Recent kernels

[R Kimber]

On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 15:51:05 -0400
Ric Moore wrote:

> On 09/27/2013 06:38 AM, R Kimber wrote:
> > I started having instability after the upgrade to kernel 3.2.0-53 and my
> > machine won't boot at all with the latest kernel - it hangs at some
> > stage in the boot process before the login screen.
> >
> > However, I can boot happily with 3.2.0-51 and that seems to be stable
> > on my machine.


> If, for instance, you have an nVidia video card and it wasn't properly 
> upgraded to the newer kernel, it might be attempting to load nouveau, 
> which on my setup is a complete fail with three monitors and two video 
> cards. I'd rather see fall-back revert to svga myself.
> 
> Maybe jam the install CD in there and refresh grub?? Trouble shooting 
> with a shotgun. Ric

Thanks. Well I think I'm using nouveau anyway. I previously had a lot of
problems with jockey and the nVidia drivers. Is there a nouveau problem with
recent kernels?

- Richard.
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Richard Kimber