Public bug reported: After upgrading to 16.10 the screen (Desktop and Terminal)flashes intermittently making the system unusable.
I get the same behaviour when booting 16.10 from the LiveCD Booting with the 4.4.0 Kernel still works ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 Package: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core 1:16.10.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-27.29-generic 4.8.1 Uname: Linux 4.8.0-27-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_drm nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CrashDB: ubuntu CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Thu Oct 27 11:56:38 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-02-15 (619 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.5 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140807) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: ubuntu-release-upgrader Symptom: release-upgrade UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-24 (2 days ago) VarLogDistupgradeAptlog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/apt.log' VarLogDistupgradeMainlog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/dist-upgrade/main.log' ** Affects: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug dist-upgrade package-from-proposed yakkety -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1637032 Title: The screen keeps flashing (even in text terminal mode) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubuntu-release-upgrader/+bug/1637032/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs