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Title: Regression: The screen keeps flashing (even in text terminal mode) Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After upgrading to 16.10 the screen (Desktop and Terminal)flashes intermittently making the system unusable. I get the same behaviour when booting 16.10 from the LiveCD Booting with the 4.4.0 Kernel still works ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.10.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Oct 27 11:56:38 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-15 (619 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140807) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: release-upgrade UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-24 (2 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeAptlog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log' VarLogDistupgradeMainlog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1637032/+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
