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latest 12.10 upgrade caused webcam, usb ports, and nvidia optimus to stop working and power management issues on Samsung 700Z5C

Asked by Gabriel Claramunt

Last friday I updated the kernel and linux-libc-dev and after that, I noticed:
webcam is not recognized anymore
one of the usb ports doesn't work
bumblebee for nvidia optimus doesn't run
Other minor issues regarding power management (ACPI irqs, keyboard backlight, etc )
The power management issues seem related to /etc/default/grub being overwritten.

I've booted a previous version of the kernel from the boot menu but the problem still persists.

The laptop is a Samsung series 7 Chronos 700Z5C-S02UB

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#1

Try to reinstall nvidia drivers and bumblebee package.

Reinstalling Nvidia

sudo apt-get install --reinstall nvidia-current nvidia-settings
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo nvidia-xconfig

Reinstalling Bumblebee

sudo rm /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf
sudo apt-get install --reinstall bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia linux-headers-generic

Reboot your system and see if fixed.

BE AWARE in first set of commands (nvidia-reistallation) replace the nvidia-current IF you have another version of nvidia driver installed. (eg. nvidia-experimental-310 ... because I don't know what version of nvidia driver you have.)

Thanks

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Gabriel Claramunt (gabriel-claramunt) said : 		#2

Thanks a lot, but tried that and didn't work... and the issue is not particular to the video driver either. The latest kernel upgrade seems to have borked up the configuration

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

If you boot the Quantal liveCD, is it ok?

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#4

The kernel is just a package like all others. If you boot from an older kernel , do you have a problem ?

The /etc/default/grub config file you said in the description is not change with a kernel update , only with grub update.

Kernel update , will install new modules and headers , it will not corrupt any configuration , so if you boot from an older kernel the new installed kernel is not affect the older.

Thanks

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Gabriel Claramunt (gabriel-claramunt) said : 		#5

Strange, I've reinstalled everything and with 3.5.0.17 works, it doesn't with 3.5.0.18 and 3.5.0.19 , but I've upgraded to 3.5.0.22 and works fine.

Previously it didn't work even with older kernels.

I know the kernel is "just another package" and previously I had trouble-free upgrades.
Still, every time a new kernel is installed, the grub config is updated, right? Somehow, something went wrong...

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#6

Yes , not the grub configuration file , but the grub entries are updated.

Ok , glad you solved it.