Regression: The screen keeps flashing (even in text terminal mode)
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
After upgrading to 16.10 the screen (Desktop and Terminal)flashes intermittently making the system unusable.
I get the same behaviour when booting 16.10 from the LiveCD
Booting with the 4.4.0 Kernel still works
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: ubuntu-
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CrashDB: ubuntu
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Oct 27 11:56:38 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-15 (619 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140807)
PackageArchitec
SourcePackage: ubuntu-
Symptom: release-upgrade
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-24 (2 days ago)
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Changed in xorg (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
Not sure if this is visible from the logs, but this is a Hybrid Laptop with an Intel and Nvidia graphic cards