The live-CD issue makes sense... thanks. I reinstalled 5.4 per your suggestion. I can now boot into 5.4 again in my daily-use partition through the Advanced grub menu. Thank you!
Will I be notified when a fix is released in 5.8? I've disabled automatic updates for now. ... Duane On 2/3/21 4:17 AM, Kleber Sacilotto de Souza wrote: > Hi Duane, > > Regarding your comments: > > 5) Ubuntu 20.04 runs fine when running directly from USB flashdrive. This is > really wierd. > 6) Occurs immediately after a fresh installation of 20.04 in any partition. > Verified sha256sums. > > I believe the installer will update some packages, including the kernel, > when you do the installation on the system. This would explain the > difference between running the live-cd and the installed system. > > If after the automatic update to 5.8 your 5.4 kernels are not available > anymore for booting, you can try installing the meta package "linux- > generic" which would install the latest 5.4 kernel. > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1912898 Title: [i915] With kernel 5.8, video crashes, system freezes. But 5.4 works. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-hwe-5.8/+bug/1912898/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs