I ran updates from the update manager today on my ASUS notebook and when it asked for reboot, it hung at the splash screen. Every time I try to reboot, it hangs at the splash screen.
I tried running recovery mode from GRUB boot but that did not help, I get a repeating message:
udevd [360] timeout killing /sbn/modprobe -bv pci: longstringnumbers [597]
I can boot into previous version 3.2.0-92 from GRUB.
Is there a way to delete this update and revert to previous? Or should I consider saving my data and restore to factory?
Best Answer
if something doesn't work as expected after you updated your kernel (or to be more specific: something hardware related no more works as it was working before), the easiest method is to simply uninstall the new kernel:
sudo shutdown -r now
)now you are in the GRUB-menu and it should look something like this:
use the arrow keys to choose
Previous Linux versions
, and then your previous working kernel likeUbuntu, with Linux 3.2.0-92-generic
(or whatever kernel-version it was).after your system has booted (and everything is working as before the update) open a terminal and type
sudo apt-get purge linux-headers-3.2.0-97* linux-image-3.2.0-97*
(make sure you have entered the correct version-number twice).and that's it... GRUB should be updated automatically and you can try to restart your system and everything should be working as it was!