Regarding the comment of poikiloid: At my two computers wrong/missing packages don't seem to be the problem. The following command line reports that all packages are at the newest version.
sudo apt-get install linux-generic linux-headers-generic linux-image- generic ubuntu-desktop But probably there is a problem with more than one graphics card. My desktop has to PCIe graphics cards. My notebook has two switchable graphics adapters. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1158562 Title: system will not start after updating to kernel 3.5.0-27 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-lts-quantal/+bug/1158562/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs