Comment 40 for bug 1724639

Hi,

Sorry for the slow reply. I have been somewhat distracted by a physical
illness

As others have done, I set a GRUB variable with the line:-
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=text

I also commented out the line that set the GRUB variable
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT=0

With those changes in place,
1. Graphics problems disappear.
2. It is easier to choose a particular kernel at boot time

However, in last week's testing I noticed a few problems with other
kernels. I'll summarise my notes because I tested about 11 kernels.

The 4.14.-041400rc5-generic kernel doesn't have network access - both
ethernet and Wi-Fi don't work.

There was a temporary regression in 4.13.0-0413rc1-generic
and4.13.0-0413rc2-generic where the trackpad doesn't work.

HTH,

Ian

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