It is good news that 4.4.40 does not exhibit this bug. That might indicate the fix for the bug has already made it to upstream stable.
The current Ubuntu kernel in -proposed has up to the 4.4.35 updates. Can you give that kernel a test to see if the fix was applied to that version? It can be downloaded from: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.35/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1646277 Title: Xenial server 16.04.x will have a black screen after PXE installation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1646277/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs