Phew, after a lot of reinstalling and testing out random things, managed
to get this to work. Things that turned out to be critical:
1. Installed nvidia-370 driver that just recently came out.
2. In GRUB boot, replaced "quiet splash" with "nomodeset" (detailed
instructions here: http://askubuntu.
"Fix Released" since nvidia-370 drivers worked for me, with the above
steps.
** Changed in: nvidia-graphics-drivers-367 (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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There is a new nvidia-370 driver that came just out recently. That does
no longer crash Cinnamon (yay!), but the cold boot issue persists.
Curiously, booting up to a failed boot and pressing reset to reboot when
it hangs (to hope it's a warm boot the second time) doesn't work, and
the second boot
Tried out nomodeset GRUB boot, and removed quiet and splash from the
boot, but that does not help, and I was not able to see any error
messages in the boot log that might be relevant.
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I've further noticed that the nvidia-358 drivers are not stable after
all. They do work, but there is a quirk that the system hangs on a black
screen with text cursor blinking at top left when booting up via a cold
boot.
Curiously, inserting Linux Mint 18 installer USB disk, booting to it,
and the
Also occurs when attempting to install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
** Also affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
The bundled
Also occurs when attempting to install Ubuntu 16.04 RTM.
** Also affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
Proprietary
Also occurs when attempting to install Ubuntu 16.04 RTM.
** Also affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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