14.04 LTS Beta 2 Upgrade -> failed to update kernel, broke video drivers

[Kenneth Godwin]

I was able to fix it by manually updating to kernel 3.13.0-20-generic.

linux-headers-3.13.0-20 & linux-headers-3.13.0-20-generic was required to resolve the issue.

What I expected to happen? Updating Ubuntu 14.04 LTS would not break my video drivers, preventing me from accessing my system without entering into recovery mode.

What actually happened? Updated to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, video drivers broke in an irrecoverable manner causing a black screen upon completion of booting, updated kernel and re-built the nvidia drivers.

-> % lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu Trusty Tahr (development branch)
Release: 14.04

-> # lspci -nnk | grep -i vga -A3 | grep 'in use'
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
 Kernel driver in use: mei_me
 Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
 Kernel driver in use: pcieport
 Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
 Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
 Kernel driver in use: ahci
 Kernel driver in use: nvidia
 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
 Kernel driver in use: sky2
 Kernel driver in use: sky2

-> # modinfo nvidia
filename: /lib/modules/3.13.0-20-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko
alias: char-major-195-*
version: 331.49
supported: external
license: NVIDIA
alias: pci:v000010DEd00000E00sv*sd*bc04sc80i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEd00000AA3sv*sd*bc0Bsc40i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc02i00*
alias: pci:v000010DEd*sv*sd*bc03sc00i00*
depends: drm
vermagic: 3.13.0-20-generic SMP mod_unload modversions
parm: NVreg_Mobile:int
parm: NVreg_ResmanDebugLevel:int
parm: NVreg_RmLogonRC:int
parm: NVreg_ModifyDeviceFiles:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileUID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileGID:int
parm: NVreg_DeviceFileMode:int
parm: NVreg_RemapLimit:int
parm: NVreg_UpdateMemoryTypes:int
parm: NVreg_InitializeSystemMemoryAllocations:int
parm: NVreg_RMEdgeIntrCheck:int
parm: NVreg_UsePageAttributeTable:int
parm: NVreg_MapRegistersEarly:int
parm: NVreg_RegisterForACPIEvents:int
parm: NVreg_CheckPCIConfigSpace:int
parm: NVreg_EnablePCIeGen3:int
parm: NVreg_EnableMSI:int
parm: NVreg_MemoryPoolSize:int
parm: NVreg_RegistryDwords:charp
parm: NVreg_RmMsg:charp
parm: NVreg_AssignGpus:charp

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