@bdmurray, I'd like you to reconsider the notfixing tag, it's a real issue for QA because qxl is the only driver that works with wayland. The system falls back to X with the standard vga driver and does not boot after installation with cirrus.
-- 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/1711358 Title: 20170817 - ISO hangs on boot on qemu with splash screen enabled and qxl graphics driver Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in plymouth package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Test Case 1. Boot artful desktop 20170817 under qemu with qxl 2. Wait until ubiquity-dm is displayed Expected result It boots Actual result It hangs on the splash screen and the dots below the Ubuntu logo are not blinking. If the option 'splash' is removed from the boot command line it boots successfully. It also boots successfully with -vga std but in this case the splash screen is in text mode not graphical unlike with the qxl driver. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1711358/+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
