** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial)
Status: In Progress => Fix Committed
** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu Xenial)
Importance: Undecided => High
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1602340
Title:
nouveau: boot hangs at blank screen with unsupported graphics cards
Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Status in linux source package in Xenial:
Fix Committed
Bug description:
This issue prevents installing Ubuntu and booting with certain GPUs
until the Nvidia-367 graphics drivers have been installed.
Nouveau in 16.04 doesn't include support for the current series of
Nvidia GPUs (Pascal architecture, GTX 1070 and 1080), but still tries
to load, resulting in boot hanging at a blank screen. The current
behavior will cause Ubuntu 16.04 to be difficult for most users to
install on computers with NVidia hardware newer than the previous
generation.
To reproduce:
Create an Ubuntu live image and attempt to install Ubuntu on a computer with
an NVidia Pascal GPU.
Expected Results: Ubuntu graphical installer appears.
Actual Results: Boot hangs at blank screen.
Possible fix:
https://github.com/skeggsb/nouveau/commit/11fcd1624b0a1c73fe3b2fa15c3cc45816da0470
Adds a check to nouveau that the gfx chipset is supported before booting
fbdev off the hardware.
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