I think I am hitting this as well. Upgraded from 16.04, to 16.10. The kernel that is installed is 4.8.0-26-generic
I also have an nVidia GPU. Some strange behavior I noticed, however. If I boot into the recovery kernel for 4.8.0-26, and choose 'Fix broken packages', it hangs at a certain point (don't recall off-hand where). But if I throw sigint/^c/ctrl+c, the normal boot process starts and eventually drops me into multi-user mode in xfce and I can work normally, and running 4.8.0-26. So this is a possible work around? Lenovo ThinkStation C30 :~$ hwinfo --short cpu: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 v2 @ 2.50GHz, 2500 MHz Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 v2 @ 2.50GHz, 2500 MHz Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 v2 @ 2.50GHz, 2500 MHz Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2609 v2 @ 2.50GHz, 2500 MHz keyboard: IBM NetVista Full Width Keyboard mouse: Lenovo USB Optical Mouse graphics card: nVidia GK107GL [Quadro K600] sound: nVidia GK107 HDMI Audio Controller Intel C600/X79 series chipset High Definition Audio Controller Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset storage: Intel C604/X79 series chipset 4-Port SATA/SAS Storage Control Unit Intel C600/X79 series chipset 6-Port SATA AHCI Controller Intel C600/X79 series chipset IDE-r Controller network: eth0 Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network Connection enp6s0 Intel Gigabit CT Desktop Adapter network interface: vmnet1 Ethernet network interface enp6s0 Ethernet network interface vmnet8 Ethernet network interface lo Loopback network interface eth0 Ethernet network interface disk: /dev/ram11 Disk /dev/ram2 Disk /dev/ram0 Disk /dev/ram9 Disk /dev/ram7 Disk /dev/ram14 Disk /dev/ram5 Disk /dev/ram12 Disk /dev/ram3 Disk /dev/ram10 Disk /dev/ram1 Disk /dev/sda SEAGATE ST3300657SS /dev/ram8 Disk /dev/ram15 Disk /dev/ram6 Disk /dev/ram13 Disk /dev/ram4 Disk partition: /dev/sda1 Partition /dev/sda2 Partition /dev/sda5 Partition cdrom: /dev/sr0 MATSHITA DVD-RAM SW830 usb controller: Renesas uPD720201 USB 3.0 Host Controller Intel C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #2 Intel C600/X79 series chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller #1 bios: BIOS bridge: Intel 82801 PCI Bridge Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 DMI2 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 3a Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 1b Intel C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Virtual Root Port Intel C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 2a Intel C600/X79 series chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 Intel C600/X79 series chipset LPC Controller Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 PCI Express Root Port 1a hub: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub Genesys Logic 4-port hub Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub memory: Main Memory unknown: FPU DMA controller PIC Keyboard controller Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 0 RAS Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 2 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Power Control Unit 0 Intel C600/X79 series chipset SMBus Host Controller Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 UBOX Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 QPI Ring Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 ERROR Registers 0 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 QPI Link 0 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Unicast Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 0 Intel C600/X79 series chipset KT Controller Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Home Agent 0 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Broadcast Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 R2PCIe Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 0 Channel Target Address Decoder Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 IOAPIC Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 ERROR Registers 3 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 System Address Decoder Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Power Control Unit 3 Intel C600/X79 series chipset Thermal Management Controller Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 0 Channel Target Address Decoder Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Unicast Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 IIO RAS Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 3 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Power Control Unit 1 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 0 Target Address/Thermal Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 VTd/Memory Map/Misc Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 QPI Ring Performance Ring Monitoring Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 ERROR Registers 1 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Unicast Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 Thermal Control 1 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 UBOX Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 R2PCIe Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 0 Channel Target Address Decoder Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 QPI Link 1 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Home Agent 0 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Broadcast Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 0 Channel Target Address Decoder Registers Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Unicast Registers Intel C600/X79 series chipset MEI Controller #1 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Integrated Memory Controller 1 Channel 0-3 ERROR Registers 2 Intel Xeon E7 v2/Xeon E5 v2/Core i7 Power Control Unit 2 Serial controller Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 Headset -- 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/1633172 Title: Linux 4.8 as in 16.10 hangs during boot Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have just upgraded to 16.10 and restarted my machine. The new 4.8 kernel seemed to take ages to boot and appears to have hanged. I have managed to boot the system with the older 4.4 kernels from 16.04 just fine without any problems from systemd etc.. Please fix this so I can stop selecting the kernel manually on each boot. --- ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=1147110e-7ff9-41b0-a446-ac19e62a85c2 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-02-19 (236 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021) IwConfig: lo no wireless extensions. enp4s0 no wireless extensions. eno1 no wireless extensions. MachineType: ASUS All Series NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia Package: linux (not installed) ProcFB: 0 VESA VGA ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.4.0-43-generic root=UUID=c4c28e9f-4a06-4a3d-b8c3-05297050ebca ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-43.63-generic 4.4.21 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-4.4.0-43-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-4.4.0-43-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.161 RfKill: 0: hci0: Bluetooth Soft blocked: no Hard blocked: no Tags: yakkety Uname: Linux 4.4.0-43-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-13 (0 days ago) UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True dmi.bios.date: 05/04/2016 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 3101 dmi.board.asset.tag: Default string dmi.board.name: SABERTOOTH X99 dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. dmi.board.version: Rev 1.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: Default string dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Default string dmi.chassis.version: Default string dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr3101:bd05/04/2016:svnASUS:pnAllSeries:pvrSystemVersion:rvnASUSTeKCOMPUTERINC.:rnSABERTOOTHX99:rvrRev1.xx:cvnDefaultstring:ct3:cvrDefaultstring: dmi.product.name: All Series dmi.product.version: System Version dmi.sys.vendor: ASUS To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1633172/+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