After upgrading from 16.04.2 LTS to 16.10 no screen, no display

[Thomas Schweikle]

After upgrading from 16.04.2 LTS to 16.10 screen login screen is shown.
Login possible. After login screen goes blank. No mouse, no keyboard.
Remote login using ssh is possible. Looking at processes, all seems normal: processes as expected seem started (attached "ps axfu").

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: xfce4-session 4.12.1-3ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-37.39-generic 4.8.16
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-37-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Feb 16 09:50:26 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-02-10 (1101 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=screen
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xfce4-session
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2017-02-15 (0 days ago)

[Thomas Schweikle (tps)]

After loging in graphics are switched off(!)

Tried this with a newly installed system on VMware Workstation 12.0.1 -> same problem. Login screen shown, after logging in graphics are switched off.

[Thomas Schweikle (tps)]

Xorg.0.log reports one error: [ 48.781] (EE) No surface to present from.

[dino99 (9d9)]

This is an unsupported release now. Please think to install the next LTS 'Bionic 18.04'

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-next/daily-live/current/
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/02/ubuntu-18-04-minimal-install-option