Switching the faulty system to using HDMI + 1080p succeeded. Updating bug description.
** Summary changed: - Ubuntu Desktop ISO fails to boot with nouveau + Ubuntu Desktop ISO fails to boot with nouveau on a displayport ** Description changed: On the latest daily artful image (/current as of 2017-01-14), the following occurs on a system with nVidia graphics (on my system, a - GTX970): https://photos.app.goo.gl/gLUva3Vgvtv0lAmj2 + GTX970) when connected to a 4k display over a displayport: + https://photos.app.goo.gl/gLUva3Vgvtv0lAmj2 Steps to reproduce: - Download latest daily image, check checksums, burn to USB - Boot from USB. - Choose "Install Ubuntu" or "try ubuntu" at the menu. This happens on the livecd, but also upon ugrading the system from a previous daily with a different kernel: my "old" daily booted and installed fine with kernel 4.12.0-12, then failed with same error once dist-upgraded. + + On the faulty system I could test with, it seems to *only* happen over + displayport/on a 4k screen (I don't own a non-4k displayport screen to + test the 4k out). ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- 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/1723619 Title: Ubuntu Desktop ISO fails to boot with nouveau on a displayport Status in Release Notes for Ubuntu: New Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: On the latest daily artful image (/current as of 2017-01-14), the following occurs on a system with nVidia graphics (on my system, a GTX970) when connected to a 4k display over a displayport: https://photos.app.goo.gl/gLUva3Vgvtv0lAmj2 Steps to reproduce: - Download latest daily image, check checksums, burn to USB - Boot from USB. - Choose "Install Ubuntu" or "try ubuntu" at the menu. This happens on the livecd, but also upon ugrading the system from a previous daily with a different kernel: my "old" daily booted and installed fine with kernel 4.12.0-12, then failed with same error once dist-upgraded. On the faulty system I could test with, it seems to *only* happen over displayport/on a 4k screen (I don't own a non-4k displayport screen to test the 4k out). To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-release-notes/+bug/1723619/+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
