new kernals wont boot

[Jim Bronson]

system wont boot unless i use an older kernal at time of booting. even after today i got a new kernal ending in .44 I think but it and .42do Not work I have to select .40 to get the thing going.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-40.43-generic 4.8.17
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-40-generic i686
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: i386
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: compiz
CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
Date: Tue Mar 28 11:09:59 2017
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: yakkety
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
GraphicsCard:
 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7660G] [1002:9900] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Lenovo Trinity [Radeon HD 7660G] [17aa:3970]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-01-25 (62 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release i386 (20161012.2)
MachineType: LENOVO IdeaPad Z585
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.8.0-40-generic root=UUID=d4d7b3d8-f6c3-48f6-b0d0-5473a63fe6f3 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: xorg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/03/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 60CN95WW
dmi.board.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.board.name: Lenovo
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: 31900006FRU WIN8 STD
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Tag
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: IdeaPad Z585
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr60CN95WW:bd01/03/2013:svnLENOVO:pnIdeaPadZ585:pvrIdeaPadZ585:rvnLENOVO:rnLenovo:rvr31900006FRUWIN8STD:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrIdeaPadZ585:
dmi.product.name: IdeaPad Z585
dmi.product.version: IdeaPad Z585
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.0+16.10.20160818.2-0ubuntu2
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.70-1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 12.0.6-0ubuntu0.16.10.1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.10.2-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.7.1-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20160706-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.12-2
xserver.bootTime: Tue Mar 28 10:29:38 2017
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.18.4-1ubuntu6.1
xserver.video_driver: radeon

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Ubuntu Kernel Bot (ubuntu-kernel-bot)]

This change was made by a bot.

[Joseph Salisbury (jsalisbury)]

Yakkety and the 4.8 kernel are EOL this month. Can you see if this bug also happens with the latest Zesty kernel? If it doesn't you may want to upgrade. The latest Zesty kernel is available from:

https://launchpad.net/~canonical-kernel-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+build/12814670

To test that kernel, you need to install both the linux-image and linux-image-extra .deb packages.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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