Re: [Bug 1912898] Re: [i915] With kernel 5.8, video crashes, system freezes. But 5.4 works.

2021-02-03 Thread Duane Shults
The live-CD issue makes sense... thanks. I reinstalled 5.4 per your suggestion. I can now boot into 5.4 again in my daily-use partition through the Advanced grub menu. Thank you! Will I be notified when a fix is released in 5.8? I've disabled automatic updates for now.    ... Duane On 2/3/2

Re: [Bug 1912898] Re: Last few kernel updates, video crashes, system freezes

2021-01-26 Thread Duane Shults
/sda1 boots to desktop, cursor OK, but 1st or 2nd user action immediately renders system unusable. Freezes, various screen flashing, reboots or reverts to user login. Verified the above multiple times. What else can I do to help? Thanks!    ... Duane Shults On 1/25/21 12:17 AM, Daniel van

[Bug 1912898] [NEW] Last few kernel updates, video crashes, system freezes

2021-01-23 Thread Duane Shults
Public bug reported: 1) Chromebox 2955U trying to run Ubuntu 20.04 with updates. Has been running Ubuntu for many years. 2) Video seems to crash when ANY program, menu item or terminal is started after reboot. Flashing screen fields, boxes, menus. Cursor freezes or stutters. 3) 18.02 ran and