After poking around I learned that the cure is to install a correction to the Intel microcode. That in turn requires installing the"intel- microcode 2.20140913.1ubuntu2 source package, which is available from Launchpad. However, I haven't yet figured out how to actually do that. The Archlinux folks have some information on this subject. I didn't realize that Linux actually has the ability to install mods to the Intel microcode.
If any one else decides to follow through on this, please post your findings here. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to nvidia-graphics-drivers-304 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364630 Title: init: Error while reading from descriptor: Broken pipe To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/upstart/+bug/1364630/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

