May I suggest that if your having trouble with drivers after the update, you might want to leave the default settings in the update manager (mintupdate). By default anything with a 4 or 5 level is not selected for update, this includes the kernel and xorg drivers.
Quote:Level 4:
Unsafe packages. Updates classified as level 4 could have a potential negative affect on system stability. Deselected by default for safety and visibility.
Level 5: Dangerous packages. Updates classified as level 5 can have a negative affect on system stability depending on the system hardware and specifications. Also deselected for safety and visibility.
Although there are users who claim that level 4 and level 5 updates disrupt their systems when it comes to stability, there are plenty of users who select level 4 and level 5 for updating and not having any problems with their system after updating.