Hardware Dell Inspiron 15-3552 with full details from lspci shown at the end of this message. The PC is factory loaded with Ubuntu 14 LTS.
I have prepared a live USB stick from the iso image of Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS. When I try to boot from this stick I select the option "Try ubuntu", and continue. The system then goes through a splash screen, displaying the logo for Ubuntu, with moving dots indicating activity. But after about ten seconds the system dies with completely black screen. I have updated to the latest version BIOS from Dell, but did not observe any improvement.
I'd like to ask if there is a fix for this problem, and if not is there a chance of a fix at some future date, or should I just give up. Grateful for any suggestions.
Hardware details are:
- 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 2280 (rev 21)
- 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 22b1 (rev 21)
- 00:0b.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 22dc (rev 21)
- 00:13.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device 22a3 (rev 21)
- 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device 22b5 (rev 21)
- 00:1a.0 Encryption controller: Intel Corporation Device 2298 (rev 21)
- 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 2284 (rev 21)
- 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 22c8 (rev 21)
- 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device 229c (rev 21)
- 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device 2292 (rev 21)
- 01:00.0 Network controller: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9565 / AR9565 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)