Public bug reported:
The text console flickers, and ignores most keyboard input.
This can be worked around by adding nomodeset to the kernel command
line, which will make X fall back on the VESA driver, with all the
limitations inherent to that.
The resulting installed system will have the same problem, which can
alternately be worked around by installing linux-image-generic-
hwe-16.04-edge, but this only partially fixes the problem. The Mesa
radeonsi driver in Xenial is too old for these GPUs, so while
modesetting and display configuration will now be functional, the system
will still entirely lack graphics acceleration. The only workarounds I
know of for this is to source a newer Mesa from a PPA or similar, or
install AMD's proprietary drivers.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: linux-image-generic 4.4.0.31.33
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/controlC2: ubuntu-gnome 4365 F.... pulseaudio
/dev/snd/controlC1: ubuntu-gnome 4365 F.... pulseaudio
CasperVersion: 1.376
Date: Tue Jan 24 18:25:03 2017
IwConfig:
lo no wireless extensions.
enp3s0 no wireless extensions.
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
(20160720)
MachineType: ASUS All Series
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB:
ProcKernelCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper
cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid
initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash nomodeset BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi
PulseList:
Error: command ['pacmd', 'list'] failed with exit code 1: Home directory not
accessible: Permission denied
No PulseAudio daemon running, or not running as session daemon.
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
RfKill:
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 08/07/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 2004
dmi.board.asset.tag: To be filled by O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: H87M-E
dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
dmi.board.version: Rev X.0x
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Asset-1234567890
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture
dmi.chassis.version: Chassis Version
dmi.modalias:
dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr2004:bd08/07/2014:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnH87M-E:rvrRevX.0x:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvrChassisVersion:
dmi.product.name: All Series
dmi.product.version: System Version
dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS
** Affects: linux (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial
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Live media lacks functioning driver for AMD Polaris GPUs, resulting in
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