We're talking about the live/install media... throwing the image on a USB drive and booting it, for trialling or installing the OS.
I have not tried the 16.04 (not .1) media. However, I wouldn't expect different results. ...How would I install an alternate kernel on the live image? In the installed system, using the linux-image-generic-hwe-16.04-edge kernel shows improvement (removes the need for nomodeset and allows X to enumerate and configure the card's outputs) but doesn't completely fix the issue. To get hardware acceleration, it's necessary to install libgl1-mesa-dri >=11.3 which isn't available from the official repositories. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1659075 Title: Live media lacks functioning driver for AMD Polaris GPUs, resulting in X failing to start and unusable text console To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1659075/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
