this was missing either. really strange why would these packages not reinstall with the new kernel . I m assuming these were removed when I got rid of 4.15.0-44-generic.
Thank you Timo! bzanaj@hostname:~$ sudo apt install linux-image-generic [sudo] password for bzanaj: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: amd64-microcode intel-microcode iucode-tool thermald The following NEW packages will be installed: amd64-microcode intel-microcode iucode-tool linux-image-generic thermald 0 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 1,542 kB of archives. After this operation, 2,431 kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1814610 Title: new kernel 4.15.0-45-generic fails to load intel driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1814610/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs