Comment 61 for bug 1633172

I think I am hitting this as well. Upgraded from 16.04, to 16.10. The kernel that is installed is
4.8.0-26-generic

I also have an nVidia GPU. Some strange behavior I noticed, however. If I boot into the recovery kernel for 4.8.0-26, and choose 'Fix broken packages', it hangs at a certain point (don't recall off-hand where).

But if I throw sigint/^c/ctrl+c, the normal boot process starts and eventually drops me into multi-user mode in xfce and I can work normally, and running 4.8.0-26. So this is a possible work around?

Lenovo ThinkStation C30

:~$ hwinfo --short
cpu:
                       Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 v2 @ 2.50GHz, 2500 MHz
                       Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 v2 @ 2.50GHz, 2500 MHz
                       Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 v2 @ 2.50GHz, 2500 MHz
                       Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 v2 @ 2.50GHz, 2500 MHz
keyboard:
                       IBM NetVista Full Width Keyboard
mouse:
                       Lenovo USB Optical Mouse
graphics card:
                       nVidia GK107GL [Quadro K600]
sound:
                       nVidia GK107 HDMI Audio Controller
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller
                       Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset
storage:
                       Intel C604/X79 series chipset 4-Port SATA/SAS Storage Control Unit
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset IDE-r Controller
network:
  eth0 Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection
  enp6s0 Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter
network interface:
  vmnet1 Ethernet network interface
  enp6s0 Ethernet network interface
  vmnet8 Ethernet network interface
  lo Loopback network interface
  eth0 Ethernet network interface
disk:
  /dev/ram11 Disk
  /dev/ram2 Disk
  /dev/ram0 Disk
  /dev/ram9 Disk
  /dev/ram7 Disk
  /dev/ram14 Disk
  /dev/ram5 Disk
  /dev/ram12 Disk
  /dev/ram3 Disk
  /dev/ram10 Disk
  /dev/ram1 Disk
  /dev/sda SEAGATE ST3300657SS
  /dev/ram8 Disk
  /dev/ram15 Disk
  /dev/ram6 Disk
  /dev/ram13 Disk
  /dev/ram4 Disk
partition:
  /dev/sda1 Partition
  /dev/sda2 Partition
  /dev/sda5 Partition
cdrom:
  /dev/sr0 MATSHITA DVD-RAM SW830
usb controller:
                       Renesas uPD720201 USB 3.0 Host Controller
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1
bios:
                       BIOS
bridge:
                       Intel 82801 PCI Bridge
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 DMI2
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 3a
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 1b
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Virtual Root Port
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 5
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 2a
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 1
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset LPC Controller
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 1a
hub:
                       Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub
                       Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
                       Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
                       Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub
                       Genesys Logic 4-port hub
                       Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub
                       Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
memory:
                       Main Memory
unknown:
                       FPU
                       DMA controller
                       PIC
                       Keyboard controller
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 0 RAS Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 2
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Power Control Unit 0
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset SMBus Host Controller
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 UBOX Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 QPI Ring Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 ERROR Registers 0
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 QPI Link 0
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Unicast Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 0
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset KT Controller
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Home Agent 0
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Broadcast Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 R2PCIe
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 0 Channel Target Address Decoder Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 IOAPIC
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 ERROR Registers 3
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 System Address Decoder
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Power Control Unit 3
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset Thermal Management Controller
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 0 Channel Target Address Decoder Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Unicast Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 IIO RAS
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 3
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Power Control Unit 1
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 0 Target Address/Thermal Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 VTd/Memory Map/Misc
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 QPI Ring Performance Ring Monitoring
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 ERROR Registers 1
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Unicast Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 1
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 UBOX Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 R2PCIe
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 0 Channel Target Address Decoder Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 QPI Link 1
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Home Agent 0
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Broadcast Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 0 Channel Target Address Decoder Registers
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Unicast Registers
                       Intel C600/X79 series chipset MEI Controller #1
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 ERROR Registers 2
                       Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Power Control Unit 2
                       Serial controller
                       Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset