Comment 10 for bug 339198

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Ace Suares (acesuares) wrote : Re: [Bug 339198] Re: Ubuntu hangs; Intel G33 low resolution

Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:50:08PM -0000, Ace Suares wrote:
>> You install the Ubuntu 8.10 from the live cd and then you end up with a
>> frozen machine. Isn't that clear enough?
>
> No, it isn't, because you said the problem was fixed by booting the older
> kernel and then installing newer updates. That indicates that it's a
> problem with a previous update that has been superseded.
>
> The 2.6.27-11 kernel is not on the install media; if you had that kernel
> after your first reboot, it's because updates were applied from the network
> as part of the install. One of those updates must have had a problem, but
> your description doesn't give enough information to tell which.
>

If the -11 kernel came from an update from the network, then I shall try
and reinstall from the live cd and see if the problem is gone.