[GTALUG] Ubuntu 4.4.0-43 kernel update issue

[Tim Tisdall]

Ah.. I just saw your other posts...  I see you fixed it.

My issue wasn't when I upgraded to 16.04.  It was while on 16.04 it
did a small kernel update and neglected to include the "extras"
package related to that new kernel.

On 17 October 2016 at 07:46, Tim Tisdall <tisdall at gmail.com> wrote:
> What screen resolutions are available to switch to?  Perhaps the
> driver for your video card isn't properly installed or working?
>
> You could try going to Settings > Software & Updates > Additional
> Drivers and checking if there's a driver for your video card that's
> not currently being used.
>
> On 15 October 2016 at 17:13, Stephen via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
>> On 2016-10-14 08:23 AM, Tim Tisdall via talk wrote:
>>>
>>> On the off chance anyone else is using Ubuntu 16.04 ...
>>>
>>> This morning I found my computer barely usable because of a kernel
>>> update yesterday.  My screen resolution was reduced to the minimum,
>>> mouse and track pad didn't work, and no wifi.  After some searching
>>> online, I found that the issue was the update failed to install the
>>> "extra" package.
>>>
>>> You can check if this is your problem by running ` dpkg --list
>>> "*4.4.0-43*" ` and seeing if you're missing the "linux-image-extra"
>>> package.  If so, then you can run "sudo apt-get install
>>> linux-image-extra-4.4.0-43-generic" to fix it.
>>
>>
>> I have the same problem after the update. :(
>>
>> Just screen resolution, though. Mouse fine.
>>
>> I do have the package installed :( :(
>>
>> I tried upgrading to 16.10. No joy :( :( :( :(
>>
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