Screen freeze when watching video in VLC

[Art Pina]

Screen freezes when I watch video in VLC media player. Moving mouse is
  of no use and Ctrl + Alt + T short cut does not launch terminal. But I
  Could hear the audio even after screen freeze.

  If I press Ctrl + Alt + F1 and wait for several minutes switches to
  console. Then switching to GUI brings back the screen and I am able to
  work as usual.

I was told I should file a new report with the Ubuntu repository kernel (not mainline/upstream).
I had filed it against VLC initially.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-4.4.0-36-generic 4.4.0-36.55
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-36.55-generic 4.4.16
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC1: pinaar 7369 F.... pulseaudio
 /dev/snd/controlC0: pinaar 7369 F.... pulseaudio
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Sep 1 22:26:15 2016
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2c0487df-e541-4dbc-b0b2-abde7e5ff527
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-07-19 (411 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Alpha amd64 (20150724)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.4.0-36-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 quiet splash nomodeset
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-36-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-36-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.158~ubuntu16.04.1~ppa1
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-04-24 (130 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 04/20/2015
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P1.90
dmi.board.name: X99 Extreme4
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP1.90:bd04/20/2015:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnX99Extreme4:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Art Pina, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.

As per http://asrock.com/mb/Intel/X99%20Extreme4/?cat=Download&os=BIOS an update to your computer's buggy, insecure, and outdated BIOS is available (3.40). When you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate how does this improve the situation?

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful.

Also, you don't have to create a new report.

It is most helpful that after the BIOS is updated, if the problem is still reproducible:
1) Please provide the output of the following terminal command (not perform an apport-collect):
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date
2) Please make a comment specifically advising on how this improves the situation.
3) Please mark this report Status Confirmed.

If it's not reproducible, please mark this as Invalid.

Thank you for your help.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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