timothy parker, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better.
Could you please provide a log of a failed boot following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelBoot ? ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1738899 Title: failed boot, hanging on CPU lockup Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: fresh install unbuntu ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-42.46~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-42-generic x86_64 .tmp.unity_support_test.0: ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.14 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Mon Dec 18 22:52:32 2017 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: xenial DistroVariant: ubuntu ExtraDebuggingInterest: I just need to know a workaround GraphicsCard: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] RS740 [Radeon 2100] [1002:796e] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Biostar Microtech Int'l Corp RS740 [Radeon 2100] [1565:0117] InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-11-26 (22 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801) MachineType: BIOSTAR Group A740G M2+ ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-4.10.0-42-generic root=UUID=bf3ff630-d843-47fc-8fff-004d1b054357 ro SourcePackage: xorg UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 05/02/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 080014 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: A740G M2+ dmi.board.vendor: BIOSTAR Group dmi.board.version: 6.0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: None dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: BIOSTAR Group dmi.chassis.version: 6.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr080014:bd05/02/2008:svnBIOSTARGroup:pnA740GM2+:pvr6.0:rvnBIOSTARGroup:rnA740GM2+:rvr6.0:cvnBIOSTARGroup:ct3:cvr6.0: dmi.product.name: A740G M2+ dmi.product.version: 6.0 dmi.sys.vendor: BIOSTAR Group version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.2+16.04.20160823-0ubuntu1 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.76-1~ubuntu16.04.1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 17.0.7-0ubuntu0.16.04.2 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core N/A version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel N/A version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau N/A xserver.bootTime: Mon Dec 18 22:47:08 2017 xserver.configfile: default xserver.devices: input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 6 input Power Button KEYBOARD, id 7 input PixArt USB Optical Mouse MOUSE, id 8 input AT Translated Set 2 keyboard KEYBOARD, id 9 xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.19.3-1ubuntu1~16.04.4 xserver.video_driver: radeon To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1738899/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
