I can confirm that the test kernel posted in comment #7 solved the issue for me. See comment 5 of bug #1669815 (duplicate of this one).
Any information when the bugfix will be part of the 4.8.0 kernel? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1666421 Title: kernel 4.4.0-63 with USB WLAN RTL8192CU freezes desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1666421/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs