As a workaround I enabled low graphics mode in a terminal, and rebooted nano ~/.config/upstart/lowgfx.conf Paste this into it:
start on starting unity7 pre-start script initctl set-env -g UNITY_LOW_GFX_MODE=1 end script Log out and back in https://insights.ubuntu.com/2016/09/19/low-graphics-mode-in-unity-7/ At least you can do something, but it's buggy as hell. So I consider moving back from HWE kernels to default 16.04, because I feel it was caused by the latest libgl1-mesa / xorg updates -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1741447 Title: Can't login after latest updates (4/1), Unity / Compiz crashes To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1741447/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs