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[Markus <marwir@xxxxxxx>]

I have a very similar problem on my Laptop running Xubuntu too.
So no VMWare. Just normal Xubuntu running directly on the laptop.


After updating to kernel 4.2.0.30, my laptop would still start to the login screen.
Everything seemed to be working fine on the login screen.
Even remote access via ssh was still possible.
But almost everything you can try to do on the login screen freezes the system.

Trying to login. -> Freezes as soon as the login screen has disappeared.
Trying to reboot. -> Freezes
Trying to switch to tty1 -> Freezes

Trying to reboot by typing "reboot" on an ssh-shell -> Logs me out from
the shell and freezes the system.

At first I had suspected the graphics drivers as I have the oibaf-ppa with current mesa-drivers installed.
But selecting kernel 4.2.0.27 from grub solved the problem for me.

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Title:
  Ubuntu 15.10 VMWare guest won't show UI after upgrading to 4.2.0-30

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  In Progress
Status in linux source package in Wily:
  In Progress

Bug description:
  I installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 15.10 64-bit as a guest VM in
  VMWare Workstation 12.1.0.

  After installation, I am able to log into the system. I then ran the
  updater application to install the latest updates.

  After installing the updates and restarting, the system no longer
  shows any UI after booting. I am now faced with a black screen and a
  dash that does not blink. The system also does not respond to any
  inputs.

  I was able to get back into my system by holding shift to show the
  GRUB menu and boot using the 4.2.16 kernel.

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