Why Does 14.04 Hate AMD?

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Le 16/08/2014 08:38, Bill Vance a écrit :
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> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014, Bruce Marshall wrote:
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>> On 08/15/2014 12:13 PM, seawing wrote:
>>> This is similar to what I am experiencing.  I recently installed 
>>> 14.04 on my AMD 64 HP Pavilion and the screen freezes up a couple 
>>> times a day.  It is really annoying. The only thing I can do when it 
>>> happens is REISUB.  I have been searching for answers for a few 
>>> weeks and this is the first time I have heard a similar situation.  
>>> I would love to hear what a solution is.  I would really like to not 
>>> reinstall again.
>>>
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>> Did all of you AMD64 users do an "upgrade"?  As opposed to a fresh 
>> install?   I have had almost NO problems with 14.04 on two 
>> desktops...  but I ALWAYS do a fresh install.  I started with the 
>> beta back in April and am now running with all of the latest 
>> updates....  and still no problems.
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> I did both on my 32 bit AMD Sempron(tm) 2800+.
> First the upgrade wouldn't get past the early
> part of the bootup before crashing.  Then I
> tried an install disk, and that wouldn't boot
> either.  Pretty much the same story with both.
>
> Bill
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Mainly upgrade doesn't work properly but fresh install do. AMD64 x8 
nvidia, I work with kubuntu +1 to get latest dev.