[Bug 1637032] Re: The screen keeps flashing (even in text terminal mode)

[Brian Murray]

Not a bug with the release upgrader, rather with the system after
upgrading.

** Package changed: ubuntu-release-upgrader (Ubuntu) => xorg (Ubuntu)

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Title:
  The screen keeps flashing (even in text terminal mode)

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  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'

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