New answers tagged downgrade
0
+1 for the WiFi problem. I have a Dell E6510 with the BCM4313 wifi and ever since the 13.04 upgrade WiFi has been bouncing up and down several times an hour. It is mostly reconnected very fast. I've noticed that after suspend/resume although I will typically have WiFi, if it drops after that then I start getting prompts to enter my wireless password and ...
0
There's a good guide on how to downgrade an Ubuntu installation which you can find here
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DowngradeHowto
However, it is a better idea to do a reinstall. Back up any data you can (this is why it's a good idea to separate root and /home) and reinstall... you'll probably save more time in the long run unless you have critical ...
4
In GUI - using Synaptic
The Ubuntu Software Center’s simplified interface doesn’t offer the option to downgrade packages. Synaptic, a more advanced graphical package manager interface that Ubuntu used to include, offers this option. To downgrade a package graphically, first install the Synaptic application:
After you done this, open the Synaptic Package ...
1
I managed to downgrade the wireless driver but I still have the same problems. I also tried other drivers such as bcma and even ndiswrapper (Windows drivers) and the problem persists. I believe the problem is in the new kernel, so it seems I'll have to go back to 12.10.
Having installed Ubuntu since 11.04, from my experience, it gets harder in every Ubuntu ...
Top 50 recent answers are included
