.04 upon encountering the Amazon lens, several software crashes and other gems. I can't get through a single working day without some form of Ubuntu crash. Yet my laptop at home is stable. I think it's time to review "Won't Fix" policy. Yes, this bug has become a hodge-podge. It is also High + Critical severity and a serious stability issue. I would never close a serious system usability bug like this as "Won't Fix". I bet many of the 428 users who have marked themselves as affected by this bug would be willing to run whatever diagnostic steps the developers need. The reason why many posts are so vague could be because this is an unrecoverable random crash, which leaves no logs to post. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/993187 Title: ubuntu 12.04 completely freezes frequently. Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Status in “linux” source package in Precise: Won't Fix Status in “xserver-xorg-video-intel” source package in Precise: Won't Fix Bug description: Update: 6/12/2012 This bug is about a complete system lock-up. No other TTYs can be started. Mouse doesn't move. Keyboard doesn't react. The only solution is hard reset. Seems to happen on a variety of configurations, including nVidia, ATI and Intel graphics. If you are still able to TTY or SSH into other sessions, move the mouse or use the keyboard, file another bug. Thx. Joris V. (brains). Update: 5/21/2012 Updating the kernel to 3.3.6 as suggested by Michael in #91, the system seems stable, no freezes yet in 5-6 hrs of using and watching videos for couple of hrs. Original description: I recently installed newly released ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 bit version on my desktop. And it is frequently freezing, for the first few hours it ran smoothly and when I started watching videos it started freezing randomly. I have to use hard restart every time. Initially it was only during videos but now even during normal browsing it is freezing. I am using on board graphics and do not have any graphics card installed. Can someone please help me here, I really love the new looks of 12.04 and it bugs me not being able to use :( Below is my hardware configuration: Processor: Intel CORE i3 processor (2nd generation) Board: Intel® Desktop Board DH67BL Ram: 4GB Graphics: On board HDD: 500 GB Please let me know if you need more information, or any specific logs I can capture (and how). Thanks, Ketan Patil To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/993187/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
