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I am using Lubuntu 14.04.2

I recently updated the xserver-xorg-video-intel-lts-utopic driver from:

2:2.99.914~1~exp1ubuntu4.3~trusty1

To

2:2.99.914~1~exp1ubuntu4.5~trusty1

Now I have randomly missing letters in the desktop icon text and other text in the GUI. I tried reloading the driver from Synaptic but it comes back periodically. The only solution I have found (albeit temporary) is to logout and log back in.

This was part of an update package that has gone awry.

I don't have the proprietary intel drivers installed, nor do I want to.

How do I revert back to the previous driver (2:2.99.914~1~exp1ubuntu4.5~trusty1) where I didn't have this issue?

The command line solution that mchid gave me below should work but I get an error message as seen below.

The solution provided does not have anything to do with my current issue as far as I can tell.

Thx

Nick

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You can use apt-mark hold to prevent a specific package from upgrading to a newer version.

Run the following commands install the version and to hold the package so that it doesn't upgrade:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel=2:2.99.914~1~exp1ubuntu4.3~trusty1
sudo apt-mark hold xserver-xorg-video-intel=2:2.99.914~1~exp1ubuntu4.3~trusty1

To revert this, run the following command:

sudo apt-mark unhold xserver-xorg-video-intel=2:2.99.914~1~exp1ubuntu4.3~trusty1
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