I finally solved it by inserting intel-ucode.img (taken from archlinux-2017.10.01-x86_64.iso) as the first initrd in grub.cfg. This updates the microcode very early in the boot process. I tried this with the kernel delivered with Ubuntu 17.10 (4.13.0-generic). So updating linux-firmware is the resolution. This also solves this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/intel-microcode/+bug/1724650
But I found that WiFi is unstable after like 10 mins it gets disconnected and does not see any network anymore. Time for another bug. And when I used a new kernel image (4.14-rc6) and insterted belonging modules into initrd then "(initramfs) unable to find a medium containing a live file system." Oh well. -- 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/1724657 Title: Boot freeze with Ubuntu 17.10 Live ISO on Surface Book Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When trying to boot 17.10-beta2 from USB key on a Surface Book the system freezes immediately after "boot" in grub. Not even a uncompressing message. Something similar happens even with Fedora 27: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500057 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04 Package: evince 3.24.0-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-19.21-generic 4.10.8 Uname: Linux 4.10.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.380 CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7 Date: Wed Oct 18 20:42:20 2017 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 17.04 "Zesty Zapus" - Release amd64 (20170412) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: evince UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1724657/+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
