4.8-rc6 does not resolve this issue. Neither did the Oibaf driver PPA, or the AMD Catalyst drivers for 16.04.
I have to question this process of just blindly testing the next RC each time one comes out. This problem is related to the 8700P AMD processor (and similar AMD chipsets) and/or the decision to disable the nomodeset kernel option despite it being a long-term workaround for both AMD and Nvidia graphics problems. Unless there is explicit development to address these issues, trying new RCs in the hopes that the issues have been accidentally resolved is a waste of my time, your time as an Ubuntu maintainer, and the time of all the other individuals that have reported similar issues. Is the Linux community really incapable of effectively communicating (or tracking) work on issues reported inside one distro that relate to upstream issues? As a software QA professional, I have to say that this entire process has been disillusioning. I purchased this laptop over a year ago to give myself a dedicated development machine, but this is the second bug I've encountered that makes the machine effectively useless. Worse, this issue is a regression, since the chipset worked just fine with the graphics drivers available in 14.04 through 15. I recognize that sometimes hardware gets left behind by new development, but this is not an old chip. I really want Linux and Ubuntu to be an effective desktop environment. But between poor communication and decisions like removing fglrx and nomodeset that make modern, current hardware *less* effective than it was on older versions, it doesn't seem to be there yet. I'm currently experimenting with using Windows and the Ubuntu bash subsystem as a development environment, and if that proves effective (or at least slightly productive) I'll likely be removing the Ubuntu partition. Until I do that, I'll try to update this once a month or so. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1596216 Title: Black screen on boot; no modeset workaround broken by 16.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1596216/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
