This looks very much like what's happening to me. I've got an Acer Aspire V5-551G with a 64-bit AMD processor with dual boot, Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16.10.
Ubuntu can be started and runs without problems with Linux kernel 4.4.0-45. When I try to start with any of the 4.8.0 kernels delivered with regular Ubuntu updates, they all hang after printing Läser in Linux 4.8.0-30-generic ... Läser in initial ramdisk ... Sorry for the partly Swedish text. I guess that the lines would start with "Loading" instead of "Läser in" on an English version. The behaviour is the same with all 4.8.0 versions, 4.8.0-26, -27, -28 and -30, and with -generic, -generic (upstart) and -generic (recovery mode). After a while the fan runs at full speed, as if the processor is working hard, but nothing happens. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1635447 Title: Upgraded or Live USB 16.10 hangs at boot up blank purple screen To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1635447/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
