It is good news that 4.4.40 does not exhibit this bug. That might indicate the fix for the bug has already made it to upstream stable.
The current Ubuntu kernel in -proposed has up to the 4.4.35 updates. Can you give that kernel a test to see if the fix was applied to that version? It can be downloaded from: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v4.4.35/ -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1646277 Title: Xenial server 16.04.x will have a black screen after PXE installation Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in debian-installer source package in Xenial: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Xenial: In Progress Bug description: The display will keep black screen after install 16.04.x via PXE(need use "Ctrl+Alt+F1" to change to terminal 1, then can see text mode screen) Quanta team is installing Xenial server using PXE boot. After the installation, the console will show a black screen. Hitting ctl- alt-f1 displays the text mode screen OK. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debian-installer/+bug/1646277/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
