3.5.0-39 installation will not boot (12.04 64b)

[feartheterrapin]

When trying to install latest update to 3.5.0-39, a window flashes up during the install portion with the following error:

“Sorry, the program "gnome-panel" closed unexpectedly

Your computer does not have enough free memory to automatically analyze the problem and send a report to the developers.”

The rest of the install seems to proceed normally. I restart as requested, grub pops up, select 3.5.0-39 and the system will not boot. I get a terminal screen:

“No caching mode page present
Assuming drive cache: write “

The error repeats two more times.
I then try to reboot and choose previous version; I get the same error. This problem is repeatable as I tried the upgrade twice with the exact same results.

I am installing to 100GB SDD (75% free space), system has 8GB of RAM.
I am able to recover with image back up of previous version. Any suggestions how to complete upgrade?

[feartheterrapin]

I selected only “Important Updates” which were all new kernel related.

Start-Date: 2013-08-25 10:29:28
Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.70'
Upgrade: base-files:amd64 (6.5ubuntu6.5, 6.5ubuntu6.6), dosfstools:amd64 (3.0.12-1ubuntu1, 3.0.12-1ubuntu1.1), lsb-base:amd64 (4.0-0ubuntu20.2, 4.0-0ubuntu20.3), whoopsie:amd64 (0.1.32, 0.1.33), lsb-release:amd64 (4.0-0ubuntu20.2, 4.0-0ubuntu20.3)
End-Date: 2013-08-25 10:29:57


I noticed in text flashing by “Error: Problem with depmod” I could not copy or remember what else was displayed. Anyway, I did reboot successfully. Not sure what a depmod problem is? I guess I will continue slowly updating vice doing all at once untill I figure what the problem is. Suggestions are appreciated.

[feartheterrapin]

I executed the next set of updates (everything except NVIDIA and gnome related) listed below:


Start-Date: 2013-08-24 14:53:05
Commandline: aptdaemon role='role-commit-packages' sender=':1.74'
Install: linux-image-3.5.0-39-generic:amd64 (3.5.0-39.60~precise1), linux-signed-image-3.5.0-39-generic:amd64 (3.5.0-39.60~precise1), linux-headers-3.5.0-39-generic:amd64 (3.5.0-39.60~precise1), linux-headers-3.5.0-39:amd64 (3.5.0-39.60~precise1)
Upgrade: linux-image-generic-lts-quantal:amd64 (3.5.0.37.43, 3.5.0.39.45), linux-headers-generic-lts-quantal:amd64 (3.5.0.37.43, 3.5.0.39.45), linux-signed-generic-lts-quantal:amd64 (3.5.0.37.43, 3.5.0.39.45), linux-generic-lts-quantal:amd64 (3.5.0.37.43, 3.5.0.39.45), linux-libc-dev:amd64 (3.2.0-51.77, 3.2.0-52.78), linux-signed-image-generic-lts-quantal:amd64 (3.5.0.37.43, 3.5.0.39.45)
End-Date: 2013-08-24 14:54:30


The error: “Sorry, the program "gnome-panel" closed unexpectedly
Your computer does not have enough free memory to automatically analyze the problem and send a report to the developers.” returned. However, I was able to reboot. I will proceed to Gnome updates next. Recommendations are appreciated.

[feartheterrapin]

After reading on ask ubuntu many others having similar issues as me being related to NVIDIA, I opted to re-install the NVIDIA as recommended with the following commands:

sudo apt-get remove nvidia-*
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current-updates
sudo shutdown -r now

No errors, all is working fine, update manger is up to date.