Is there any way to downgrade or revert an update to the kernel?

Posted by David on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by David
Published on 2013-04-29T18:44:00Z Indexed on 2013/10/20 22:12 UTC
Read the original article Hit count: 235

Filed under:

kernel

|

13.04

Today I installed the linux 3.9 Kernel update (because I heard it would fix sound through HDMI which I no longer have since installing 13.04). After restarted my computer and logging in my screen has only a desktop, and no dock or tool bar.

I tried to reset unity and compiz using guides like this one but nothing happens, even after reboot.

Is there any way to downgrade or reset the update?

EDIT: Running uname -a in terminal brings up 3.8.0 as my current kernel for some reason.

© Ask Ubuntu or respective owner

Related posts about kernel

Can't install kernel-uek-headers for currently running kernel

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I have just created a VM in VMWare and installed a minimal install of Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.3. # cat /etc/oracle-release Oracle Linux Server release 6.3 It is running with the UEK kernel. # uname -r 2.6.39-200.24.1.el6uek.x86_64 When I try and install VMWare Tools, I get the following error… >>> More
Why does my laptop resume immediately after suspend?

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I seem to be having some problem with suspend mode. Every time I try to suspend my laptop, it just locks the screen. Or maybe it successfully suspends just to resume only an instant after. What could cause such a behaviour? I'm running 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04 with the 3.2.0-25 kernel on a HP dv5-1178er… >>> More
Fedora error log file

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
I am running a java application using this wrapper service yajsw. The problem it just stopped without any error in its logs file. So I was wondering will there be any system log file which will indicate the cause of it going down? Partial of the log file. Apr 6 00:12:20 localhost kernel: imklog… >>> More
External USB drive is failing

as seen on Super User - Search for 'Super User'
I have an external USB 2.0 drive WD My Book Mirror Edition, running in RAID 1 (mirroring) mode. A while ago the hard drive started to fail: it stops responding (directories are not listed returning an error after a big timeout). Sometimes it works for weeks before a failure, sometimes – few hours… >>> More
Problem with RAID5 (mdadm) - disk detached

as seen on Server Fault - Search for 'Server Fault'
Having these lines in /var/log/syslog Apr 18 16:53:05 Server kernel: [4487878.816036] ata4: EH in SWNCQ mode,QC:qc_active 0x1 sactive 0x1 Apr 18 16:53:05 Server kernel: [4487878.816058] ata4: SWNCQ:qc_active 0x1 defer_bits 0x0 last_issue_tag 0x0 Apr 18 16:53:05 Server kernel: [4487878… >>> More

Related posts about 13.04

Cannot find root device after latest kernel upgrade

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I'm running Ubuntu 13.04. Yesterday I tried to install updates but there was an error, and it suggested running apt-get -f install which I did. Now when I try to boot, I get an error "Gave up waiting for root device". The text is almost identical to the text shown in this and this question. However… >>> More
My ubuntu runs in slow motion on ubuntu 13.04 asus 1015cx

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
My specs: my Asus EeePC 1015CX certified by ubuntu 12.04 lts asus 1015 cx with gma 3600 graphic card intel atom dual core ubuntu 13.04 My problem: I need to use ubuntu 13.04, not 12.04. ubuntu 13.04 runs in slow motion on default unity desktop, is it graphic card problem? when i clicked file… >>> More
"Something wicked happened" error in apt-get

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
Everytime I try to install through terminal I get this" I am not able to install or update and I can't find working answer for this here. Here is my apt-get update result: Hit http://ppa.launchpad.net raring Release.gpg Hit http://deb.opera.com stable Release.gpg… >>> More
How do I connect my NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express in y Dell latitude d630?

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
Trying to get my 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5755M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02) working with my wifi. I just installed Raring Ringtail on this dell latitude D630 and I can't get it to connect without a wifi dongle. This is what I got when I typed sudo lshw… >>> More
nouveau Unknown Fermi chipset

as seen on Ask Ubuntu - Search for 'Ask Ubuntu'
I've installed a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04 and whenever I start my laptop I get this output error [ 19.469816] nouveau ![ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] unknown Fermi chipset [ 19.469846] nouveau E[ DEVICE][0000:01:00.0] unknown chipset, 0x0d7000a2 [ 19.469870] nouveau E[ DRM] failed to create 0x80000080… >>> More