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I have an Alienware 17 R4, and as the title says, 16.04.2 is not usable on my laptop, but 16.04.1 and 16.04 are.

When I say "not usable", I mean it will boot installer, and complete the install. However, upon clicking the Reboot button after the install finishes, the window closes and then it just hangs in the installer with no window.

If I force restart, it boots normaly. However, after entering my password and clicking Login, it hangs.

I have tried Ubuntu Mate and Ubuntu Gnome; both have the same issue. Linux mint, however, works fine.

So, does it matter if I use an older revision of 16.04? Alternatively, is there a way to fix the issues I'm experiencing with the newer revisions?

NB: I have a SkyLake CPU

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I have successfully installed ubuntu 16.10. Make sure you have the UEFI settings in place, turn off fast boot, secure login, etc..

Install ubuntu. (make sure you have a partition for uefi, aka 'esp' with > 100 mb)

at boot type 'e' to change grub. set nouveau.modeset=0 worked for me,

After Upgrade from 14.04 to 16.04 login screen runs in a loop while console login works

select the kernel recovery mode turn on networking

login as root 

$echo "nameserver 8.8.8.8" > /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf

install the latest nvidia driver.

http://www.webupd8.org/2016/06/how-to-install-latest-nvidia-drivers-in.html

if you are in bootloop hell at this point, go back to your grubfile and remove anything you may have added like nomodeset or noveau.modset=0

bootup, and i was good to go. now i'm woking on wireless and ethernet... which works! but there are firmware issues.

gnulu
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