kernel update hosed my system

[Liam Proven]

On 14 March 2013 23:47, John Scott <fyrbrds at netscape.net> wrote:
> Weird to still have this classic problem. Have a fresh install of Ubuntu
> 12.10. I let the first series of updates run but unchecked the kernel
> updates because I just had this same problem on another computer. After
> everything else was running great I went ahead and allowed the kernel update
> to 3.5.0-25-generic. Upon reboot Unity has malfunctioned and my display
> adapter is really slow. I'm in the GUI and can run programs if I can find
> the icons or start them from terminal. I'm writing this with Thunderbird
> launched from terminal.
>
> Obviously the kernel update either didn't update modules or the ATI Radeon
> module is stale or something. Anyone seen this before? Probably an easy fix.
> I'm just surprised that a kernel update on a fresh install can totally hose
> the system with a distro this mature.

On my desktop, I had such problems with 12.10 that I went back to
12.04 for daily use, until this week, when I did a clean reinstall of
Quantal - which immediately began crashing and misbehaving, before I'd
even installed graphics drivers.

So I upgraded to the beta of Raring, 13.04, and it is pretty stable.

On my main laptop, I have kept Precise, but for an experiment, I tried
the latest backported Quantal kernel. It hung the machine at startup,
so hard that I had to hold down the power button to turn it off, boot
back into kernel 3.2 and remove it.

So, in my experience, no, 12.10 is not a mature or stable release. I
would suggest that, on an important machine, you stay with Precise, or
if you like living dangerously, try Raring Ringtail.

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