This appears to be an issue with the xorg video driver, which arose for some reason when running in combination with 3.2.0-31 and subsequent kernels, but not with earlier kernels.
It turns out that the laptop is not dead, but just that the screen does not work at all. I can do CTRL-ALT-F1 to get to a text terminal (although I can't see it), log in with my user name and password, then issue "sudo shutdown -r now" (all blind), to reboot the laptop. I have now installed the proprietary fglrx driver for the Radeon 6320M, and the problem has gone away. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1058969 Title: Kernel 3.2.0-31 fails to boot from grub To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1058969/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
