I'm traveling at the moment but I'll do that as soon as I can and report
back...

What to think about the fact that the 4.4 kernel works fine with trusty,
though? I am afraid to install the newer xorg there, in case it's the true
cause of the issue.

Is it worth doing a new trusty install and then upgrading X (as well as the
kernel)?

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016, 11:41 Christopher M. Penalver <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Nathan Dorfman, to keep this relevant to upstream, one would want to
> test the latest mainline kernel (now 4.8-rc4) as it is released.
>
> Could you please advise?
>
> ** Tags added: bios-outdated-1.48
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
>        Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
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>
> Title:
>   Display freezes on 2nd+subsequent logins
>
> Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   First boot after a fresh install of 16.04 from the 16.04.1 amd64
>   desktop ISO, with 'download updates' enabled. This is alongside an
>   existing 14.04 installation, which continues to work flawlessly. In
>   particular, this issue cannot be reproduced there. (I've installed the
>   -lts-xenial kernel package there, so it's version 4.4.0.34.24, but NOT
>   the xorg ones.)
>
>   The first login on the new system worked fine. After simply logging
>   out and in again, the display freezes just after drawing my user's
>   desktop. (This first time, everything was drawn, but on subsequent
>   attempts the background was black and the top Unity panel was empty.)
>   The mouse cursor is movable, but no button or key presses are
>   recognized.
>
>   Eventually, I press Ctrl+Alt+F1. The mouse cursor disappears
>   immediately; the display stays frozen and otherwise unchanged. After
>   another two minutes or so of waiting, I am finally dumped to the
>   virtual tty, which works fine. At this point a couple of kernel stack
>   traces appear in dmesg (see below), with timestamps corresponding to
>   "just now," i.e. when the vty switch finally occurred.
>
>   Switching back to the X vty via Alt+F7 brings me back to the still-
>   frozen display, at which point all I can do is Ctrl+Alt+F1 and wait ~2
>   minutes again. Stopping, then starting the lightdm service brings me
>   back to a working login screen, but logging in just freezes right back
>   again. Finally, rebooting the system allows me to login to a working
>   desktop exactly once -- logging out and in again reproduces this
>   problem reliably.
>
>   The full dmesg is attached, but the short version is that stack traces
>   appear in pairs, summarized by the following lines on the first
>   occurrence:
>
>   [  242.116429] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 2539 at
> /build/linux-dcxD3m/linux-4.4.0/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_irq.c:1326
> drm_wait_one_vblank+0x1b5/0x1c0 [drm]()
>   [  242.116498] CPU: 2 PID: 2539 Comm: Xorg Not tainted 4.4.0-31-generic
> #50-Ubuntu
>
>   and by the following, slightly different ones, on the second and
>   beyond:
>
>   [  380.232443] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4173 at
> /build/linux-dcxD3m/linux-4.4.0/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/intel_display.c:3963
> intel_crtc_wait_for_pending_flips+0x1e2/0x240 [i915]()
>   [  380.232563] CPU: 1 PID: 4173 Comm: Xorg Tainted: G        W
>  4.4.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
>   Package: linux-image-4.4.0-31-generic 4.4.0-31.50 [modified:
> boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-31-generic]
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-31.50-generic 4.4.13
>   Uname: Linux 4.4.0-31-generic x86_64
>   ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
>   Architecture: amd64
>   AudioDevicesInUse:
>    USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
>    /dev/snd/controlC0:  who        3445 F.... pulseaudio
>   CurrentDesktop: Unity
>   Date: Fri Aug 12 19:51:28 2016
>   HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=2065ee3e-d689-4432-a805-4a7822b06d0e
>   InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-13 (0 days ago)
>   InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
> (20160719)
>   MachineType: LENOVO 4236AR5
>   ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
>   ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-31-generic
> root=UUID=093a7652-dfb2-4f9e-9ceb-23761b18c8ef ro quiet splash
>   RelatedPackageVersions:
>    linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-31-generic N/A
>    linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-31-generic  N/A
>    linux-firmware                            1.157.2
>   SourcePackage: linux
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>   dmi.bios.date: 10/31/2011
>   dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
>   dmi.bios.version: 83ET66WW (1.36 )
>   dmi.board.asset.tag: Not Available
>   dmi.board.name: 4236AR5
>   dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
>   dmi.board.version: Not Available
>   dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information
>   dmi.chassis.type: 10
>   dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
>   dmi.chassis.version: Not Available
>   dmi.modalias:
> dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr83ET66WW(1.36):bd10/31/2011:svnLENOVO:pn4236AR5:pvrThinkPadT420:rvnLENOVO:rn4236AR5:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable:
>   dmi.product.name: 4236AR5
>   dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T420
>   dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
>
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