Why Does 14.04 Hate AMD?

[Matthew Cliffe]

Sorry did I miss something why are amd64 processors the problem?


On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 6:39 AM, Charles T. Bell <cbell44 at cfl.rr.com> wrote:

>
>
> On 08/15/2014 12:19 AM, Bill Vance wrote:
> >
> > Ok Tom, I'll start it off.
> >
> > On Mon, 11 Aug 2014, Nils Kassube wrote:
> >>
> >>> Bill vance wrote:
> >>>
> >>> [SNIP]
> >>>
> >>> So, night before last, I started getting,
> >>> "14.04 is here", notices, so I decided to
> >>> give it a try, and see if it fixed the problem.
> >>> After a while of downloading files, it was
> >>> re-boot time.  So just a little ways into the
> >>> boot, it suddenly goes, "dead screen", and
> >>> locks up.  Not to be discouraged, next day
> >>> I go to the local computer shop, and get a
> >>> 14.04 disc, and surprise, surprise, it doesn't
> >>> even get to the setups, when it too goes dead,
> >>> the same way.
> >>>
> >>> So, after re-installing 12.04.4 everythings
> >>> working again.  Never did figure out what was
> >>> wrong.
> >>>
> >>> And, unless it just doesn't like AMD processors,
> >>> it looks like 14.04 has a nasty boot-up bug.
> >>>
> >>> Bill
> >>>
> >>
> >> Bill,
> >> We should start a new Subject for this.  I also
> >> installed/upgraded to 14.04 on my AMD64 desktop and
> >> had similar problems.  It would lock up every day
> >> and sometimes twice in one day.
> >> I persevered and finally it is now working without
> >> having me reboot using my "red button".  I don't
> >> know if it is fixed or not.  I did have to reload
> >> phonon to get Grandfatherclock to work, but that
> >> is the only other problem I have found so far.
> >> I was originally afraid that my memory was going
> >> bad, but that is not the case.
> >> So, how did they fix it?  I haven't a clue.
> >> Good luck with yours!
> >>
> >
> > Well, 14.04 seems to like my AMD Sempron 2000+
> > even less, as it won't even let it boot, whether
> > it's a download upgrade or a install disk.
> >
> > I think we need to get everyone together and
> > shake our collective fingers at the developers,
> > while chanting, "Shame on you!! Shame on you!!",
> > over and over again.....:-)
> >
> > Bill
> >
>
> Yes, it took me about a week of sticking with 14.04
> before it settled down.  I am not sure yet that it is
> working right.  Although it has been running now for
> several days (12 days and counting).  I don't know for
> sure if the uptime is counting through reboots or
> after a reboot.
> It seems that AMD64 is a red-headed stepchild for some
> reason.
> I could never an exact fix on what was causing the freeze,
> because what I was running or not running varied.
> You could not get past the start of a boot and it
> froze, while I at least got to the KDM and ran a
> program or two before it froze.
> Hopefully, they will fix it soon.  I know that the
> debug report window would open and allow me to send
> the failure report.
> As to whether or not it actually arrived, well,
> your guess is as good as mine.  However, it is running
> better at the moment.
>
> Tom
> --
> "There is a sufficiency in the world for man's
> need but not for man's greed."
> -- Mahatma Gandhi
>
> --
> kubuntu-users mailing list
> kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users
>
>


-- 

Matthew Cliffe

Daresbury Tel: (+44)01925864332
Email: matthew.cliffe at stfc.ac.uk

The Cockcroft Institute
Daresbury Laboratory
Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus
Daresbury
WA4 4AD

Photon Physics Research Group
The University of Manchester
Room 2.323 Alan Turing Building
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/kubuntu-users/attachments/20140815/ab1bb038/attachment.html>