I should have been more precise when indicating that I have the same problem when booting from the LiveCD. I'm getting the flashing screen at the Welcome screen after booting the LiveCD (where it asks you if you want to try Ubuntu)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1637032 Title: The screen keeps flashing (even in text terminal mode) Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: New 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-release-upgrader-core 1:16.10.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia 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) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: release-upgrade UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-24 (2 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeAptlog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log' VarLogDistupgradeMainlog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1637032/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
