Confirmed 4.6.0-10-generic_4.6.0-10.12 can boot without hitting the orange screen.
Instead however, it boots seemingly without proper kernel mode setting. I see unity-greeter in low resolution and then the whole system is frozen. Anyway, suffice to say there the orange screen issue doesn't seem to be finding its way into Ubuntu distro. So the bug is invalid for Ubuntu right now. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1613158 Title: Booting with Nvidia GTX 970 hangs with an orange screen in kernels 4.7 and 4.8rc1 (but works with 4.4.0) Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Booting with Nvidia GTX 970 hangs with an orange screen in kernels 4.7 and 4.8rc1 (but works with 4.4.0). I've tried: * Plain yakkety 4.4.0-34-generic * Mainline kernel 4.7 * Mainline kernel 4.8rc1 and only the first one works. Kernels 4.7 and 4.8rc1 freeze with a bright orange screen. Best I can tell, the frozen orange screen coincides with kernel log messages: Aug 15 12:24:23 x51 kernel: [ 1.761197] fb: switching to nouveaufb from simple Aug 15 12:24:23 x51 kernel: [ 1.761210] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25 ... Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.896160] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.897225] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.898292] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.899358] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.900423] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.901489] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.902555] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.903621] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.904686] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.905753] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.906818] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.907883] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.908949] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.910014] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.911079] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.912145] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] Aug 15 12:24:26 x51 kernel: [ 11.913210] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: fifo: SCHED_ERROR 08 [] ... ... To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1613158/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp