Why Does 14.04 Hate AMD?

[Charles T. Bell]

On 08/15/2014 12:19 AM, Bill Vance wrote:
> 
> Ok Tom, I'll start it off.
> 
> On Mon, 11 Aug 2014, Nils Kassube wrote:
>>
>>> Bill vance wrote:
>>>
>>> [SNIP]
>>>
>>> So, night before last, I started getting,
>>> "14.04 is here", notices, so I decided to
>>> give it a try, and see if it fixed the problem.
>>> After a while of downloading files, it was
>>> re-boot time.  So just a little ways into the
>>> boot, it suddenly goes, "dead screen", and
>>> locks up.  Not to be discouraged, next day
>>> I go to the local computer shop, and get a
>>> 14.04 disc, and surprise, surprise, it doesn't
>>> even get to the setups, when it too goes dead,
>>> the same way.
>>>
>>> So, after re-installing 12.04.4 everythings
>>> working again.  Never did figure out what was
>>> wrong.
>>>
>>> And, unless it just doesn't like AMD processors,
>>> it looks like 14.04 has a nasty boot-up bug.
>>>
>>> Bill
>>>
>>
>> Bill,
>> We should start a new Subject for this.  I also
>> installed/upgraded to 14.04 on my AMD64 desktop and
>> had similar problems.  It would lock up every day
>> and sometimes twice in one day.
>> I persevered and finally it is now working without
>> having me reboot using my "red button".  I don't
>> know if it is fixed or not.  I did have to reload
>> phonon to get Grandfatherclock to work, but that
>> is the only other problem I have found so far.
>> I was originally afraid that my memory was going
>> bad, but that is not the case.
>> So, how did they fix it?  I haven't a clue.
>> Good luck with yours!
>>
> 
> Well, 14.04 seems to like my AMD Sempron 2000+
> even less, as it won't even let it boot, whether
> it's a download upgrade or a install disk.
> 
> I think we need to get everyone together and
> shake our collective fingers at the developers,
> while chanting, "Shame on you!! Shame on you!!",
> over and over again.....:-)
> 
> Bill
> 

Yes, it took me about a week of sticking with 14.04
before it settled down.  I am not sure yet that it is
working right.  Although it has been running now for
several days (12 days and counting).  I don't know for
sure if the uptime is counting through reboots or
after a reboot.
It seems that AMD64 is a red-headed stepchild for some
reason.
I could never an exact fix on what was causing the freeze,
because what I was running or not running varied.
You could not get past the start of a boot and it
froze, while I at least got to the KDM and ran a
program or two before it froze.
Hopefully, they will fix it soon.  I know that the
debug report window would open and allow me to send
the failure report.
As to whether or not it actually arrived, well,
your guess is as good as mine.  However, it is running
better at the moment.

Tom
-- 
"There is a sufficiency in the world for man's
need but not for man's greed."
-- Mahatma Gandhi
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