Thanks for the reply. Well, if I'm not getting any video I'm not sure how I could get SSH setup but I do have something interesting to report. When I boot the live DVD, leave the "set gfxpayload=keep" setting alone, and remove "quiet splash" from the kernel parameters, I can get the system to boot. How? I'm not sure. I wait for there to be no sound from the optical drive, which tells me the system has completed its internal boot process. Then I start pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 through F12, trying to switch from X terminal sessions to a text-mode login session and eventually, I'll get a video signal, along with the desktop on the terminal I get from Ctrl-Alt-F7 (tty 7). So, perhaps I'm triggering something by doing this, I'm not sure.
However, I do have a dmesg log generated *without* specifying "nomodeset". Now, something else worth mentioning. I have the system setup to *not* boot in UEFI mode, because I had problems with Ubuntu 13.04 (my first Ubuntu release) booting in UEFI mode. So, I disabled secure boot and enabled the "Legacy CSM" and the system boots reliably from the hard drive. When I boot the Ubuntu 16.04 live DVD in non-UEFI mode, I never get a chance to specify the kernel parameters. When I boot the live DVD in UEFI mode, I get a chance to specify the kernel parameters. Thanks! ** Attachment added: "dmesg log from boot without "nomodeset" specified" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1598935/+attachment/4695585/+files/dmesg-3.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1598935 Title: Ubuntu 16.04 won't properly boot due to radeon module issue To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1598935/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
