Attempt to upgrade to Raring Kernel "broke" graphics system
Running 12.04.2 Precise with the Quantal kernel. Since 12.04.3 was announced with the Raring Kernel, I thought I'd update (I'll NEVER learn).
I used the following command:
sudo apt-get install --install-
After the reboot I immediately noticed I lost the wireless driver and was unable to get it reinstalled. Since I had the wired connectivity, I didn't really mind. However, as soon as I tried showing a movie trailer from http://
I'd seen this before and it was related to the AMD Radeon Driver I was using, so I went to the proprietary drivers selection and selected the standard (not "experimental") driver and rebooted. That didn't help, I got the same problem.
So, deciding to cut my losses, I rebooted from my prior Quantal kernel. I got my wireless connectivity back, but I was still getting the screen lockup from the Apple site. When I checked the available drivers, I now don't even see the "standard" driver anymore. Just three "experimental" builds and one called "post release updates." Seeing no other option, I installed and activated that one (according to Catalyst, it is "Driver Packaging Version 9.01-121018a-
Worse, when the screen blanks (due to inactivity) I cannot get it back. Moving the mouse or touching the keyboard does NOTHING. ALL of this worked before I STUPIDLY tried to update the kernel. I've since removed the 3.8 kernel and all of its supporting files but that hasn't helped. How can I get my system back to the way it was???
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