I solved the problem. I traded for an older i5 EliteBook.
On 12/29/2016 01:17 PM, Patrick Laurin wrote:
> Great to see importance has moved to critical.
> If only I was able to help.. I never debugged xorg before, never used
> xdiagnose for that matter.
>
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I have some further information. Shutting off the driver power
management with amdgpu.runpm=0 does not work. nomodset just puts my
screen in a low resolution and cannot change resolutions. I' am using
KDE Neon 5.7.3 as I do not like Unity but it is still stock Ubuntu 16.04
with the desktop
Here is my lshw output:
description: Notebook
product: HP Pavilion Notebook (N5R36UA#ABL)
vendor: HP
version: Chassis Version
serial: 5CD6044W0B
width: 64 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.8 dmi-2.8 vsyscall32
configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook family=103C_5335KV G=N L=CON
With Linux Mint 18 and KDE Neon the bug changes from random to boot up. It
happens the first time from a cold boot. After a restart, which means
screwing up my hard drive and holding the power button. Then turning it on
and the black screen comes back.
I' am very fustrated like Brian. Canonical
d that worked fine for me. For 16.04 Wily, the kernel
> packages from http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-
> ppa/mainline/v4.6-rc6-wily have newer open source AMDgpu kernel drivers
> and those seem to work fine on the A10-8700P. Give that Kernel (or the
> newer RC7 one) a shot.
>
> Jus
I have the same Carrizo (A10-8700P)chip and also in a HP Pavilion.This
is also a bug that effects Fedora 23 and it seems the radeon driver on
Mageia 5. I have noticed it also on Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu Mate 15.10.
It effects Korora 23 the least. It is maddening that when you buy a
laptop with a
