Ubuntu 16.10 final beta.

[PaulW2U]

I'm using 16.10 since may 18. Since the Beta there are almost No Updates anymore. Strange !

So Beta 2 was released earlier today, some six days later than expected.

As predicted (by me) there have been many updates.

[simonsaysthis]

So disappointed. For some reason the Final Beta still doesn't boot from USB with EFI boot on Lenovo Thinkpad. Is there a way of still installing it in UEFI mode?

[simonsaysthis]

So disappointed. For some reason the Final Beta still doesn't boot from USB with EFI boot on Lenovo Thinkpad. Is there a way of still installing it in UEFI mode?

Ok I see this is a known bug in all flavours. Guess will have to be patient then...

[ventrical]

So Beta 2 was released earlier today, some six days later than expected.

As predicted (by me) there have been many updates.

Uh.. but not for unity8.

Regards..

[mh2721]

So disappointed. For some reason the Final Beta still doesn't boot from USB with EFI boot on Lenovo Thinkpad. Is there a way of still installing it in UEFI mode?

Yup, same here, although, I have a desktop with a gigabyte motherboard (z170x-gaming5) and just a blank screen when booting with EFI (no, this motherboard does not have IOMMU setting).
I can boot from legacy mode, but I have no mouse or keyboard (mouse is invisible, and nothing from the keyboard).

Will this be fixed, or is it the end of the road with Ubuntu for me?

[ventrical]

We have to stay in there and keep updating. I am still trying to find out whats going on with all of this this late in the cycle. There is a lot of breakage. Sometimes that can be a good thing.

Regards..

[simonsaysthis]

Yup, same here, although, I have a desktop with a gigabyte motherboard (z170x-gaming5) and just a blank screen when booting with EFI (no, this motherboard does not have IOMMU setting).
I can boot from legacy mode, but I have no mouse or keyboard (mouse is invisible, and nothing from the keyboard).

Will this be fixed, or is it the end of the road with Ubuntu for me?

Ok so this was my solution.

1. Do a clean install of 16.04
2. Don't update anything post-installation and add any repos
3. Go to terminal and type sudo do-release-upgrade -d

I also tried it from 16.04 where I had already done all the latest upgraded and added all the extras but it gave me problem. So far everything is working fine since I ungraded from a raw install

[mh2721]

Ok so this was my solution.

1. Do a clean install of 16.04
2. Don't update anything post-installation and add any repos
3. Go to terminal and type sudo do-release-upgrade -d

I also tried it from 16.04 where I had already done all the latest upgraded and added all the extras but it gave me problem. So far everything is working fine since I ungraded from a raw install

Thanks for this..Forgot to mention that I use kubuntu, but this happens in all "flavors" of Ubuntu 16.10

So, I did the upgrade, and it seemed to work, I got to the desktop, but the mouse is invisible, but the keyboard works. Thanks for the suggestion.

[simonsaysthis]

Thanks for this..Forgot to mention that I use kubuntu, but this happens in all "flavors" of Ubuntu 16.10

So, I did the upgrade, and it seemed to work, I got to the desktop, but the mouse is invisible, but the keyboard works. Thanks for the suggestion.

Could you maybe try installing synaptics firmware afterwards or try reconfiguring synclient? Just pondering

[mh2721]

Could you maybe try installing synaptics firmware afterwards or try reconfiguring synclient? Just pondering

I won't be able to do this now because I am trying out other distro's. When the final is released I will see where I stand. Thanks for the help/suggestions.