Comment 37 for bug 1584284

Yes, this version works. Thank you very much.

On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 12:49 AM, Christopher M. Penalver <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Roger Merritt, to see if this resolved in Ubuntu, could you please test
> http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ and advise to the results?
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
> Ubuntu 16.04 LiveCD does not boot on AMD A10 chip
>
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> I want to boot a Ubuntu LiveCD of 16.04 on a desktop box with an AMD
> A10-5800K AGP, Gigabyte FA-42A75M-HD2 motherboard, 8 GB of RAM, and no
> graphics card -- the Radeon HD 7660D graphics are done by the CPU. When I
> try to boot I get an error message, "ERROR: no UMS support in radeon
> module." When I edit the boot command line to add the parameter 'nomodeset'
> I first get an error message, "No UMS support on radeon module," then the
> familiar aubergine background with the ubuntu logo and the five dots below
> it changing from white to red and back again. After twenty or thirty
> seconds the background goes to black, I get the error message "No UMS
> support in radeon module," and the ubuntu logo disappears but the five dots
> continue. After another twenty or thirty seconds of that the screen clears,
> at the top is a line: "ubuntu 16.04 ubuntu LTS tty1," below that the line
> "ubuntu login:" and after a second or less the screen goes black and I
> can't do anything except reboot. I've tried old Live CDs, from 10.10 to
> 15.10, and they all boot fine.
> ---
> .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
>
> ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5
> Architecture: amd64
> CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/
> screen0/options/active_plugins'
> CompositorRunning: compiz
> CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
> CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
> DistUpgraded: Fresh install
> DistroCodename: wily
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
> DistroVariant: ubuntu
> DkmsStatus: virtualbox, 5.0.14, 4.2.0-36-generic, x86_64: installed
> ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
> GraphicsCard:
> Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD 7660D]
> [1002:9901] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
> Subsystem: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Trinity [Radeon HD
> 7660D] [1002:9901]
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-07 (27 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64
> (20151021)
> MachineType: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. To be filled by O.E.M.
> Package: xorg 1:7.7+7ubuntu4
> PackageArchitecture: amd64
> ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.2.0-36-generic
> root=UUID=376cfbdb-7508-4e73-9b25-421ca397ab8a ro quiet splash
> vt.handoff=7
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-36.42-generic 4.2.8-ckt8
> Tags: wily ubuntu compiz-0.9
> UdevLog: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/var/log/udev'
> Uname: Linux 4.2.0-36-generic x86_64
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
> UserGroups:
>
> _MarkForUpload: True
> dmi.bios.date: 03/18/2013
> dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
> dmi.bios.version: F4
> dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
> dmi.board.name: F2A75M-HD2
> dmi.board.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
> dmi.board.version: To be filled by O.E.M.
> dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.chassis.type: 3
> dmi.chassis.vendor: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
> dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
> dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrF4:bd03/18/2013:
> svnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:pnTobefilledbyO.E.M.:pvrTobefilledbyO.E.M.:
> rvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.:rnF2A75M-HD2:rvrTobefilledbyO.
> E.M.:cvnGigabyteTechnologyCo.,Ltd.: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: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
> version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+15.10.20151202-0ubuntu1
> version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
> version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.64-1
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
> version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
> version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 11.0.2-1ubuntu4
> version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9.1
> version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev
> 1:2.9.2-1ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati
> 1:7.5.0+git20150819-0ubuntu1
> version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> 2:2.99.917+git20150808-0ubuntu4
> version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau
> 1:1.0.11-1ubuntu3
> xserver.bootTime: Tue Jul 5 00:55:16 2016
> xserver.configfile: default
> xserver.devices:
> input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6
> input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7
> input USB Optical Wheel Mouse MOUSE, id 8
> input Logitech USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9
> input Logitech USB Keyboard KEYBOARD, id 10
> xserver.errors:
>
> xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
> xserver.version: 2:1.17.2-1ubuntu9.1
> xserver.video_driver: radeon
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--
Roger