Comment 24 for bug 1389904

I just did a fresh install of Lubuntu 14.04.1 on my HP DeskPro machine. It rebooted and let me login to the desktop the same as it did before I encountered the problem I reported.

I then used synaptic package manager (package menu) to "Lock Version" of the xserver-xorg-video-intel package to the initially installed version (2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1).

I then installed updates. At the end of that process (before rebooting), I checked (using synaptic package manager) the state of the xserver-xorg-video-intel package. It showed that the installed version was 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.3, and that the latest available version was 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.

I then rebooted, and this time, it booted to a blank (but white) screen. It never gets to the point where either the mouse cursor appears, or the login-screen appears.

I tried rebooting the recovery version of the latest kernel, and it booted to a blank (black) screen. I saw no error messages that gave any hint of the problem.

I tried rebooting the prior kernel (that was installed with 14.04.1), and it also booted to a blank (white) screen.

My UbuntuStudio system for which this process worked before (posted above), shows that the installed version is 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1.2, and that the latest available version is 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1. My UbuntuStudio system still boots and works. I applied updates to it again, and it still works (xserver-xorg-video-intel was not updated in those updates).