Here is vid of one flickerty session. It is itermittent. Some boots will be fine. Othes will be full scree flickering of verbose code. In this vid it is one small flash and several cursor flashes between plymouth and gdm login screen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UlXdWneUw8&feature=youtu.be -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1718713 Title: upon reboot monitor came up with flickerty screen Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: After the upgrade of kernel and reboot the VT went black with one line of verbose code then started to flash with full screen of code at least 6 times , top down, bottom up. Then gdm screen and was able to logon. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: linux-image-4.13.0-11-generic 4.13.0-11.12 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-11.12-generic 4.13.1 Uname: Linux 4.13.0-11-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC1: ventrical 1935 F.... pulseaudio /dev/snd/controlC0: ventrical 1935 F.... pulseaudio CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7:ubuntu Date: Thu Sep 21 11:26:13 2017 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=73906ed5-985c-4166-9fc2-13fb389012cf InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-05 (16 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170820) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. enp4s0 no wireless extensions. MachineType: Dell Inc. Precision WorkStation T3400 ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-11-generic root=UUID=cdef7dd2-7ccb-446a-a39a-df77fea13ef0 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.13.0-11-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.13.0-11-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.168 RfKill: SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/31/2008 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.bios.version: A03 dmi.board.name: 0TP412 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.chassis.type: 7 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc. dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA03:bd01/31/2008:svnDellInc.:pnPrecisionWorkStationT3400:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0TP412:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct7:cvr: dmi.product.name: Precision WorkStation T3400 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1718713/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp